The last meteor shower of autumn, the Geminids, will be visible Wednesday night in the northeastern sky.
All you have to do is to find a place with a relatively dark sky unaffected by urban light pollution and you should have a good view.
Bok Tower Gardens will be hosting a viewing event Wednesday along with a carillon concert,
Local astronomers will be on hand for a program at 6 p.m. and be around with telescopes as the skies darken to offer views of the more distant objects.
The meteor shower will be visible to the naked eye in the northeast sky.
There also will be an astronomy program Saturday at 7 p.m. at Colt Creek State Park on SR 471 north of Lakeland.
The meteor shower will be over by then, but there should be plenty of other objects to see in the sky.
Admission is charged to Bok Tower and Colt Creek, but the programs will be offered at no additional cost.
Colt Creek State Park has relatively dark sky.
The one designated dark sky park in this part of Florida is Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve in Okeechobee County across the Kissimmee River from the Avon Park Air Force Range.