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Geminids
[W]hat experts believe will be this year's best meteor shower peaks tonight.
Gemini will climb above the eastern horizon from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. local time, when viewers can spot occasional "Earthgrazers." These long colorful streaks travel horizontally across the atmosphere.
Peak times will be after midnight, when locales such as Boston could see as many as 80 meteors per hour. During peak hours in North America, Gemini will be found high overhead next to the bright and visible Saturn and to the left of the distinctive constellation of Orion (the hunter). Southern Hemisphere stargazers can also spot the Geminids, just a bit lower in the sky and in slightly reduced numbers.
This year a nearly new moon will cooperate with stargazers and provide dark skies for optimal viewing. Avoiding man-made lights will make the shower even more impressive—fleeing the city's glare can enable viewers to see as many as ten times more meteors.
Sigh... We have had about .3 inches of rain today and it just started up again. Socked in.
Still, Legend of Earthsea is on in 15 minutes so life doesn't entirely suck...
Posted by DaveH at December 13, 2004 8:39 PM