Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Brief But Intense Meteor Shower On January 4th

PolygamousRanchKid writes with this quote:
"Sky watchers are in for their first treat of 2012, as the short but intense Quadrantid meteor shower will light up the northern sky in the early morning of Jan. 4. According to a NASA web page on the Quadrantids, there could be as many as 200 meteors per hour, though the average rate is about 60 to 100 per hour. ... The Quadrantids have not been studied as extensively as some of the better-known meteor showers like the Perseids and Geminids, possibly because it's best visible in far northern latitudes, where its appearance coincides with cold weather."

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/3Rb8PTxhnS8/brief-but-intense-meteor-shower-on-january-4th

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