Quadrantids, First Meteor Shower of the Year, Will Be Visible This Week

Quadrantids, First Meteor Shower of the Year, Will Be Visible This Week
(NASA)
Zachary Stieber
1/3/2016
Updated:
1/3/2016

The Quadrantid meteor shower is set to be visible early Monday morning and possibly Tuesday night.

The peak should start around 3 a.m. EST, according to NASA, and last about two hours.

Around 120 meteors per hour are projected to be flying across the sky.

The shower “will either sizzle or fizzle for observers in the U.S.,” the space agency said.

“The shower may favor the U.S. or it could favor Europe depending on which prediction turns out to be correct.”

(American Meteor Society)
(American Meteor Society)