Geminid meteor shower 2022 to peak at Decemer 14, 15; Here’s when and how you can watch it

The Geminid Meteor Shower is the most enormous this year. It will be best viewed at 2 AM when the moon is not shining. The meteor shower is expected to peak at 150 meteors per hour. One needs to head towards the suburbs and, better still, to the villages so that the skyline is free of pollution and the air is clearer. Any place away from the city lights is better as you hardly see any star through the yellow glare that engulfs the sky in a shroud blurring the night sky.

More about Geminid Meteor Shower

The name is derived from the Gemini constellation, and that’s the source. No special equipment is required to watch a meteor shower. Just watch it with the naked eye.

People can switch on an interactive sky map application through their mobile phones. Search out the location of the Gemini constellation and have the experience of a lifetime, as this is no common occurrence.




This year, it is a phenomenon because one meteor shower per minute is commonplace. From earth, we can see the Perseids, which peak on 12 August yearly at one meteor per minute. Similarly, the Leonid meteor shower was visible from the earth, and that is on 17 November.

An enormous meteor shower experienced by earthlings was in 1966 when they encountered a Leonid storm. Thousands of meteors per minute lit up the sky like rainfall, lasting a good fifteen minutes.

FAQs:

1. When would Haley’s comet be visible next?
   2061.
2. When was Haley’s comet last seen?
   1986.