02 January 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JAN20113

Quadrantid Meteor Shower of 2013: Live Webcast ...
See the Quadrantid meteor shower of 2013 live online tonight here courtesy of NASA. The ...
space.com

Meteor shower will light up night sky for just a few hours
CNN
(CNN) -- Skywatchers will be setting their alarm clocks for the early morning hours Thursday when the annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks. This year's show in the sky may not produce as many highlights for some viewers because of light from the moon, ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower: New Year's Light Show
Patch.com
Watch from about 2 a.m. until dawn," the Earthsky article states. For those who don't want to brave it outside for the show - or if there is cloud cover over the Harbor - you can watch a Ustream feed of themeteor shower on on NASA.com. Harborites ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower: 2013′s First Galactic Light Show
Guardian Express
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower was originally named for a now extinct constellation, Quadrans Muralis, which was deleted from the International Astronomical Union's constellation map in 1922. The QuadrantidMeteor Shower was then reassigned to the ...

Ring in the new year this week with a spectacular meteor show
msnNOW
That's when the Quadrantid meteor shower will be visible over the skies of the northern hemisphere, with 40 meteors per hour streaking across the sky. Though conditions aren't totally ideal - a waning gibbous moon will cast significant light into the ...

New year new meteor shower peaks this week | The Sideshow Yahoo News
From the blog The Sideshow: The New Year promises to kick off with quite a light show. The Quadrantidsmeteor shower will peak this week, treating viewers ...
news.yahoo.com/.../meteor-shower-peaks-week-155108051.ht...

New Year 2013 Brings Meteors, New Comet
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The two comets are not 100 percent guaranteed; they could instead burn up in the sun. However, there will be no shortage of heavenly visions throughout 2013, starting with the Quadrantid meteor shower this weekend. Watch for them to peak before dawn on ...

Watch Quadrantids Meteor Shower
Patch.com
3. "Face the general direction of north-northeast, but take in as wide an expanse of sky as possible. Watch from about 2 a.m. until dawn," Earthsky writes. If there is cloud cover in Sarasota-Bradenton, you can watch a Ustream feed of the meteor shower ...

2013 THE Year of Meteors and Comets!

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