Here come the Leonids

Skywatchers may be in for a spectacular light show when the annual Leonid meteor shower returns this Nov. 17.

1999. Fine Leonid meteor displays predicted through to 2002. RAS press release. August 30. (Available at http://www.worldserver.pipex.com/ras/press/pn99-27.htm; see also http://www.worldserver.pipex.com/ras/press/pn99-33.htm.)

Cowen, R. 1998. The Leonids are coming! The Leonids are coming! Science News 154(Oct. 31):280.

The Armagh Observatory’s Leonid Web site is at http://www.arm.ac.uk/leonid/index.html.

The European Space Agency provides daily reports and live images of the Leonid meteors at http://sci.esa.int/leonids99/index.html.

NASA has called for observations of the 1999 Leonid meteor shower at http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast11nov99_1.htm. Additional information is available at http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast10nov99_1.htm.

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 20, November 13, 1999, p. 308. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.