Every year in the first half of December, we pass through the orbit around which the asteroid, called “3200 Phaethon”, circulates around the sun. In the meantime, the ice and rock fragments (celestial stones) enter the Earth’s atmosphere after the asteroid and they get fire. And there occurs GEMİNİD (Gemini) Meteor Rain which is called “star shift” among the people.
We watched the Geminid meteor shower on our Astronomy Observation Terrace with Astronomy Club students and with the other students who were curiously awaiting this night. On the event which lasted from 18:00 to 23:00, apart from the Geminid Meteor Shower, we also observed Aldebaran star which is 65 light years away, Vaga star in Lyre constellation which is 25 light years away, Capella double star which is 43 light years away, and the Pollux giant star with Saturn, the brightest star in Gemini constellation and of course our sine qua non Moon with 11” telescope. The excitement and joy of our students was as pleasing as the stars we observed.
