Like every time a meteor shower is due or forecasted, viewers and astrophotographers all around the world will have their cameras and rolls ready to capture a moment of this phenomenal display of nature’s artist

The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower will be available to view from 13th November to 20th November all over the world. The Leonid Meteor Shower will hit its peak early in the morning Tuesday, Nov. 17. According to NASA, the best time to view the Leonid meteor shower is after 1:30 a.m. EST.

People in United States of America can view 20-30 meteors per hour according to the sources of NASA while the Asians would be able to view 200-300 meteors per hour. Other astronomers are also predicting that the shower can be as high as 500 meteors an hour during its peak.

If you don’t mind staying up late, or getting up early, you could be treated a spectacular show from outer space.

The Orionid meteor shower is expected to peak between 1:00 a.m. and dawn on Wednesday.

The shower is made up of debris left by Halley’s comet. About 30 meteors an hour are expected, and you won’t even need a telescope to see them.

Orionids appear every year around this time when Earth orbits through an area of space littered with debris from the ancient comet. Normally, the shower produces 10 to 20 meteors per hour, a modest display. The past few years, however, have been much better than usual.

The Orionids are one of the most watched meteor showers of the year. They occur each year as the Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet in 1986.

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Halley’s Comet photo taken by W. Liller in Easter Island, March 6, 1986