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- Quadrantids
- date : Jan. 1 to 6 (Jan. 3-4)
- duration : 1 day
- rate : 40/hour
- RA : 15:28
- dec : +50 degrees
-
- This is a brief, but very intense
- shower. In northern latitudes the radiant
- doesn't reach a usable altitude until 2:00
- am, so there isn't much time to catch it.
- In the past 15 years the shower has had as
- many as 235 meteors per hour (1985), so if
- the moon isn't too bright, and if you can
- stand the January weather, give this
- a shot.
-