04 January 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News Con`t 4JAN2011

Great fireball spotted over southern Finland
YLE News
A large fireball was seen over southern Finland on Tuesday evening, reports a magazine published by the Ursa Astronomical Association. The ball, shining brighter than the moon, was visible for about ten seconds. Ursa received numerous sightings of the ...

UFO group to probe Ohioan's report of fireball
Chillicothe Gazette
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WTW) — A UFO research group will look into an Ohio man's report of a mysterious fireball that fell from the sky and lit up the woods near his home. Rick Beverly says the big ball of fire was "cruising" when it came down Nov. ...

Major Meteor Shower Expected Tuesday Night, First of 2012
Patch.com
But tonight around 11:30 pm, depending on cloud cover in the South Sound, observers can look forward to 2012's first major meteor shower as reported in the Huffintgon Post today. The showers are expected to last several hours in the Northern Hemisphere ...

Skywatchers brace for showers of hundreds of meteors per hour as blink-and-you ...
Daily Mail
By Rob Waugh The Quadrantid meteor shower is due overnight in the US - and forecasters expect night owls could be treated to a spectacular display in the hours just before dawn, weather permitting. The waxing moon will stop sky watchers seeing too much ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower, First of 2012, May Dazzle Early ...
From Yahoo! News: The first meteor shower of 2012 — the lesser known Quadrantid meteor shower — will kick off a new year of skywatching when it peaks on ...

Washington Post: Skygazers can see meteor shower, first of the year, tonight
El Paso Times
By Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post The Quadrantid meteor shower is unpredictable and sometimes difficult to see, but skygazers say tonight will be clear and dark enough that the firstmeteor shower of the year may also be the best. ...

Follow The Quadrantids Meteor Shower Online [LIVE VIDEO]
By Peter Pachal
Between a NASA live stream, Twitter and Facebook, the Web has tonight's Quadrantids meteorshower covered.

Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2012: January 4 Could Show 100 ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere can look forward to 2012's first meteor shower which is set to peak at 2:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 4.

Quadrantids meteor shower peaks – briefly – tonight | Bad ...
By Phil Plait
Astronomy | meteor showers | Tonight is one of the odder meteor showers of the years. Why is it odd? Well for one, it's called the Quadrantids -- named after a constellation that got redefi.
Bad Astronomy

NASA Provides Live All-Sky Video Feed for Quadrantid Meteor ...
By Nancy Atkinson
If you are hoping to see some meteors from the Quadrantid meteor shower but are being foiled by cloudy weather or if it's just too cold outside to get up off your couch, NASA has come to the rescue. The.
Universe Today

Look To The Skies Wednesday For A Meteor ...
According to NASA officials you may want to look at the sky early Wednesday morning, that's ...
kkyr.com