You're right. Since the peak is just before dawn, looking straight up
should give good results, Leo being on the eastern horizon. The sun
should even shine on them!
You'd see more meteors looking towards Leo, but their tracks would be
shorter since they're coming right at you.
Tom,
Dum spero, spiro.
On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 16:02, Acer V <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] Leonids meteor shower Nov 17-20," saying..
> 10/11/01 12:22:55 PM, "Tom A. Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Look towards Leo constellation.
>
> towards the origin? are you sure? everything i've read indicates to
> looks a little away from the place where they will originate. makes
> sense to me
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