You don’t need a telescope or binoculars to see the Leonids. To ensure good viewing conditions, you should go to the darkest location possible, possibly a rooftop if you live in a city like New York so that you can get away from bright lights.

The Leonid meteor showers will peak this month as astronomers patiently wait with high hopes for just another night like the famous November 1966 meteor shower spectacular. “The famous Leonid meteor shower produced one of the greatest meteor storms in living memory,

Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart. The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday morning. and the Northern Taurids the following week.

55P/Tempel-Tuttle, discovered by Ernst Tempel and Horace Tuttle in 1865, is a small comet with a nucleus measuring just 2.24 miles across. The "P" in its name indicates that the comet has an orbital period of less than 200 years, making it a periodic comet, per Space.com.

Filipino skywatchers can catch the Leonid meteor shower from Nov. 6 to 30, with the best chance to see shooting stars on Nov. 17, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).