The Geminids are now ranked as the very best of the annual meteor displays presently visible from Earth.
The Earth moves quickly through this meteor stream producing a somewhat broad, lopsided activity profile. Hourly rates started to increase very slowly from this past Sunday , and by this Sunday night they will be appearing at roughly one quarter of their normal peak strength. Were it not for's interference late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning , a single observer under a dark non-light-polluted sky might average as many as one or two meteor sightings per minute .
But there is good reason to keep watching for Geminids even after their peak has passed, for those"late" Geminids, tend to be especially bright. Renegade late stragglers might still be seen up until about Saturday . After that, the Geminids are gone until next year.These bright, medium speed meteors appear to emanate from near the bright star Castor, in the, hence the name"Geminid.
Generally speaking, depending on your location, Castor begins to come up above the east-northeast horizon right around the time evening twilight is coming to an end. So, the best advice is to be outside from then until moonrise if you can, and you may catch sight of a few Geminids while the sky is still dark and moonless.
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