The annual Quadrantids meteor shower peaked on Saturday night, lighting up the sky with up to 80 meteors per hour in 2015's first meteor display.
While the nearly full moon that night drowned out all but the most vivid meteors of what is usually one of the brightest and most intense celestial displays of the year, skywatching enthusiasts still managed to capture some shots of the shooting stars raining down
Nice fireball this morning over Midlands (not Quadrantid). Captured by Clanfield, Basingstoke and Wilcot stationshttp://ift.tt/1ByDSNW
— UK Meteor Network (@UKMeteorNetwork) January 4, 2015 Read more...
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