Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2024 January 11 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Quadrantids of the North Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]염범석 Yeom Beom-seok Explanation: Named for a [5]forgotten constellation, the [6]Quadrantid Meteor Shower puts on an annual show for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. The shower's [7]radiant on the sky lies within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation [8]Quadrans Muralis. That location is not far from the Big Dipper asterism, known to some as [9]the Plough, at the boundaries of the modern constellations Bootes and Draco. In fact the Big Dipper "handle" stars are near the upper right corner in this frame, with the meteor shower radiant just below. North star [10]Polaris is toward the top left. Pointing back toward the radiant, Quadrantid meteors streak through the night in this skyscape from Jangsu, South Korea. The composite image was recorded in the hours around the shower's peak on January 4, 2024. A likely source of the dust stream that produces Quadrantid meteors was identified [11]in 2003 as an asteroid. Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space __________________________________________________________________ [12]< | [13]Archive | [14]Submissions | [15]Index | [16]Search | [17]Calendar | [18]RSS | [19]Education | [20]About APOD | [21]Discuss | [22]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [23]Robert Nemiroff ([24]MTU) & [25]Jerry Bonnell ([26]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [27]Specific rights apply. [28]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [29]ASD at [30]NASA / [31]GSFC, [32]NASA Science Activation & [33]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2401/2024_quadrantids_240104_med_bsyeom.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. http://www.cometsky.com/ 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_constellations 6. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/quadrantids/ 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070812.html 8. http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/quadrans.htm 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190815.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110514.html 11. http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/leonidnews47.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240110.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 16. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240111 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240112.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 26. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 28. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/ 31. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 32. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 33. http://www.mtu.edu/