--- title: How to See the 2017 Geminid Meteor Shower description: The Geminid meteor shower returns on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. Here's where and when to watch the Geminid meteor shower for 2017 canonical: https://time.com/5046348/2017-geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-02T16:32:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T23:54:03.000Z article:section: Science og:title: The 2017 Geminid Meteor Shower Is Coming: How to Watch og:description: Here's where and when to watch og:url: https://time.com/5046348/2017-geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt579639b0abf08fb1/6988f3680a4a2210249d0e5d/geminid-meteor-shower-2017.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-ITALY-ASTRONOMY-GEMINID-FEATURE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 2017 Geminid Meteor Shower Is Coming: How to Watch twitter:description: Here's where and when to watch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt579639b0abf08fb1/6988f3680a4a2210249d0e5d/geminid-meteor-shower-2017.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to See the 2017 Geminid Meteor Shower > Sponsored content. 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Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:54 PM UTCPublished: Dec 2, 2017 4:32 PM UTC  The annual Geminid meteor shower in northern Italy on December 12, 2015. The annual Geminid meteor shower in northern Italy on December 12, 2015. MARCO BERTORELLO—AFP/Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:54 PM UTCPublished: Dec 2, 2017 4:32 PM UTC [Stargazers will be treated to an awesome sight](http://time.com/5039020/supermoon-2017-how-to-see/) later this month — if they’re willing to stay up late. The 2017 Geminid meteor shower will take place from the night of Dec. 13 into the morning of Dec. 14, peaking around 2 a.m. local time, [according to Space.com](https://www.space.com/34921-geminid-meteor-shower-guide.html). At its height, Geminid will send as many as 120 meteors per hour streaking across the early morning sky. Better still, you don’t need any fancy equipment to enjoy the show. Space.com recommends simply picking an area as far away from artificial light as possible, lying back and fixing your gaze slightly above and to the right of Orion’s belt. Geminid meteors should be visible near Gemini, the neighboring constellation for which they’re named. While Geminid takes its name from Gemini, its backstory is a little more unusual. Most meteor showers [can be traced back to comets](http://www.astro.umd.edu/~farnham/tt/shower.html), but scientists think Geminid originated from the 3-mile-wide asteroid 3200 Phaethon — [though they’re not totally sure how that could have happened](https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/lunar/phaethon.html). 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