How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower—the Last of the Year https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-the-ursids-meteor-shower/
wiredmagazine on December 17, 2025 2:43 pm Conditions in the US should be perfect for the final meteor shower of 2025, with no moonlight present to interfere with spotting shooting stars. Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-the-ursids-meteor-shower/](https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-the-ursids-meteor-shower/)
Lonely_Noyaaa on December 17, 2025 2:47 pm You don’t actually need to look straight at Ursa Minor. The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, so just face north and scan broadly. Telescopes and binoculars won’t help here and naked eye is best.
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Conditions in the US should be perfect for the final meteor shower of 2025, with no moonlight present to interfere with spotting shooting stars.
Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-the-ursids-meteor-shower/](https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-the-ursids-meteor-shower/)
You don’t actually need to look straight at Ursa Minor. The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, so just face north and scan broadly. Telescopes and binoculars won’t help here and naked eye is best.
When is the meteor shower?