the Quadrantids - 2011

While doing some research on possibly a new thread and also being a newbie in 'looking up', I came across this-


spaceweather.com...

The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the year's best, producing more than 100 meteors per hour from a radiant near the North Star. In 2011 forecasters expect the shower to peak sometime between 21:00 UT (3:00 pm EST) on January 3 and 06:00 UT (01:00 am EST) on January 4. The peak is brief, typically lasting no more than an hour or so. Observers who wish to try to catch it are advised to look during the hours before local dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 4th, when the shower's radiant is high in the sky.

Exactly where to look is also on the link.


MODS- please close this as I got beat by 29 mins! (I'm slow)
Hopefully I'll get the nerve to brave the cold for this shower



www.abovetopsecret.com...

Just posted about this myself here, seems like those great minds do think alike.

reply to post by Catch_a_Fire


yeah' I was just lolligagging around, Just finished editting my post. Good luck on the weather,

I think i will need that luck, thanks.

Originally posted by geo1066

MODS- please close this as I got beat by 29 mins! (I'm slow)

Try over a week: The Quadrantids meteor shower 2011 - peaks Jan 3/4

I am a meteor shower junkie in fact anything space related. So I for one will be out there watching the skies, here's to a good show eh.

Originally posted by C.H.U.D.

Originally posted by geo1066

MODS- please close this as I got beat by 29 mins! (I'm slow)

Try over a week: The Quadrantids meteor shower 2011 - peaks Jan 3/4

Thanks C.H.U.D.. I must have dozed off. I guess that's a sign of starting to get up there in years. No wonder I was so hungry!