geminids

Best time to look for Geminids is any time after about 1 or 2 am through until dawn.

A few scattered Geminids can be spotted shortly after sunset tonight.

Geminids are inclined to leave good trains, and some of those meteors travel long distances.

Geminids typically encounter Earth at 22 miles per second (35 kilometers per second), roughly half the speed of a Leonid meteor.

Geminids stand apart from the other meteor showers in that they seem to have been spawned not by a comet, but by 3200 Phaethon, an Earth-crossing asteroid.

Catch an "Earthgrazer" on Tuesday, Wednesday In fact, early on Tuesday evening, there will be a short window of opportunity to look for Geminids in a dark, moonless sky.

The last big meteor shower of the year — the annual Geminids shower — peaks Tuesday night, but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out what is usually one of the most spectacular light shows of the year.

Along with the ODXA activities outlined later, look for amateur radio activity on 28.5 MHz during major meteor showers (Quadrantids, Lyrids, Aquarids, Perseids, Orionids, Leonids, Geminids and Ursids).