Geminids
Annual celestial fireworks
The Geminids are an annual meteor shower peaking in mid-December, appearing to radiate from the constellation Gemini.
Among the most reliable and prolific meteor showers, they can produce over 100 visible meteors per hour under ideal conditions: We stayed up to watch the Geminids.
Long thin marks
- fireballsBrilliant burning meteors
- bolidesExceptionally bright meteors
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- DecemberYear's final month
mid-December · peak · multicolored · bright · slow · debris · vaporization · ionization
Attentive watching or remark
- viewingAct of watching something
- moonlessLacking lunar presence
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
- CastorMythic twin, now stellar
Pollux · twins · horizon · zenith · telescope · binoculars · camera · astrophotography
streaks
Long thin marks
December · mid-December · peak · multicolored · bright · slow · debris · vaporization · ionization · luminous
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- viewingAct of watching something
- moonlessLacking lunar presence
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
Castor · Pollux · twins · horizon · zenith · telescope · binoculars · camera · astrophotography · timelapse
- night skystars, moon, constellations, shooting stars, constellation
- stargazingtelescope, stargazing guides, night sky, stars, constellation
- meteor showersPerseids
- winter astronomysolstice, Orion, Sirius, long nights, night sky
- Gemini programNASA's second crewed initiative
- Project GeminiTwo-seat spacecraft series