Celestial meteor shower to peak in Scotland tonight with hundreds of shooting stars
dailyrecord.co.ukAnyone who wants to spot a shooting star in 2023 may have a good chance tonight, as a spectacular meteor shower will be reaching its peak.
The Quadrantid meteor shower is the very first of the year and features hundreds of small blue meteors shooting across the night sky in a brief but powerful solar display.It began in late December but will be reaching its strongest point in the UK tonight, with the most beautiful display likely to appear in the early hours after midnight on January 4.
The Quadrantids rain down once a year, originating from the asteroid 2003 EH1 which takes five and a half years to orbit around the Sun.
The best time to catch a glimpse of the shower is at around 3am on Wednesday, January 3. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has described the phenomenon as one of the "strongest and most consistent" meteor showers ever, with the debris expected to enter the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 50mph.
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