A stunning display of multi-colored shooting stars will light up the night sky this weekend, and it's sure to be spectacular.
According to Forbes, the 2020 Geminid meteor shower will take place late in the evening of Sunday, December 13, 2020, and will go on until the early hours of Monday, December 14, 2020.
The publication states that our satellite will be just hours away from becoming an invisible New Moon, and as such will be not be seen at all in the night sky.
The constellation of Gemini, which Forbes refers to as the "visual origin" of the shooting stars, will be present in the sky - and a gorgeous Geminid meteor shower will occur.
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And not only that - this particular shooting star spectacle will be the "brightest", most "reliable", most "plentiful" and, best of all, the most colorful.
There could be as many as 150 multicolored shooting stars every hour between late evening and sunrise on December 13 to 14.
The Geminid meteor shower is typically active long before 12AM and is usually very bright - it's mostly yellow in color but can be either red or blue.
The shooting stars travel at quite a slow speed at 22 miles per second, according to the American Meteor Society.
The stars tend to arrive in clusters, so you should wait outside for at least a couple of hours if you want the best chance of seeing them in all their glory.
Another tip for bettering your chances of seeing the display is to go somewhere very dark, according to Forbes.
It also states that "night vision" can take about half an hour to develop so don't give up on the meteor shower too soon.
Even though Geminids come from the constellation of Gemini, they can show up in any part of the sky, so it doesn't matter whereabouts in the sky you look.
However, if you look towards the east just after nightfall you may see "shooting stars" speeding over your head. If you look in a western direction, you'll see them moving away from you most likely.