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imastawka · ‎14-12-2017

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:

Perth 8pm 11 meteors/hr
Darwin 9:30pm 16 meteors/hr
Brisbane 10pm 11 meteors/hr
Adelaide 10:30pm 9 meteors/hr
Sydney 11pm 9 meteors/hr
Canberra 11pm 9 meteors/hr
Melbourne 11pm 8 meteors/hr
Hobart 11pm 6 meteors/hr

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).

Perth 12:30am 27 meteors/hr
Darwin 2am 41 meteors/hr
Brisbane 2:30am 27 meteors/hr
Adelaide 3am 22 meteors/hr
Sydney 3.30am 22 meteors/hr
Canberra 3.30am 22 meteors/hr
Melbourne 3.30am 19 meteors/hr
Hobart 3.30am 14 meteors/hr

Where To Look

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!

More here -

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/how-to-watch-tonights-geminid-meteor-shower-in-austral...