Filed under: Astronomy, Cool Science, NASA, Science | Tags: geminid, Meteor Shower
What promises to be the year’s most spectacular metero shower, the Geminids, will occur the night of December 13th-14th!
“It’s the Geminid meteor shower,” says NASA astronomer Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center. “Start watching on Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, around 10 pm local time,” he advises. “At first you might not see very many meteors—but be patient. The show really heats up after midnight and by dawn on Friday, Dec. 14th, there could be dozens of bright meteors per hour streaking across the sky.”
Look west late night on Thursday, December 13th and bfefore dawn during the early hours of Friday, December 14th. For more information, please visit the NASA website. Included at this link is a diagram for locating the meteor shower.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03dec_asteroidshower.htm
