Meteor Showers are interesting even for the casual observer. Here are some interesting links regarding the Leonid Showers: http://ajanta.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~jupiter/pub/sciinfo/leonid.html http://eclipse.span.ch/leonids2000.htm http://hstsci.gsfc.nasa.gov/leonids.html http://www.skypub.com/sights/meteors/leonids/leonids_1833.html