[Meteor-Scatter] Fwd: The Quadrantid Meteor Shower

[Shelby Ennis, W8WN]

>Subject: The Quadrantid Meteor Shower
>From: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
>
>Space Weather News for Dec. 31, 2004
>http://spaceweather.com
>
>QUADRANTID METEORS:  On Monday morning, January 3, 2005, Earth will glide
>through a cloud of dusty debris trailing asteroid 2003 EH1, causing a
>brief meteor shower over central and western parts of North America.  The
>best time to look is during the hours around 4 o'clock in the morning PST
>(6 a.m. CST or 12:00 GMT). Observers with dark skies might see a meteor
>every one or two minutes.  Astronomers call this annual shower "the
>Quadrantids" because it radiates from the extinct constellation Quadrans
>Muralis.
>
>SOLAR ACTIVITY:  A new sunspot emerged this week and, with it, solar
>activity has increased. The active region, named NOAA 715, is crackling
>with M-class solar flares. So far the explosions have not hurled any CMEs
>directly toward Earth, but this could change in the days ahead as the
>'spot rotates to face our planet.
>
>GREEN COMET:  Now that the full moon is fading, sky watchers are seeing
>Comet Machholz again.  It looks like a faint and fuzzy green star in the
>constellation Taurus.  You can see it with the unaided eye--or use a
>telescope to view the comet's two tails.
>
>Visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps and more information.