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  The Quadrantids is one of the most active meteor showers throughout the year. Seen 1 to January 5, with peak day 3
 

ÚN.- With up to 120 meteors per hour visible, “The Quadrantids” is one of the most impressive rains and colorful stars. The busiest peak will occur on Sunday and Moon allow an excellent observation being in waning phase, which will appear very late at night.

The year begins with a powerful rain meteor, surpassed only occasionally by Geminids , the maximum was the night of 13 to 14 December.

The Quadrantids is one of the most active meteor showers throughout the year. Seen 1 to January 5, with peak activity on day 3. The number of visible meteors can become between 120 and 200 per hour and is comparable with the highest rainfall levels have Perseid August or November Leonids. Along with the rain of the Geminids, it is often one of the most amazing and active rains of the year.

It’s very interesting this rain, because its meteors are slow and become very colorful, often leaving Persistent contrails, which are the remains of the disintegration of the meteor floating in the sky for seconds or minutes. Their speeds are usually about 41 km / s, while others cast their meteor showers to 72 km / s and can only see flashes lasting a fraction of a second. Quadrantids meteors burn in the atmosphere between 100 and 80 km high.

How do you see them. Astronomers recommend that it is best to go to a place away from big cities and it is very dark. This year we have the great good fortune that night of January 3 afternoon moon appears in the sky, so that we will have much of the night to see this powerful meteor shower without disturbing the moonlight. So a great event to darkness.

The Moon will appear on the 3 and fifteen in the morning on the horizon E, while the constellation Bootes will do almost the same place at 1.30 h. The maximum activity is scheduled for 8 am on 4. Look in the opposite direction before dawn with respect to the Moon not to be dazzled.

The best thing is to see the meteors laying around and well sheltered during these nights of January. Needless any optical aid, perhaps binoculars if we see any lingering trail; with the binoculars we could see over a period of time. We must get away from the big cities to avoid light. Preferably look to the NE. True 2395995 03/01/2016 *********** 6:26:03 PM ->