[Elecraft] Fwd: Solstice Meteor Shower

[Aubrey]

>Space Weather News for Dec. 21, 2008
>http://spaceweather.com
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>URSID METEORS: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from 
>comet 8P/Tuttle and this is causing the annual Ursid meteor 
>shower.  Forecasters expect the Ursids to peak on Dec. 22nd with 8 
>to 10 meteors per hour flying out of the constellation Ursa Minor 
>(the Little Dipper) not far from the north star.  The display is 
>usually mild, but outbursts of Ursids occasionally surprise 
>observers with rates many times normal. The last time this happened 
>was in 2006.
>
>Standing outdoors to watch Ursids in December can be a chilling 
>experience. So why not stay inside and listen? Spaceweather.com is 
>broadcasting live audio from the Air Force Space Surveillance Radar 
>in Texas. When a meteor passes over the facility--"ping"--there is 
>an echo. Because the Ursid radiant is circumpolar (always up) over 
>the radar, the echoes may be heard at any hour, night or day. Tune 
>in to http://spaceweather.com to try the audio feed, which can 
>support 1000 simultaneous listeners.
>
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