If there are clear skies tonight above the region then look out for what may be one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year
Arriving not long after the New Moon, meaning that the sky should be especially dark.
The Quadrantids shower can be seen between December 28 and January 12 and will peak on January 3 and 4.
They are characterised as blue meteors with fine trains. There will be approximately 120 meteors an hour.
The Quadrantids are one of three showers a year that have a reliably high rate of meteors. However, Quadrantids meteors are often fainter than others and seen less often due to the narrow time frame of visibility.
Look up in the sky at their peak tonight around 8.40 in the constellation of Bootes which is near the Plough
