Meteors & Moonbeams this Weekend!

Lake Michigan … anticipation by Ken Scott Photography

EarthSky shares that since the radiant – the point in the sky from which the meteors appear to radiate – for the Geminid Meteor Shower rises in mid-evening, you can watch for these meteors all night long in the days before & after the evenings of December 13-14 as we pass through the Geminid swarm. They say that the radiant is highest at 2am. Although you won’t see the 20 meteors per hour with the nearly full Cold Moon hanging in the sky, they are particularly bright & you will see some if you give it 15 minutes or so!

Speaking of the meteors & the moon, EarthSky & other outlets have shared video of meteor impacts on the lunar surface from Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii, the curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum! Check it out below along with tips on how to get the best view of this annual meteor shower!

Ken took this back in April of 2015 when he was hoping to catch a lunar eclipse but sadly…

this morning was to be a
Total eclipse of the moon …
it started out fantastic and
then clouds rolled in . . .

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