The Leonid meteor shower will peak early Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009. NASA is predicting “20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia.”

If you want to catch the Leonid meteor shower, the ideal place to be is in Asia, but skywaychers all over North America should be able to see some of these meteors streak by.

According to SPACE.com “the trick for all observers is to head outside in the wee hours of the morning - between 1 a.m. and dawn - regardless where you live.In the United States and Canada, eastern observers will be particularly well-positioned for maximum activity, expected sometime between 3:30 and 5:30 a.m. EST, when the radiant of the Leonid shower will be well up in the dark southeastern sky.”

For more info - go to the best source of space-related info - NASA.