The Best Meteor Shower of the Year - and Telescopic Planets Too

Press Release

Contact: Steve Karon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tel: (315) 788-1340 cell: 315-391-3464 December 1, 2025

The Best Meteor Shower of the Year - and Telescopic Planets Too

Sci-Tech invites the public to a free telescopic astronomy event on Saturday, December

13, at 7:00pm.

Featured at this observing session will be the planet Saturn with its rings, and later in the

evening, Jupiter with its moons.

December 13 is also the peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower, the most prolific meteor

shower of the year. Geminid meteors are often bright and are notable for a variety of

colors. Unlike most other annual meteor showers which are caused by comets, the

Geminids are the result of debris left in the wake of an asteroid known as 3200

Phaethon.

Sci-Tech staff will be on hand to help viewers observe telescopic images, point out other

interesting celestial phenomena, and guide viewers around the sky.

Observers should plan to dress warmly (hats and gloves).

In the event of overcast skies, the astronomy night will be canceled.

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