It's been a dazzling year for skywatchers, with bright comets and plentiful meteor showers that continue this month with the appearance of the annual Leonids, lasting through the end of November. .

This year, the Leonids do offer the opportunity to see up to 15 meteors per hour.

The Leonids tend to be pretty bright, with some persistent trains. .

To catch any Leonids, the best strategy is to venture out in the early morning/predawn hours as close to the showers' respective peaks as possible.

It's not necessary to focus on a particular area of the sky, but if you can spot the constellation Leo, the Leonids will appear to originate from that part of the sky and streak outward like spokes on a wheel.