> Anybody here know where to look for the
>[hopefully] great Leonid asteroid shower? Last I
>heard, it was something like one of the
>constellations, or something like that, but does
>anybody know where to look in terms of
>East/West/North/South, and about how high up? I
>live on the east coast of America, if that's any
>help. Sounds like it's gonna be neat...
>

The Leonids are named after the constellation they seem to originate from, Leo. Leo rises sometime after midnight here in the States this time of year, so you want to look east after then and find the backwards question mark of stars (best if you can get out to a great big field and have a nice flat horizon away from all city lights.)

The problem is that the peak of the Leonid shower this year will be during daylight hours here in the States--sometime around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Although meteors can and do glow bright enough to be seen in the day time if they are big enough, the Leonids aren't nearly big enough to be seen during the day. If you can get to Tokyo or Hong Kong, do it--they are going to see quite a show from what I've heard.

Anyway, you'll be observing past the peak, but you'll still see a good number of meteors. From what I've heard, optimal viewing here on the East Coast will be sometime around 4am, when Leo is higher in the sky. That means either staying up really late or getting up really early on the morning of the 18th.