Next time you have a good view of the Moon. Or better yet, a binocular view. It will be like flipping Little Barry the bird (as he was wont to do in debates in ’08) over his rejection of American exceptionalism. Here’s Sky & Telescope mag’s explanations. And, someday…
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The Geminid meteor shower could be a winner this year, for the Northern Hemisphere, from Wednesday evening into the twilight before dawn on Thursday. If the waxing moon doesn’t get in the way. To avoid that, face west with the moon at your back.
"…people in dark, rural areas could see one or two meteors every minute," for what could be the best meteor shower of 2006, in speedy, bright streaks of yellow across the star-spangled black.
Via Spaceweather, Sky & Telescope, and Space.com, the most pessimistic of the trio.
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