Meteor showers are named after the constellation from which the meteors appear to emanate, known as the radiant. From Earth's perspective, the Geminid meteor shower appears to originate from approximately the direction of the Gemini constellation. Gemini is fairly easy to spot in the night sky ...
BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere, reached its peak on Tuesday. The Geminids are pieces of debris from an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon. Earth runs into Phaethon's debris stream every year in m...
Does anyone know the predicted outlook for this year's shower, If it is suppose to be a good one, it may be worth fighting the frigid cold for about an hour. If not, I will just wait and watch it on you tube or whatever. 1. What is your latitude? 2. What color zone are you ...
As with all meteor showers, all you need is a clear sky, darkness, a bit of patience, and perhaps warm outerwear and blankets for this one. You don’t need to look in any particular direction; meteors can generally be seen all over the sky. ...
Don’t be mislead by thinking you have to look in a particular part of or direction of the sky, as meteors will appear anywhere and will do so at random. You will notice that if you trace back their path or trajectory it will bring you to the meteor showers radiant. The exception to...
But the time to start watching is now. We’ve already seen a few early Geminids this past weekend, and this shower is notable for showing early activity for northern hemisphere observers before local midnight. This is because the radiant, or the direction that the meteors seem to emanate fr...
“With the radiant rising in the evening, this is a good shower for younger observers who may have earlier bedtimes. But as always, it’s good to remember to be patient.” Geminids can appear anywhere in the sky, so the best direction to watch is wherever your sky is darkest, ...
Its the finale of this year’s meteor showers: The Geminids will start appearing on Dec. 7 and should reach peak activity around the 13th and 14th. This shower could put on a display of up to 100+ meteors (shooting stars) per hour under good viewing cond
This method involves the determination of the exact location of each observed meteor train and the component of the velocity of its horizontal drift in the direction of the azimuth from Ottawa. A 40-minute period during the Geminid shower on the night of Dec. 10/11, 1948, has been ...
It’s that time of the year again. Sky-gazers may get the chance to glimpse some of the dozens of meteors that will streak across the sky as the annual Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. The Geminids are expected to be most active between noon and 8 p.m. ET Friday, according ...