Deborah Byrd of EarthSky is excited about the Ursid meteor shower. (It's radiant is in Ursa Major, the Great Bear.) See them tomorrow night if local conditions permit.
It always peaks near the time of the December solstice. In 2017, experts are calling for the peak on the night of the solstice itself, December 21 … best on the morning of December 22. The waxing crescent moon will set in the evening, providing moon-free viewing for the rest of the night. This shower favors more northerly latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. The expected rate per hour is 5-10 meteors, but bursts of 100 or more meteors per hour have been observed at times, over the past century.
