The Quadrantid meteor shower on Jan. 4 will either sizzle or fizzle for observers in the U.S. The shower may favor the U.S. or it could favor Europe depending on which prediction turns out to be correct. For viewing in the United States, observers should start at 3 a.m. EST. The peak should last about two hours with rates of 120 meteors per hour predicted in areas with a dark sky. – More at NASA
Every time they predict some astronomical event to watch it’s ALWAYS CLOUDY.
I’ve given up.
Great website for you.
http://www.cloudynights.com/page/index.html
Maybe I’ll get the old Questar out.
I’m sure NASA will tie this in somehow to Polar Bears biting their nails down to the cuticles because they’re stressed out due to
Globull WarmingClimate Change and are wetting themselves so excessively that the sea levels are rising.3 AM in January?? Are you serious??
Don’t care where it appears — I’ll be warm and cozy in bed. 🙂
True story: Throughout my whole life whenever I’d hear a news story stating, “If you look outside tonight at 3am you’ll see Saturn ping-ponging across the sky, flashing on and off, and doing a backflip!!!” I’d look and see nothing. Absolutely nothing.
So this August, while on vacation in Rhode Island, one of my kids went outside at night because of a supposed meteor shower. After a few minutes I went outside myself but only to say, “you’re not gonna see anything.”
Just as I was about to head back inside, I saw a meteor streak across the sky like a rocket! Since I was the only one who saw it, all the kids thought I was mocking them. But then, we all started seeing them every couple of minutes. We got the lawn chairs out and spent a fantastic hour or so watching the meteors streak across the sky.
I was a skeptic, but no more.
@irony — August is the Perseid meteor shower. One of the best year after year! And the weather is warm enough to lay out and watch. 🙂
Are you sure it’s not Russian space junk?
Lena Dunham’s arse?
Yup, Perseid was the one we watched. Can’t wait to see it again this year.
This is all well and good, NASA, but what does this have to do with your Prime Directive: Muslim Outreach???
One year, probably about 2 decades ago, da family watched the Perseids while floating in the old above grounder. No mosquitoes that summer, very warm that night, and a beautiful display in the sky. That was the last time the sky was clear enough to see the Perseids – or near anything else cool for that matter.
Three-four decades ago we used to occasionally see the aurora borealis, but as time went by, the light pollution to the north got so obnoxious, that we no longer see them.
If you’re gonna do moslem outreach, suggest you wear camel-piss-proof gloves.