Meteor shower!

[pickledginger]

The Geminid meteor shower* is under way, peaking tonight, tomorrow night, Friday night. Might be hitting 120/hour, says SpaceWeather.com, which has a nice photo up already, plus links, good links

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[peteralway]

One of my students spotted one tonight when we were out for some last-minute observing.

[pickledginger]

:-D
They are so cool to watch -- or, considering the speed, to realize you've just seen.