The Geminid meteor shower is underway. According to the International Meteor Organization, dark-sky observers are now counting as many as 40 Geminids per hour. Forecasters expect this rate to double or more when the shower peaks during the early hours of Dec. 14th. The best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise on Tuesday: sky map.

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© Antonio Finazzi
Here is a selection of early Geminids photographed on Monday, Dec. 13th: #1, #2, #3, #4.



Plan B: Got clouds? You can listen to Geminid radar echoes on Space Weather Radio.