Geminid Meteor Shower

The Geminids are one of the best meteor showers of the year and never seem to disappoint observers! This meteor shower gets the name 'Geminids' because it appears to radiate from the constellation Gemini. For the best viewing opportunity, go outside, take a blanket and something hot to drink, lay on your back and look up into the night sky. Best viewing time is between midnight and dawn on December 13-14. An observer in the Northern hemisphere can start seeing the Geminids meteors as early as December 6, when one meteor every hour or so could be visible. During the next week, rates increase until a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour is attained on the night of December 13-14. The last Geminids are seen on December 18, when an observer might see a rate of one or so every hour.

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• geminids

[BlackBurnMercury]

wow ^_^ I fell asleep, so I missed it :(

[yukyuk21]

No, you wouldn't see the shower in the daytime, it was filmed at night.

[fuzzibunnii]

Was that durring the day?