on 14-12-2017 03:53 PM
Anyone interested and staying up for the show?
Look in the North/West sky
Australia, we are in luck. The Geminid meteor shower is making its annual appearance in our skies, and all 41+ meteors an hour (if you're lucky enough to be in the Top End) will be brighter than ever, thanks to the moon taking a hike for the event. Tonight marks the "peak" of the shower - here's how you can watch here in Australia.
"With August's Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year," said Bill Cooke with NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "The thin, waning crescent Moon won't spoil the show."
The shower will last a total of three days, rising and then building to a peak. They rose last night, but the peak lasts for a little over a day before declining in meteor numbers for the rest of the shower.
These were the Geminids rising times for major cities across the country:
The frequency of the meteors will continue to increase as the night goes on.
Peak time is when you want to be setting your alarm for, though. This will happen in the early hours of Thursday 14 December (that's tonight, folks).
When the Geminids start to rise, keep an eye on the horizon where the meteors can make their way across the entire sky. It can take your eyes some time to adjust to the darkness - up to half an hour. Don't tempted to check your phone or it could reset your vision and you'll miss some meteors!
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on 15-12-2017 12:56 PM
why cant they make these things happen during the day time when us normal people are awake?
LOL
on 14-12-2017 04:10 PM
on 14-12-2017 04:43 PM
on 14-12-2017 05:39 PM
on 14-12-2017 05:47 PM
Thats right, watch the pretty meteor shower
AND WIND UP AS PLANT FOOD!
on 14-12-2017 05:55 PM
on 14-12-2017 06:23 PM
S'cuse me... Could you spare me a moment...I'm running as your local Triffid candidate in the upcoming by-election..
🙂
on 14-12-2017 07:52 PM
on 15-12-2017 12:43 PM
Did anybody see any meteors?
Too much cloud cover over Gemini to see anything in Melbourne.
I gave up.
on 15-12-2017 12:56 PM
why cant they make these things happen during the day time when us normal people are awake?
LOL