{"id":25967,"date":"2021-11-09T13:20:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T13:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=55796"},"modified":"2021-11-09T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T13:34:13","slug":"how-to-see-the-leonid-meteor-shower-2021","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/how-to-see-the-leonid-meteor-shower-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"How to see the Leonid meteor shower 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Leonid meteor shower 2021 reaches peak activity on 17 November<\/strong>, with the best time to see the Leonids on that date being between midnight and dawn.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, a bright nearly-full Moon on 17 November will make spotting Leonids in 2021 tricky. In fact, 2 days later, the full Moon will actually be partially eclipsed, as seen from the UK.<\/p>\n

For more on this, read our guide on how to see the 19 November lunar eclipse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leonid meteors can typically be seen between 10\u201320 November<\/strong>. They are fast meteors, associated with the debris stream of comet 55P\/Tempel-Tuttle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The radiant \u2013 the point in the sky from which the meteors appear to emanate \u2013 is in the curved portion of the Sickle asterism in the Leo constellation<\/a>, the pattern that is meant to represent the Lion\u2019s head.<\/span><\/p>\n