This year's Leonid meteor shower will be an all-out storm! I and some friends will be driving out to Ellensburg, WA to get out from under the cloud cover for this event, and I can't wait.
Leonid meteors will appear to stream from a point (called the radiant) in Leo the Lion. The constellation is easy to spot: it has a characteristic question-mark shape punctuated by the bright star Regulus. Look for it rising above your eastern horizon between local midnight and 1:00 a.m.
Space.com's Special Report includes rate predictions for 30 U.S. cities.
This November, the wildly varying Leonids are expected to produce another storm. Though not likely to rival the 1966 spectacle, the 2001 version of the Leonids may offer a meteor storm unlike anything since, with hundreds or even thousands of meteors -- on a per hour basis -- raining down at the busiest stretch.
The Leonids run from Nov. 14-21 and will peak in the early morning on the 18th.
You might want to throw a tarp over your satelites.