The Geminids Meteor Shower, Called “Best of the Year,” Peaks Tonight—Here‘s When and Where to Watch
“Rich in green-colored fireballs, the Geminids are the only shower I will brave cold December nights to see,”The moon is 80% full tonight, meaning it might wash out the Geminids as they shoot across the sky. But that’s only for the first part of the night, per NASA—the
should set at about 2 a.m. local time, wherever you are, leaving a dark, wide-open sky that’s ideal for meteor-watching, at least until the sun starts to rise.says, the annual Geminid meteor shower comes from an asteroid named 3200 Phaethon. Each shower is named after its radiant—the point in the sky where its meteors appear to originate—and the Geminids take their name from the constellation Gemini.
To give yourself the best chance of catching a shooting star , bundle up, lay on your back in an area with as little artificial light as possible with your feet facing south, and look straight up. After giving your eyes a few minutes to adjust, and with a little luck, you’ll start seeing meteors fly across the sky.
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