Leonids?

Nov16
by kevin on November 16, 2009 at 12:25 and modified on November 16, 2009. at 13:00
Posted In: astronomy

The leonid meteor shower peak is approaching quickly. We went out this morning and took a few images along the way. After about 30 minutes outside before dawn, we saw two and only two Leonid meteors but no images of them.

Here is a 64 second f2.6 exposure of Leo, Mars and M44 the Beehive Cluster. Leo, Mars, M44

And here is another of Orion and Sirius
Sirius & Orion
The main peak(s) are expected to occur in the hours around 22h00 UT on November 17= 17h00 US Eastern, although variable activity may happen at almost any stage between November 16 and 18.