How To Watch The Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight?

It's December, and it's time to watch the best meteor shower of the year - the Geminid meteor shower. It is one of the three prominent meteor showers of the year, among Perseids and Quadrantids. They take place between Dec 6 -19 every year, peaking on Dec 13-14. Every meteor shower has a dedicated point in the sky called the radiant. All the meteors appear to originate from it. The radiant of Geminids lies in Gemini.

A meteor shower produces its best displays when its radiant is well up in the sky. The radiant of Geminids will reach the highest point in the sky by 2 am local time. You can start watching the shower a little before midnight to catch the earthgrazers.

Earthgrazers are long, slow, colorful meteors traveling horizontally to the sky.
You don't have to stare at Gemini. The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky. All of them will typically be moving away from the constellation of Gemini. The Geminids are particularly noted for their colors compared to the other meteor showers. 5% white, 26% yellow, and the remaining 9% are blue, red, and green. At its peak, it's possible to see up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. You don't need any telescope to watch the shower. Just find a dark place away from city lights.

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[markoyamashitach]

Thank for the reminder! I am lucky I live in a place where there is not a lot of light pollution. So, at night you can sometimes observe the Northern Lights. It's probably been 18 years now; there was one year a few of us were drinking beers and watching the light show and we happened to be in this Meteor Shower's window. You get some really beautiful colors and streaks across the sky. It is like fishing, you do need patience. And if you blink you might miss it since they happen so fast. But it's exciting to watch once you see your first one fall through the sky.

[bubbaredneck]

Im in southern az by the boarder. These are spectacular down here.

[kavyaacharya]

Thank you for making astronomy accessible so easily to us. It is my pleasure that I am subscribed to this time.

[glendalangley]

I’m anxiously waiting for the peak night for this one. We’ll be getting close to a full moon so hopefully everything will be perfect.

[astroboyskygazer]

back in November of 1997 I guess, I witnessed a spectacular display of showers which I later knew as the Leonids. It was mind boggling. It was like War of the Worlds scene. The whole sky was litterally raining streaks of light for hours. it was enchanting...

[Deedee-eesg]

Wow, Earthgrazers? Don't think I've ever seen one? Let's pray the sky is cloud free, and not too much light pollution!

[agrima]

😀❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thnks for such informations which if I was to find on my own would've taken lots of time
U make it super easy 💖

[ireneyoomikim]

Saw this last night after work. It was beautiful. It was hard with the gibbous moon brightly shining but it wasn't Impossible. I stayed for 20-30 min. Was tired and drove home.

[lightmarexstream]

I'm getting my tent, a sleeping bag, some hot chocolate and going to a park at 1am. I'm not missing it

[nightskyastronomy]

YAY!! I just saw a blue bright meteor yesterday night

[glennredwine]

yes, went to Joshua Tree NP in Dec 2015 and there was an unbelievable fire ball. I try to to see the meteor shower in August every year.

[foreverunited]

Thanks for the video! When you say that the peak is on Dec 13-14, does that mean that (theoretically of course) Monday 2am and Tuesday 2am will have an equivalent number of meteors?

[faerydragonanstachesadventures]

My car broke down one December and I was able to watch the Geminids shower while waiting to be rescued.

[Ndiedddd]

I looked up in the sky tonight and saw multiple meteors within a minute!

[anotherdave]

just saw one in western MA to the east when taking out the trash at 2:15 AM EST; 12/14/2021. It startled me because I've always seen them travel from side to side looking like needles and hissing but this was straight down and was surprisingly large and silent.

[shrivclicks]

YESS! GEMINIDS!! My favorite meteor shower of all time the on and only Geminids I first watched it last year same with your video instructions and I was able to see 45 meteors in a hour here in my light polluted home
But this time already moon blocking some view and a bit cloudy hoping to see it, wonderful video bro! 👍

[Blenduu]

December 13th - 14th is the peak, right?

[creativegamer_]

welp time to suffer with cloudy night skies ;-;

[mariam.]

Vielen Dank für ihre Informationen ich bin begeistert von all ihren Videos. Dankeschön. ✨

[haforfun]

Can we see it from Myanmar (South East Asia) tonight?