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Meteor Shower tonight Jan 3/4

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Posted by Doug Koepsel on January 3, 2012 at 3:34 PM

Early Wednesday morning there is to be the Quadrantid meteor shower. Might need to wait for the moon to set for best viewing of the tail end of the shower.

http://spaceweather.com/meteors/quadrantids/quadrantids.html

http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/quadrantid-meteor-shower-2012-when-where-watch-2876290.html

Posted by Stan Rose on January 4, 2012 at 4:02 PM

thanks for the heads up, Doug! The other day i saw a really bright fireball streaking to the west--i wonder if it was part of this shower.