Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2013 Peak: When to Watch
The first meteor shower of 2013 begins Tuesday over the skies of Framingham.
The Quadrantid meteor shower is named for an extinct constellation, but the shooting stars that seem to sprout from it still arrive yearly, and the opening of the 2013 show will begin overnight Jan. 1 into Jan. 2. The Quadrantids is one of the lesser-known meteor showers of the year, but that doesn't mean it's anything less than spectacular. Take a look at this Quadrantids meteor shower video or these pictures of the Quadrantids. While the shower begins overnight on the first day of the new year, NASA tells us Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in the wee morning hours of Jan. 4: "[T]he Quadrantids have a maximum rate of about 100 per hour, varying between 60-200. The waxing gibbous moon will set around 3 a.m. local time, leaving about two …
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Karen Salemi
12:19 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Last year I saw more meteors before the peak time than I did during the peak time. It wasn't that dark on my lawn but I faced away from the street light. I saw about 10 meteors in the first hour I watched. I'm sure I would have seen more if I were somewhere darker, but that's still more meteors that I see in 10 years, and it was maximally convenient ! more ›