Look up tonight: Quadrantid meteor shower will peak, joined by 1st supermoon of 2026
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Key Points:
- The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak on the night of January 2-3, offering a brief but intense display of 60 to 200 meteors per hour, although viewing may be challenging due to the year's first supermoon and weather conditions.
- Unique among meteor showers, the Quadrantids originate from asteroid 2003 EH1, possibly a "dead comet," rather than from a typical comet debris stream, with Earth crossing its particle stream at a perpendicular angle causing a short peak window.
- Optimal viewing requires being away from light pollution, facing north with the moon behind you, and watching after midnight into the predawn hours, while dressing warmly for cold January weather.
- The first supermoon of 2024, known as
