Watch out for shooting stars on the night of Dec 14

 

 

Thai people will have a chance to view a large number of shooting stars on the night of Thursday, Dec 14, until the next morning, said Saran Poshyachinda, director of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit).

 

Although the Geminid meteor shower can be seen during Dec 4-17 this year, Mr Saran said the meteor shower will be most prolific on the night of Dec 14 starting from 8.30 pm until the next morning, with an average of 120 shooting stars in an hour.

 

The centre of the Geminid meteor shower is on the northeastern direction of the sky and can be seen with plain eyes in every part of the country, said Mr Saran, adding that, thanks to the waning moon, Thai people have a good chance to see the shooting stars for the whole night until 3.55 am of the following day.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/watch-shooting-stars-night-dec-14/

 

 

 

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Thai people have a good chance to see the shooting stars for the whole night until 3.55 am of the following day.

Absenteeism at a premium the following day!

stars flying all around  ?...better carry an umbrealla, one never knows !!!!

Well.... to begin with... they aren't stars.  

36 minutes ago, Catoni said:

Well.... to begin with... they aren't stars.  

and they don't shoot.

The peak is actually early morning of the 14th, and many shooting stars can be

seen the night of the 13th.

Geezer

Thanks Geezer.