Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2022

The Quadrantid meteor shower originates from the asteroid 2003 EH1. The shower was first recorded in 1825.

The Quadrantids are active from December 28, 2021 – January 12, 2022, peaking on the night of January 3 and the morning of January 4 with up to 80 meteors per hour under ideal conditions.

Quadrans Muralis is a constellation named by the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1795. The radiant of this meteor shower lies in that constellation, which is why it is called the Quadrantids. In 1922, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) dropped Quadrans Muralis from the list of modern constellations, but the name Quadrantids is still widely used.

This meteor shower is best observed if you are patient and watch from after midnight until just before dawn, from a dark location far from city lights. You don’t need special equipment such as a telescope or binoculars, just your naked eyes and good weather! The radiant of this meteor shower is in the constellation Boötes, but meteors can appear anywhere in the sky.