Overview
- Experts recommend watching in the second half of the night as Leo rises high, with the morning of Nov. 18 favored.
- Under dark rural skies, observers may see about 10 meteors per hour near the maximum.
- Forecasts from MDR indicate clouds, rain and fog over Saxony and Thuringia, with better chances in breaks over Saxony-Anhalt.
- The meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Leo and come from debris shed by comet 55P/Tempel‑Tuttle burning in the atmosphere.
- Intense outbursts follow a roughly 33-year cycle, with 2031 noted as a possible window for stronger activity.