A local skywatcher says if the sky is clear Friday night, there will be a spectacular sight. Ken McAllister of Steinbach says the Geminids Meteor Shower will peak Saturday morning.

The Geminids is a shower that happens each December, caused by the 3200 Phaethon asteroid. But McAllister says most meteor showers are actually the result of a comet. A meteor shower happens when the earth, as it rounds the sun, passes through a bunch of dust that has been left over from a comet. "People used to call them shooting stars but they're meteors," he says.

The meteor shower is expected to be visible from December 4-17 this year. But McAllister says it will peak early Saturday morning around five o'clock when as many as 120 meteors could be visible that hour.

Environment Canada is calling for a chance of cloud cover Friday night, but McAllister says even if the sky were clear you would still have the bright moon to contend with, leading up to Tuesday's full moon.

McAllister says about seven different meteor showers happen each year. Though the Perseids, which happens in August is one of the most talked about during the year, McAllister says the Geminids is possibly the biggest and best of the year.