[net.space] Geminids

fred (12/13/82)

	I was out observing the evening of dec 11-12. Besides getting
turned into a popsicle I  noticed that the Geminids were active, with
counts of about 10 per hour. This was two days before the peak which
should be the morning of the 14th at 7 A.M. EST, judging from the count
I saw on Sat, a peak rate of 40-50 meteors per hour is not
unreasonable. So if you live in a reasonably dark sky area, getting
up an hour or two before work tomorrow morning will probably give 
you quite an active meteor shower.

			Fred BTL/ABI INDY