In Argentina, with the exit from the cities, you can enjoy and at a glance. This can be seen from last night until Monday 17.
The point in the sky where the poets and visuals are born is the constellation of the twins, known as the Gemini, located near Orion. Hence the name of this astronomical phenomenon, which happens every year, when particles of dust that come from cometary or asteroid fragments collide with the atmosphere of our planet.
thus, the observer will be able to see a meteor every two minutes on average if it is in a "dark" zone, with no light pollution of the cities and clear horizons. "The rain of the geinids can be seen in both hemispheres, in the Northern Hemisphere this is always visible (the radiation is higher than the horizon).
Facund Rodriguez, a doctor of astronomy at the Cordoba Astronomical Observatory, says you have to be patient. "It's not that we drive at night and suddenly when we leave the city on the road, we'll start seeing the gemini, we have to stay in the dark for a few minutes to get used to our eyes and our attention to see the stars, otherwise they will not to be noticed. "
In the Planetarium, Rodriguez advises, the ideal position to see this rain is to "lie down and turn your head to the north." If we stand, it is best to turn our back on the Gemini constellation just to see the way of the stars because they are born from there if we focus on it, nothing else, we will just see them go out. "At the San Observatory Juan, however, the show will be full. "This is far from the lights of the city and I remember when studying the geinids as a student there was impressive."
This year will be the "night of the geinids". It is that even though it happens during the day, the Moon will give it an even brighter touch. "On December 15 (the night of the 14th, the peak of the rain) there will be a quarter, so there will be more to it because of the darkness, something that would not happen at full moon (which will be the 22nd when the phenomenon is completed), "he adds.
