Today:
The Geminid Meteor shower reaches its peak tonight. This is the year’s most prolific displays of meteors, producing over 100 shooting stars per hour. The Twins of Gemini are one third of the way up by 9 o’clock, which means the meteors are active all night long. And there will be little interference from the Moon, which is now past its last quarter.
Sunday:
As we approach the shortest day of the year, the Big Dipper is showing signs of encouragement for those not enjoying the lack of daylight. By mid-evening, the Dipper is starting to lift a little higher in to the northeast, and by February will look like a question mark, begging the question, “When is spring?”
Monday:
The view to the southeast is quite impressive by 9:00 PM this evening. Orion continues to progress higher, about one third of the way up from the horizon, joined well to his left by Gemini, continuing to host the spectacular Jupiter just below the Twin stars, Adding to the scene are the Dog stars Procyon, well to the lower right of Jupiter, and even lower, below his master, Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens.