Posted on 12/13/2012 5:33:17 PM PST by P.O.E.
The annual Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak late on Thursday night and into early Friday morning.
The meteors will appear to radiate from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini.
In the Northern hemisphere, that will be westward and nearly overhead in the early hours of Friday.
Sky watchers can expect an average of dozens of "shooting stars" per hour, made easier to see by darkness provided by the "new moon" phase.
The shower comes about each year as the Earth passes through the path of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon.
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Nice and clear in Middle TN, too . . . . for a change. It seems every time we have a good meteor shower, it clouds up.
Just came in from a half hour of watching and saw several good ones. Had to come in to thaw out for a while, then will go back out. I’ve gotten to be a bit of a wuss about cold weather in my old(er) age. LOL! But this show is worth the chill. Best I’ve seen in quite a while.
Thanks KoRn!
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