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Space Weather News for Jan. 3, 2008
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

METEOR SHOWER: Earth is about to pass through a stream of dusty debris
from near-Earth asteroid 2003 EH1, producing the annual Quadrantid
meteor shower. Forecasters expect a brief but intense peak of 50+ meteors
per hour over Earth's northern hemisphere sometime between 0200 UTC and
0700 UTC on Friday morning, Jan. 4th. (Subtract 5 hours to convert UTC
to EST.) The timing favors observers in the eastern USA, Europe and
western parts of Asia. Winter storms frequently hide this shower from
observers on the ground. To avoid such problems, a team of astronomers led
by Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute plan to fly a plane above the
clouds where they can train their cameras on the Quadrantids. Their
data may reveal whether asteroid 2003 EH1 is the fragment of a
broken-apart comet. Visit SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids for sky maps and more
information.

JUST FOR FUN: This is a good time of year to see Orion the Hunter: the
constellation rises in the east at sunset. Watching Orion ascend, you
may experience the little-known "constellation illusion." The idea is
the same as the Moon illusion; constellations viewed near the horizon
look abnormally large. Go outside tonight and look. Can you believe your
eyes?

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