'Gem' of a meteor shower underway

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'Gem' of a meteor shower underway. Geminids predicted to peak Sunday night into early Monday morning

http://the-riotact.com/?p=16174

Geminids 2009 – Meteor Shower
By ErkzO ⋅ November 23, 2009


13 December, 2009
1:00 am to 3:00 am
14 December, 2009
1:00 am to 3:00 am

For those of you who have ever seen the Geminids, you will know the time is coming to watch another worthwhile meteor shower.

The shower should be visible on the 13/14th of December, from 1:00am(Canberra time), with the radiant peaking around 2:12am. To see the shower, look North at the horizon or 80 degrees up. The moon will rise in the East as the morning progresses, and hopefully not wipe out the views of the shower!

As long as there is no clouds, bad smoke haze (from the fires) or annoying kids, you should be able to see around 20 meteors an hour. But expect more if it’s a clear night.

Remember, be patient as that first meteor may come after a little bit of waiting. I wish you all luck on the night!


http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/blog/?p=2835

Thanks for adding that, emc2.
I had been wondering if it would also be clearly visible for people in and near Australia, and other parts of the globe. In the article I found it only said:
"... much of Europe and North America will be in excellent position to catch the absolute peak of this display, which should persist for more than several hours.
...
regardless of where you live, the very best time to watch for the Geminids will come at around 2 a.m. local time on Monday morning."

i saw a few from my rooftop on the 13th. It was cloudy till 2200GMT when they were starting to tail off but we still managed to see 10 or so. Spectacular. This was in edinburgh so i can only imagine how much better it would have been somewhere with no light pollution.