Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).

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Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak (all night)

January 3 @ 8:00 pm - January 4 @ 5:00 am

Named for a now-defunct constellation called the Mural Quadrant, the Quadrantids meteor shower runs from December 26 to January 16 every year. Quadrantids meteors always radiate from a point in the northeastern sky below the tip of the Big Dipper’s handle. This shower commonly produces bright fireballs because it is produced by particles dropped by an asteroid designated 2003EH. The Quadrantids’ most intense period, when up to 50 to 100 meteors per hour can appear during a short, 6 hour window, will occur on Friday, January 3 at 18:00 GMT. That converts to daytime in the Americas, but observers located in the Pacific Ocean and eastern Asia will have ideal conditions in the hours before dawn. The moon will not interfere with the shower this year.

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Start:
January 3 @ 8:00 pm
End:
January 4 @ 5:00 am
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