Be sure to keep this in mind: at this time of year, meteor watching can be a long, cold business.
The main show is expected on the morning of Saturday . Model calculations by Russian meteor expert Mikhail Maslov and his Japanese counterpart Mikiya Sato show an approach of a dust trail shed by Tempel-Tuttle in 1733, interacting with Earth on this date. Maslov gives 06:00 UT, Sato predicts 6:25 UT. This translates to 1:00 a.m. to 1:25 a.m.
There is one final possible Leonid surge on Nov. 21 at 15:00 UT, from debris shed by the comet in 1800. The timing favors Hawaii and eastern Asia. When you sit quite still, close to the rapidly cooling ground, you can become very chilled. You wait and you wait for meteors to appear. When they don't appear right away, and if you're cold and uncomfortable, you're not going to be looking for meteors for very long! Therefore, make sure you're warm and comfortable. A comfortable reclining lawn chair, heavy blankets, sleeping bags, pillows and cushions are essential equipment.
Because the Leonids are moving along their orbit around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth, they slam into our atmosphere nearly head-on, resulting in the fastest meteor velocities possible: 45 miles per second. Such speeds tend to produce bright and colorful meteors with hues of white, blue, aquamarine and even green, which leave long-lasting streaks or trains in their wake.
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