Treat yourself to a meteor shower this Saturday morning. The Quadrantids Meteor Shower starts January 1, 2009 and will peak in the morning hours of Saturday January 3rd. What Time to View the Quadrantids Meteor Shower of 2009? Quadrantids are known for strong short outbursts during the maximum. The expected climax will be at 12:50 [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
When is the Next Meteor Shower?
The next meteor shower we will discuss on MeteorBlog.com will be the Quadrantids Meteor Shower of January 2009. MeteorBlog.com is your online interactive meteor shower calendar. Bookmark our site and check with us often as the site will be frequently updated giving you information and facts about all meteor showers throughout the year. You can [...]
Next Meteor Shower – The Quadrantids of January 2009
The next meteor shower we will be discussing is the January 2009 Quadrantids. This meteor shower has been known to produce up to 120 meteors per hour. Quadrantids meteors streak across the sky at about 41 kilometers per second (92,000 mph) and appear to originate from the constellation Bootes. You may or may not be [...]
The Ursids Meteor Shower to Peak December 22
Our next meteor shower, the Ursids will peak in the morning hours of December 22, 2008 with a waning crescent moon present in the sky thus shedding less light. The parent comet of this shower, the 8P/Tuttle passed closely to Earth in January of 2008. It is unknown if this will increase the activity of [...]
