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 The most effective method to watch Leonids meteor shower 2021 in the UK: What time to see the meteors around evening time and when they top 

The yearly shower is quite possibly the most great astronomical event, and those in the south ought to get an especially decent view, with skies liable to be somewhat clear 

The Leonid meteor shower will illuminate UK skies this week. 

The yearly shower is perhaps the most noteworthy grandiose event, and those in the south ought to get an especially decent view, with skies prone to be moderately clear. 

Here is all that you really want to know about the Leonids, and how best to see them. 

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When is the Leonid meteor shower? 

The shower regularly happens between 5-29 November, and this year is topping on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 November. 

On these evenings you ought to have the option to see up to 15 meteors consistently. 

The best an ideal opportunity to see them is in the evening, when it is haziest. 

Illustrious Museums Greenwich says: "The Leonids are normally one of the more productive yearly meteor showers, with quick, splendid meteors related with Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The brilliant [the point where the meteors appear to stream from] is at the head or 'sickle' of the heavenly body Leo the Lion, henceforth the name. 

"As the comet pursues its way around the sun, it leaves a way of minuscule flotsam and jetsam. The cometary garbage enters our planet's environment at rates of as much as 70 kilometers each second, disintegrating and causing the dashes of light we call meteors." 

Tips for seeing the shower 

The meteors can be seen with the unaided eye so there's no requirement for optics or a telescope. 

Nonetheless, you should give your eyes time to conform to the haziness when you go out to see them. This implies trying not to take a gander at splendid lights, for example, your telephone screen. 

For the best conditions, you need to find a protected area away from streetlamps and different wellsprings of light contamination. 

The meteors can be found in all pieces of the sky, so it is great to be in a vast area where you can filter the night sky with your eyes, away from tall structures and trees. 

Clear skies are significant. The Met Office has anticipated alterable climate with spells of downpour and wind in northern parts, which means seeing the meteors could be troublesome.