2020 December 13 - Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2020-12-13

In today's image, we see some of the Geminid meteors from 2015. The meteor shower is named for the constellation from which we see the meteors appear to radiate away. The Geminid meteor show will be at its peak tonight and with our Moon near the new phase, it will be a good opportunity to see some meteors.

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