Grab a Geminid (Shooting Star night sky viewing)

The Geminid meteor shower peaks on 13/14 December. Unlike other
meteor showers, the dust and grains (mostly how big they are) that create those “shooting star” streaks across the sky come from an asteroid, not a comet. That’s Phaethon! We’ll try to grab a view of some out of our eyes – no binoculars or telescope needed, as they flash by and burn up around 80-100km above us in the upper realms of the atmosphere.

If there’s a decent night, we’ll meet on Tooting common to try and catch some of them. Of course, they won’t be as common as the Perseids in August, but there should be a few over the evening that, hopefully, we can catch some of between us.