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What's Up for January?

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The new year's first
meteor shower fizzles,

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Mars meets Jupiter
in the morning sky,

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and the U.S. will enjoy
a total lunar eclipse.

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Hello and welcome. I'm
Jane Houston Jones from

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California.

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Most meteor showers radiate from
recognizable constellations.

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LIke the Leonids,
Geminids, and Orionids.

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But the Quadrantids are meteors
that appear to radiate

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from the location of the former
Quadrans Muralis constellation,

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an area that's now part of
the constellation Bootes.

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The Quadrantids' peak lasts
for just a few hours,

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and sadly, this year their
timing coincides with

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a very bright, nearly full moon

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that will wash out
most of the meteors.

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You can look in any direction to
see all the meteor showers.

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When you see one
of these meteors

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hold a shoestring along
the path it followed.

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The shoestring
will lead you back

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to the constellation containing
the meteor's radiant.

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[ whoosh ]

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On the morning of January 6th,
look in the south-southeast sky

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45 minutes before sunrise to see
Jupiter and fainter Mars

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almost as close as last month's
Jupiter and Venus close pairing.

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Mars is only one-sixth the
apparent diameter of Jupiter,

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but the two offer a great
binocular and telescopic view

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with a pretty color contrast.

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They remain in each
other's neighborhood

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from January 5th
through the 8th.

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[ whoosh ]

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Finally, to end the month,
a great total lunar eclipse

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favors the western U.S.,
Alaska, and Hawaii

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and British Columbia
on January 31st.

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Australia and the Pacific Ocean
are well placed

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to see a major portion
of the eclipse--

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if not all of it.

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There will be one more lunar
eclipse this year,

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but it will be visible only from
central Africa and central Asia.

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You can find out about all of
NASA's missions at:

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www.nasa.gov

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That's all for this month.
I'm Jane Houston Jones.

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory