On november 17th watch the leonid meteor shower 2009 as during the meteor showers peak you can view around 30 to 300 shooting stars per hour and you don’t even need a special camera to observe the leonids because you may see it with your naked eye just make sure your in the right place and pray for a clear skies.

The leonid meteor shower 2009 on november 17th will be a great one as people in asia can see a meteor storm of around 30 to 300 meteors per hour while others speculated that it can go as high as 500 when it reach it’s highest activity and expect fireballs blazing from the sky as well which is why many astronomy enthusiast around the globe are so excited to watch the leonids during it’s peak.

The progenitor comet of the leonid meteor shower is comet 55p/tempel-tuttle named after it’s discoverers and the name leonids originated from the constellation leo the lion because it is in this constellation’s radiant that the meteor showers of leonid will emanate which happens every november of each year every time the earth passes thru the stream of dust of the comet’s debris.

Once again as a reminder always keep your fingers crossed when trying to observe the leonid meteor shower as weather is always changing even though moonlight will not be around, clouds can still obscure the observation and if that happens better check out and just watch the leonids meteor shower 2009 live stream online over the internet for some live feeds.

Don’t miss to watch the leonid meteor shower on november 17, 2009 by going outside and look for a place where you can see the whole night sky in a very good wide angle position normally the roofdeck and look for the constellation leo where leonids will emanate plus bring some audio recorder if you want to, so you can record how many shooting stars there is very hour coz you don’ want to miss the 300 meteors per hour during it’s peak and don’t forget to drink water everytime you shout which is normal by the way:D