In the wee hours of November 13, 1833, the skies over the United ... Some speculated that the meteor shower was a telltale sign of a hard winter to come or that it was an “omen of evil.” ...

Stay up late—and look up—for a chance to see the annual Leonid meteor shower. This year ... known as its perihelion. In November 1833, stargazers witnessed one of the Leonids’ meteor ...

It's shaping up to be a big week for skywatchers: two different meteor showers will shoot across the sky in the coming days, along with November supermoon ... rates for the 1833 Leonid shower ...