Watch the geminids meteor shower as we near the end of international year of astronomy for 2009, you surely don’t want to miss the geminid meteor shower blazing the night sky for december 2009 which is considered by NASA as one of the best meteor showers for the whole year just like the leonid meteor shower for 2009.

The geminids meteor shower gets its name due to the fact that it appears to radiate from the constellation gemini with castor and pollux as it’s star, hence the name geminid. Look for the streaming geminids meteor shower 2009 free online on the internet if you can’t go out tonight and maybe you can see lots of shooting stars during the meteor shower december 13-14 2009 peak which is going to be around 50-80 meteors per hour. Fyi, the geminid meteor shower or geminids progenitor comet was not a comet after all because it is caused by an object named 3200 phaethon which is an asteroid believed to be an extinct comet with no cometary activity. Again the 2009 meteor shower of geminds will emanate from the constellation gemini so try to locate gemini as the geminids will radiate from it.

If weather permits we can have a good sky shows tonight with streaking lights across the night sky, if not just watch free geminids meteor shower 2009 live streaming video download online via the internet or check the NASA site for the live updates on the geminids meteor shower 2009 and see for yourself how amazing it is to watch a shooting star especially if it’s a point meteor which appears to be shooting directly right on your face:D