The shower peak was at 10:45am, today, Dec. 14. Historically, the Geminids rise faster than they fall, so the prevailing wisdom is that early last night (Friday, Dec. 14 at after midnight) would be the best peak time and this evening early morning (Saturday, Dec. 15 after midnight). Today, the NASA Fluximater was showing a zhr of 40 last night at around 1am and 20 tonight at 11:30pm MST from countryside locations. When I looked outside around midnight last night, it was not clear and did not clear up until this morning. Prospects look better tonight but the NOAA IR map shows another front rapidly moving in from the northwest. Eyeballing the chart, I figure it will be here around midnight and Moonset is at 10pm. So I'm sticking my head out of my den at around 10pm and like Punxsutawney Phil, if I don't see clear weather, I'm crawling back in for another six hours of sleep. - Kurt An S&T article http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/12207486.html Utah astro wiki entry with more links and info http://www.utahastronomy.com/Current_observing_events#Dec._15_3:15am_MDT_Gem... NASA meteor Fluximater http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net