[FOTZeiss] Fw: Meteor Shower & Solar Eclipse on the Same Day (Jan. 4)

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Sun, 1/2/11, SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com> wrote:

> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Subject: A Meteor Shower and a Solar Eclipse on the Same Day (Jan. 4)
> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 10:12 PM
> Space Weather News for Jan. 3, 2011

> http://spaceweather.com
> 
> QUADRANTID METEOR SHOWER: Sky watchers in the northern
> hemisphere should be alert for meteors before sunrise on
> Tuesday, Jan. 4th.  Earth is about to pass through a
> narrow stream of debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1, the
> parent of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. 
> Forecasters say the encounter could produce a fast flurry of
> 100 meteors per hour during the early hours of Jan. 4th.
> Details and observing tips may be found at http://spaceweather.com . 
> 
> GOT CLOUDS?  No problem. You can stay inside and
> listen to the Quadrantids. Tune into SpaceWeather Radio for
> live meteor echoes from the US Air Force Space Surveillance
> Radar in Texas: http://spaceweatherradio.com . 
> 
> PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE:  After the meteor shower,
> observers in Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and
> parts of Asia can witness a partial eclipse of the
> sun.  In western Europe, as much as 86% of the solar
> disk will be covered by the Moon at dawn, producing a
> fantastic crescent sunrise on Jan. 4th.  Check http://spaceweather.com for details, animated maps and
> live webcasts. 
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