Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Early Risers See Meteor..Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday -- Kiss FM News

Hundreds of residents across southern B-C --including some in Vernon---witnessed a fiery celestial display just before six Tuesday morning as a meteor streaked across the dawn sky.

Kamloops resident Gerald Haggerty says he was driving early this morning when the fireball lit up the horizon like a bomb.

U-S Federal Aviation Authority spokesman Mike Fergus says a pilot reported seeing the meteor hit the ground and an impact area has been located 280 kilometres southeast of Seattle, but remnants of the space rock have not been found.

The fiery event was seen all the way from Boise, Idaho, through Washington state and into B-C as far north as Kamloops.

Meantime, fans of celestial shows have a good reason to stay up Wednesday night.

Astronomers say the night will feature the last total lunar eclipse until 2010.

Skywatchers will also be treated to cameo appearances by the planet Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon.

Those viewing through a telescope will have the added treat of seeing Saturn's handsome rings.

Weather permitting, the total eclipse can be seen from both North and South America.

It will begin at 7:01 BC time Wednesday night and will end at 7:51.

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