Saturday 3rd thru Sunday 4th January 2026

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• The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak on the night of Saturday 3rd January 2026, with the sharp maximum expected in the early hours of Sunday 4th January.
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• It is one of the strongest annual showers, but its peak lasts only a few hours.
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• Up to 80–120 meteors per hour under ideal dark-sky conditions.
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• Unfortunately, a bright full Moon occurs on 3rd January, which will wash out many fainter meteors ~ Observers should block the Moon from view and focus on the brighter Quadrantids.
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• The Quadrantids are visible across the entire Northern Hemisphere, including the UK, and they radiate from a point in the sky near the constellation Boötes, close to the Ursa Major (the Plough).
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