Natural History Wanderings

National Geographic  reports

NORTH TAURID METEOR SHOWER—NOVEMBER 12

Also in the early morning hours starting after local midnight, look for the second stream of meteors radiating out from the Taurus constellation.

LEONID METEOR SHOWER PEAKS—NOVEMBER 17

Called the North Taurid Shower, this sky show should send out about a half dozen shooting stars per hour. Remember to be on the look out for unusually bright meteors, too, known as fireballs.