Sky watchers can observe the 2014 Leonid meteor shower either on a dark and remote location or indoors during its peak on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Weather disturbances or light pollution can hinder the meteor shower peak but the viewers can still experience the sky display through two online viewing courtesy of NASA and Slooh.

According to a Space.com report, there will be two free Webcasts starting on Monday night, Nov. 17, coming from the Slooh Community Observatory and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). The Slooh Space Camera will begin their live-stream on the 2014 Leonid meteor shower at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT) with feature views of the dark sky from the observatory telescopes in the Canary Islands as well as in Prescott, Arizona.

The NASA Webcast is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. EST (0030 GMT) with a telescope view of the meteor shower display coming from the space agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The 2014 Leonid meteor shower Webcasts courtesy of NASA and Slooh can also be watched on Space.com.

However, the Leonid meteor shower peak is expected to be a weak display due to low activity this 2014. "We're predicting 10 to 15 meteors per hour," Dr. Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center declared in a written statement.

To best view the meteor shower display, the NASA expert suggested that sky watchers should wait until after midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 18, since the peak of the Leonid meteor shower is set to take place just before dawn. The moon will be rising at about 2:40 a.m. local time but its diminishing crescent will not hamper the meteor shower peak viewing experience.

Jim Todd, planetarium manager at Portland's OMSI,

"The good news is that, this year, the waning crescent moon won't substantially interfere on the peak, but the less good news is that the meteor shower is much weaker than around the turn of the millennium and perhaps only a dozen meteors will be seen per hour," Jim Todd, the planetarium manager at Portland's OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry), shared in a BeachConnection.net report.

For outdoor viewing of the 2014 Leonid meteor shower, sky watchers are recommended to lie down on their back, look up at the dark sky and have patience while waiting for the display to appear. The chances of observing a meteor streaking across the sky will be reduced due to local light pollution or other obstructions such as tall trees or buildings so viewers are suggested to find a location far away from bright city lights or urban areas.

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