Friday, October 08, 2010
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..:: The Geminid shower radiates from the constellation Gemini
December 12 and Monday, December 13 – from late at night until dawn.
You can expect to see the most Geminids around 2 a.m., when Castor will be highest in the sky, and the meteors will be raining down from overhead.
The meteors come from a point near the star Castor in Gemini, one of the brightest stars in the sky. If you watch this shower – and trace the paths of the meteors backwards on the sky’s dome – you’ll find that the meteors paths seem to converge at a point in the sky near this star. It’s like standing in the middle of railroad tracks, gazing down the tracks and watching them converge in the distance. Meteor shower radiant points are kin to this illusion.
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2:15 AM