Littlemews
01-January-2004, 04:39 AM
Mercury at greatest elongation
- 24° west from the Sun (morning sky) at Jan. 9th 2004. Mercury (mag. *0.2) visible low in the southeast about about 45 minutes before sunrise.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower
- peaks at January 7th 2004. Produces faint medium-speed meteors between late December and early January. Most activity occurs during a sharp peak on the night of January 3-4 (40 to 100 meteors/hour). The only major shower whose parent comet remains unknown. Radiant is in northern Boštes. Moonlight interferes.
Nightsky for January, 2004
I found it on http://www.skymaps.com/articles/n0401.html...
- 24° west from the Sun (morning sky) at Jan. 9th 2004. Mercury (mag. *0.2) visible low in the southeast about about 45 minutes before sunrise.
AND
Quadrantid Meteor Shower
- peaks at January 7th 2004. Produces faint medium-speed meteors between late December and early January. Most activity occurs during a sharp peak on the night of January 3-4 (40 to 100 meteors/hour). The only major shower whose parent comet remains unknown. Radiant is in northern Boštes. Moonlight interferes.
Nightsky for January, 2004
I found it on http://www.skymaps.com/articles/n0401.html...