Although the big Leonid outbursts we saw over the last few years are over, this remains an interesting shower to observe. Using the same methods that successfully predicted these outbursts, Vaubaillon et al. share their forecast for this year.
Vaubaillon et al. ------------------ Trail Year Date Time ZHR estimate 1333 2004 Nov 19 06:42 UTC 10 1733 2004 Nov 19 21:49 UTC ~ 65 1001 2004 Nov 8 23:30 UTC 50 (100?) -- not by Sato David Asher about 1001 trail ----------------------------- 1001 2004 Nov 8 23:38 UTC faint meteors Mikiya Sato ------------ trail v_ejec Date Time sollong 1965 120.96 1.35 Nov.17 09:22 235.315 -0.0017 0.94 153.61 21.62 70.81 No peak -- very faint??? 1733 20.82 0.22 Nov.19 21:26 237.840 -0.0023 0.10 155.19 20.76 70.80 Middle scale peak 1333 14.27 0.14 Nov.19 06:39 237.218 +0.0018 0.022 154.95 21.28 70.64 Low level peak 1167 13.10 0.13 Nov.21 09:54 239.374 +0.0029 0.0049 156.27 20.54 70.67 No peak 1135 11.75 0.12 Nov.21 08:21 239.309 +0.0006 0.0040 156.21 20.48 70.73 Low level peak? -- not by Vaubaillon