Geminids

With almost no moon light and very little cloud cover over the next few nights, bright and colorful meteors will light up the sky over Illinois.

The Geminid Meteor Showers got rolling in our part of the solar system on November 19th, and they'll be all wrapped up by Christmas Eve, but in-between now and December 24th, you should be able to get several viewings of a really cool sky show.

The Geminids are usually one of the best meteor showers of the year, capable of producing 150 or more meteors per hour at a dark site. Another really cool aspect is that the meteors are often bright and colorful.