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Watching the Skies with Brad Klein: December 11 - 17 — The Geminid Meteor Shower

Brad Klein reviews the week’s astronomical highlights with Bethlehem’s 'Backyard Astronomy Guy," Marty McGuire.

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Watching the skies with Brad Klein
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Brad Klein reviews the week’s astronomical highlights with Bethlehem’s "Backyard Astronomy Guy," Marty McGuire.

This week may offer a good opportunity to spot a "falling star."

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks on the evening of Dec. 14 and into the very early hours of Dec. 15.

Marty’s advice for increasing your odds of seeing a meteor overhead: bundle up (it’s going to be cold); look at the darkest portion of the night sky, in any direction; don’t look at your phone so that your eyes can adjust to the dark.
And just in case you do get lucky, have a wish ready.

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Brad Klein, left, and Marty McGuire at the SteelStacks in Bethlehem. Christine Dempsey
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