There will be rain in the morning Quadrantids stars – mutuum

The meteor shower will begin on the evening of January 3 lesser extent.

Since the moon is in its waning phase is expected to be easy to see this meteor shower expected start at 2:00 am.

This celestial spectacle will begin at dawn on January 4 , unlike other stellar rains, Quadrantids only lasts about one hour , so it is very important to watch at least hours before dawn (preferably be attentive to 12:00 am). “The apparent radial, where the shooting stars seem to fall, is north of the sky,” Candelaria said in a statement.

Quadrantids named after a constellation now obsolete, the Quadrans Muralis (mural quadrant), since 1930 officially considered part of the constellation of Boötes, also known as “the shepherd of oxen or” drover “.

” The parent body of the Quadrantids is the asteroid 2003 EH1 is the extinct comet C / 1490 Y1, who observed Japanese and Chinese astronomers 500 years ago, “says the report of the observatory of Santa Ana.

meteor shower of the Quadrantids is the first of the year, and recorded during the first days of January.

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