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Lean Back

After last year’s Leonids, a lot of people e-mailed me and wrote in our bulletin board about how they’d stepped outside, seen a few shooting stars, and gone back to bed. This year is your last chance for at least three decades to see the Leonids at storm level, astronomers believe. So relax!

And take a lounge chair if possible to afford a comfortable view of the whole sky. If you plan to lie on the ground, bring a pillow. A regular chair is no good, as you’ll be leaning back and craning your neck until it’s sore.

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Tip #8 will keep you from making the huge mistake I made last year …