DENVER — The Geminid meteor shower will produce a fantastic light show on Wednesday and Thursday, but those in Colorado might have to watch it online.

NASA will stream the shower live starting at sunset from its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 will broadcast it through its remotely controlled robotic telescope.

The annual Geminid meteor shower is one of the most spectacular of the year. This year is expected to be the best meteor shower ever.

“With August’s Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year,” said Bill Cooke, with NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office.

“The thin, waning crescent moon won’t spoil the show.”

Most meteor showers are caused bycomets. The Geminids are associated with asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

Having an asteroid as the foundation of a meteor shower provides an excellent source of dust grains that will burn up as they dive into the Earth’s atmosphere, according to NASA.

That’s why some researchers call Phaethon a “rock comet.”

The meteor shower was named after the constellation Gemini because many of the meteors appear to come from that constellation.

The Geminids can be seen all around the world. NASA said the meteor shower will reach its peak between 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and dawn on Thursday, with the most meteors visible from midnight to 4 a.m.

Colorado has a storm system scheduled for the same time as the meteor shower. Clouds will be too thick for many to see the meteors.

Those on the Plains or far western and southern Colorado might have a chance to see the meteors before the weather disturbance moves in.

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