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How to watch one of the year’s best meteor showers, the Geminids

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  1. fefellama
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    Figured others might be interested in this. Peaks this weekend and continues for another week or so. Might be a good time to go camping.

    Figured others might be interested in this. Peaks this weekend and continues for another week or so. Might be a good time to go camping.

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    snake_case
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    There actually wasnt a whole lot of info here, they said northern hemisphere does that include as far down as like, Florida?

    There actually wasnt a whole lot of info here, they said northern hemisphere does that include as far down as like, Florida?

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    1. j0hn1215
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      Definitely. It's not like the aurora that's heavily biased towards the poles. Some Geminids should be visible from pretty much everywhere except, perhaps, the south pole. Technicall best viewed...
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      Definitely. It's not like the aurora that's heavily biased towards the poles. Some Geminids should be visible from pretty much everywhere except, perhaps, the south pole. Technicall best viewed when the radiant (i.e. the constellation of Gemini) is directly overhead, but even at the equator, they should still put on a good show!
      Some more technical info: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower/

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