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Geminid meteor shower peaks early Sunday morning

A general view of the Geminid meteor shower in the National Park of El Teide on the Spanish canary island of Tenerife on December 13, 2012. (DESIREE MARTIN / AFP/Getty Images)

One of the year's best meteor showers peaks early Sunday morning -- the Geminids.

You can see as many as 50-100 meteors as Earth passes through the debris and dust trail that asteroid 3200 Phaethon left behind.

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They are known as the Geminids because they appear to radiate from the constellation Gemini. But you can look anywhere in the night sky to spot them.

It's usually best to look around 2 a.m. from somewhere with low light pollution and an unobstructed view of the sky. But the waning moon could outshine some of the more faint streaks of light from meteors, so it's worth looking late Saturday night, too.

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