... Globular star cluster Palomar 13 has roamed the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy for the last 12 billion years. ... Leonids from Orbit . ... Here is what a meteor shower looks like from orbit. During the peak of the 1997 Leonid Meteor Shower, the MSX satellite imaged from above 29 meteors over a 48 minute period entering the Earth's atmosphere. ... Last year, the 1999 Leonids Meteor Shower came to a tremendous crescendo. ... Just last week this long lovely Leonid shower meteor arced through the night. ...