Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s worth putting on that heavy winter coat, scarf and boots and heading out for one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Geminids.

The Geminid shower started on Dec. 4 and peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14.

What makes this meteor shower so good is that, under ideal conditions, it can produce up to 150 meteors an hour — and this year, if the weather co-operates, will make for especially good viewing.

“They're going to be awesome on so many levels,” said Peter Brown, Canada research chair in meteor astronomy and a professor at Western University in London, Ont.

“The nice thing this year is that the peak is on the night of the 13th, morning of the 14th — Saturday, Sunday. So, very convenient.”

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