St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: January 2, 2022

St. Louis MO

03 January, 2022

9:31 AM

Description

Press release from St. Louis Science Center: January 02, 2022 The Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks tomorrow. Your best chance to see this meteor shower occurs from roughly 1 am to 6 am. This is when the radiant for the Quadrantids is rising in the northeast. This shower is named after a defunct constellation called Quadrans Muralis. The radiant is now found in the constellation Boötes. You can learn more at www.amsmeteors.org This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.