EarthSky News - Nov 16 - Leonid Meteors in Moonlight

November 16 Leonid Meteors in Moonlight by:

Tonight … Leonid meteors in moonlight Tonight is the moonlit peak of the 2016 Leonid meteor shower. Read why this shower is one of the most famous in the history of science … moon or no moon. Where's the moon? Waning gibbous The supermoon has come and gone (see photos here), and now the moon is rising later at night. EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2016 Look here for information about all the major meteor showers between now and the year's end China's new feathered Mud Dragon dino A Chinese construction crew unearthed a new dinosaur fossil. It had feathers and a beak. A scientist called it "one of the most beautiful, but saddest, fossils I've ever seen."

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tonight Tonight: Leonid meteors in moonlight The radiant point for the Leonid meteor shower is in the constellation Leo the Lion, in the famous "backwards question mark" star pattern that marks the Lion's head.

today's Image Come to know the Big and Little Dippers The Big Dipper is easy (but best before dawn at this time of year). And, once you find it, you can find the Little Dipper, too. Here are the Big and Little Dippers at different seasons, and different times of night, as captured by Matthew Chin in Hong Kong. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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