Admire the sky this end of the week for an opportunity to detect a falling star as the Leonid meteor shower would be at peak of its yearly show. Known for their brilliance and colors, the Leonids include probably the quickest moving rocks of any shower, going at 44 miles for each second. There will be less meteors noticeable in the sky than in past showers because of light contamination from the bright winding down gibbous or almost full moon.