[HN Gopher] How to Watch the Radiant Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
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       How to Watch the Radiant Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
        
       Author : cjbarber
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2025-12-13 18:12 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | tracerbulletx wrote:
       | "The other stars are going to be all stationary, so you'll see
       | this moving across the sky, and it'll leave a little tail behind
       | it"
       | 
       | Who is this article for?
        
       | dotancohen wrote:
       | I drove for six hours with my son last night to watch the
       | Geminids. We watch the Persids every year, but this time was the
       | first to watch the Geminids. They are a very different shower, we
       | could immediately see the difference.
       | 
       | My advice: use online dark sky maps to find the darkest places.
       | It makes a huge difference. And for this winter meteor shower,
       | look at the current satellite imagery for your area to find a
       | place with little cloud cover.
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       | Do not use your phone while out there! Live without it for a few
       | hours. The phone, and flashlights, vastly affects how well your
       | eyes will see the meteors. Remember, you are literally looking at
       | objects the size of a grain of sand, 100 to 200 kilometres away.
       | 
       | Bring hot chocolate in a large thermos. And warm hats. And
       | somebody you love.
        
       | xnx wrote:
       | Is there good software that will isolate clips of meteors from
       | hours of video? I'm pretty sure I could do it with edge
       | detection, but I assume someone smarter than me has already done
       | this.
        
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