Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2015   
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   GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, Dec.   
   13-14, as Earth passes through a stream of gravelly debris from "rock comet"   
   3200 Phaethon. Dark-sky observers in both hemispheres could see as many as 120   
   meteors per hour during the dark hours between local midnight and sunrise on   
   Dec. 14th. Last night, Dec. 12-13, NASA's all-sky meteor network detected 15   
   Geminid fireballs over the USA. That number will surely increase tonight when   
   the shower peaks. Visit Spaceweather.com for more information.   
       
   MAGNETIC STORM ON A COMET: Earth isn't the only place with geomagnetic storms.   
   Comets can have them, too. Such a storm appears to be underway in the sinuous   
   blue ion tail of Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10).  Observers with backyard   
   telescopes are monitoring the event with photos highlighted on today's edition   
   of Spaceweather.com   
       
       
   They've been to the edge of space, now than they can hang on your tree. Earth   
   to Sky Christmas Ornaments make a wonderful holiday gift, and their sale   
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   Calculus.   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- DB 3.99 + Windows 10   
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