A meteor shower will be visible over the next few nights.
Falling stars will be streaming across midlands skies over the next few nights.
Weather permitting, the Leonid meteor shower will be visible flying through the atmosphere at high speed.
Seánie Morris from the Midlands Astronomy Club says it's worth going out to see, if it's not too cloudy:
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