The Geminids are coming - Finder Map

The attached map shows the approximate position of the "Radiant" of these meteors (double click on map to magnify).
The Radiant is the point in the sky from which the meteors appear to radiate from, if traced back to their origin of movement.
Let all the readers of this blog know how many Geminids you saw by leaving your comment on this post.
The full story on these Meteors can be found at

http://EzineArticles.com/?id=869977

Update:
What a night, I was out with a few other keen Astronomy
 club members observing Geminids from our dark sky site
 10km from town between 10pm and 2am on Friday the 14th
 and we saw 100's of Geminids.
Our more northerly declination (12deg S) will have contributed
 to the number of meteors spotted.
We noticed that many of them started a long way from the radiant,
 only bursting to life behind us,
as we looked 20 to 30 Deg above and beside the radiant.
This is the first time I have seen this shower as the Wet Season
 is usually beginning by this time of year, but this year we got lucky!
Even if you did not manage to catch the peak on Fri the 14th,
have a go on Sat the 15th as you will still see many  fine meteors.

Mars Finder Map - 24-12-07

* Map Updated on 19-12-07

On Christmas Eve Mars forms a triangle with the stars Mu and Gamma Gemini and shares the night sky with the full moon..

Click twice on the map, to zoom in for a readable version.


For a full writeup on Mars See my Article at:

http://EzineArticles.com/?id=862797