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• Chris Crawford: Great show going on over Inverness,Scotland UK.seen 10 in a few minutes especially 1 that had a beautiful tail. Wrap up warm folks its a cold night.
• Ed Duran: Just saw 15 Geminids in 30 minutes…between 4:30AM and 5AM in deep South Texas.
• Yes, people have been seeing meteors for the past week, but the peak night of the 2012 Geminid meteor shower should be from late evening tonight (Thursday, December 13) until dawn tomorrow (Friday, December 14). As a general rule, the shower intensifies after midnight and produces the greatest number of meteors for a few hours, centered around 2 a.m. That's true no matter where you are around the globe. The Geminids are a reliable and prolific shower, offering perhaps 50 meteors per hour in a dark sky. This year, NASA experts are suggesting the rates might be as high as 100 meteors per hour at the peak. Plus there's a new meteor shower that might coincide with the Geminids. To learn more about the new shower, click here. All in all, December 2012 is proving to be a great meteor month, the best all year!
• What's the best way to watch a meteor shower? You need to get away from city lights and find a wide open view of the sky. City, state and national parks are good, and you might be able to camp and make a night of it. Enjoy the comfort of a reclining lawn chair - the warmth of a sleeping bag - a thermos with a hot drink - a snack - and possibly star maps with a red flashlight, if you want them (you won't need them to enjoy the meteors).
• Give your eyes at least 20 minutes time to adapt to the dark. Often, meteors (Continued on page 13)
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