- Mystery Meteors From an Extinct Constellation: The Quadrantids
Information on the meteor shower that peaks each year on January 3rd or 4th and appears to stream out of the constellation Boötes in the northern sky.
www.spaceweather.com/meteors/quadrantids/quadrantids.html
- 2008 Quadrantids - The Quadrantid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign
Find observing instructions, images, and charts. The Quadrantic MAC mission is dedicated to observing the 2008 Quadrantid Meteor Shower under nearly constant radiant elevation conditions, and from 47,000 ft altitude where the low extinction near the horizon creates a large surface area for counting meteors and for measuring spectra for meteoroid composition.
quadrantids.seti.org
- Nature's Own New Year Fireworks
SPACE.com guide to viewing the celestial New Year's fireworks will be a few days later -- the annual Quadrantid Meteor Shower will have peak in the early morning of January 4, 2008.
www.space.com/searchforlife/080103-seti-quadrantid.html
- Quadrantids
Provides information on how to observe the Quadrantids Meteor Shower, the shower emanating from the constellation of Boötes.
www.meteorshowersonline.com/quadrantids.html
- Catch the Quadrantids
Sky & Telescope guide to viewing the 2008 Quadrantid Meteor Shower, which peaks on the morning of Friday, January 4th.
www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/13003857.html
- Viewing Activity From the 2008 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
AMS viewing guide and sky chart from the 2008 Quadrantid Meteor Shower.
www.amsmeteors.org/showers.html#Quads
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