The annual Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak in December. From timings to online feeds, here’s how viewers in India can follow the event.

The Geminids are back this week, slipping into the December sky with the kind of steady activity that makes the shower a winter fixture. The peak is expected over the night of December 13-14, a stretch that usually brings some of the strongest meteor counts of the year. Most estimates point to rates that can climb past 120 meteors per hour under clean, dark skies. The event will not be possible to witness in real-time for everyone, which is why the online feeds matter this time.

The Geminids meteor shower begins as early as late evening, but the prime hours fall between 2 am and 4 am IST on December 14, according to The Free Press Journal. T

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