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We saw a lot of bright meteors in this part of the sky during the storm. Notice that both meteors streaked through the Dipper at the same angle. If you could trace them back to their point of origin, you'd arrive in Leo just below the head of the lion. That's the radiant point of the Leonid meteor shower, the point from which all Leonids appear to originate.
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