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Leonid Meteor Shower Peak is November 17-18
October 3, 2007 | Meteor Showers Online

Mark your calendar for November 17-18th. That’s the peak of the Leonid Meteor Shower. Visible might be as many as ten meteors per hour and viewing will be best in the pre-dawn hours. The meteors will seem to originate out of the constellation Leo.


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