Google Doodle marks relevance of an asteroid, read how to watch Geminid Meteor Shower
Google Doodle marks relevance of an asteroid, read how to watch Geminid Meteor Shower
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Today Google doodle marked the relevance of an asteroid, which brings the most spectacular meteor shower every year. The Geminid Meteor Shower 2018 will light up the sky on the night of December 13. you’ll be see bits of debris from an asteroid named 3200 Phaethon burn up in the night sky.

HOW TO WATCH

In order to see the meteor shower today, there is no need for a telescope or binoculars; fragments from Phaethon’s debris trail will become visible after 9 pm, peaking a little after midnight, with as many as 120 meteors per hour.

The best times to see it are on Thursday and Friday night, when it reaches its peak.The very best time to watch, Sky and Telescope magazine reports, will be right before dawn on Friday, December 14. That’s the peak of the peak. The best place to view the shower is from a less polluted area away from the cities. Allow some time for your eyes to adjust to the darkness, and you may catch a meteor every other minute or so.

 

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