Known as one of the most reliable celestial spectacles of the year, the Geminid meteor shower is set to peak across Australia tonight and into the early hours of Monday morning, with skywatchers in for an incredible display of shooting stars.<\/p>\n
Described as a \u201cnatural fireworks show\u201d, the Geminid meteor showers could see the sky lit up with more than 100 meteors per hour \u2014 and with a thin crescent Moon expected, the sky will be particularly dark, creating near-ideal conditions for the show.<\/p>\n
HERE\u2019S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER:What is causing tonight\u2019s Geminid meteor shower<\/p>\n
The meteor shower occurs each December as Earth passes through a stream of debris left behind by an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon.<\/p>\n
Best places to see Geminid meteor shower in Perth<\/p>\n
Perth Observatory tour administrator Matt Woods says the best places to watch the shower are away from the city, where there is less light pollution. However, there are plenty of places around the Perth metropolitan area where viewers can see the meteors:<\/p>\n
South Ledge Lookout at Mundaring WeirPoint PeronRottnest IslandLake LeschenaultiaWhen you can see the Geminid meteor shower in each Australian state<\/p>\n
The best time to watch the Geminid meteor shower is late on Sunday, December 14 and early on Monday, December 15 but the exact time varies for each state:<\/p>\n
Perth: 10pm \u2013 5amBrisbane: 9pm \u2013 5amDarwin: 9.30pm \u2013 6.30amSydney: 11pm \u2013 6amCanberra: 11pm – 6amAdelaide: 11.30pm \u2013 5.30amMelbourne: 12am \u2013 6amHobart: 12am \u2013 5amImportant things to know before watching Geminid meteor showerGive your eyes 20\u201330 minutes to adjust to the dark before the event is set to peak – so no looking at your phone!Head away from city lights to darker open sky for best viewing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Known as one of the most reliable celestial spectacles of the year, the Geminid meteor shower is set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,45],"class_list":["post-346505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}