Geminid meteor shower puts on a show tonight

The Geminid meteor shower is the biggest sky show of 2007, and NASA officials say tonight should be the shower’s peak.  Between the hours of midnight and dawn, sky watchers should see as many as a dozen streaking meteors per hour.  The meteors will actually start to appear a few hours before midnight, but only to viewers in dark, rural areas.  NASA has set up a nice little webpage with everything you need to know at Geminid meteor shower on NASA.gov.  If you want to more about meteoroids in general, you can visit the more detailed website of the Meteoroid Environment Office.

I’m envious of those of you who live in areas with a good view of the night sky.  The city conveniently surrounded my backyard with streetlights, so the only things I see zipping through the sky at night are moths.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 12/14 at 04:47 AM

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