The Geminids peaks overnight Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, and the weather forecast for Cumming calls for mostly cloudy skies in the overnight, with only partly cloudy skies as morning approaches.
Meteor experts from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will be available to answer your questions via a late-night Web chat.
The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, is on its way – make plans to enjoy the light show in Cumming.
The Geminid meteor shower 2012, the final major meteor shower of every year and likely to be the best, peaks overnight Dec. 13 until dawn on Dec. 14. The weather forecast for Cumming calls for mostly cloudy skies in the overnight, with only partly cloudy skies as morning approaches. If you liked the Perseids meteor shower 2012 in August, you should love this show. NASA reports that the Geminids are a relatively young meteor shower, with the first sightings occurring in the 1830s with rates of about 20 per hour. Over the decades the rates have increased, regularly spawning between 80 and 120 per hour at its peak on a clear evening. How spectacular is it? Just take a look some spectacular photos of the Geminids. Earthsky.org reports the …
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The Leonid Meteor Showers are fast and bright and will appear to radiate from the constellation Leo the Lion in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 17.
As you begin hanging holiday lights, cast your gaze upon the universe's natural fireworks, as well. Astronomers anticipate several meteor showers to take place over the next month. Nov. 17: Leonid Meteor Shower Dec. 13: Geminid Meteor Shower Be sure to schedule a night this season to bundle up with some blankets, hot chocolate, and enjoy the light show in the sky. Don't have access to a telescope? The North Georgia College & State University’s Coleman Planetarium in Dahlonega (about 28 miles from Cumming) invites you and your family for star gazing. Check out the fall schedule featuring "Public Education Nights" on most Fridays at 8 p.m. You might also be interested in reading: Shooting Stars to Light Up the Sky Felix Baumgartner Lands…
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