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Yes, also looking forward to this shower. I will have a look Sat and Sun nights, then crawl outa bed for a supposed peak from 2am Monday.
It is supposed to be good a couple days either side of the peak, so certainly worth a look, especially with the rates increasing.
This from Spaceweather.com -
What's driving the surge? The source of the Geminids is extinct comet 3200 Phaethon. A stream of debris from the comet has been sweeping across Earth's orbit for more than a century, and we are plunging deeper into the stream with each December crossing. Computer models suggest that the Geminids will continue to intensify with meteor rates jumping another 20% to 50% in the decades ahead.
Researchers will be watching the 2009 Geminids to see if the trend does indeed continue. Rates could exceed 140 meteors per hour when the shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th
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