Leonid Meteor Shower

The Leonid meteor shower is at its peak over the next few nights, reaching a maximum during the early hours of Saturday.  The best time to look for them is between midnight and dawn.

With an AuroraWatch 'minor geomagnetic activity' alert throughout last night, their chart still looking a bit twitchy, and a new moon setting early leaving a dark sky, we might have the amazing sight of meteors falling against the aurora borealis.

See a photo of last night's aurora taken from Thurso, here.

All we need is a bit of luck and clear night....


Everything you need to know about the Leonids is on the EarthSky website, here.


Photo (left) of a Leonid meteor in 2009 courtesy of Navicor on Flickr - link here.