It's a small asteroid that was discovered on March 6, 2003. The Quadrantids radiate from Quadrans Muralis, an obsolete constellation, according to NASA. Quadrans Muralis is no longer a recognized ...

Here's everything you need to know. The Quadrantids are a meteor shower named after a now-obsolete constellation, Quadrans ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year also has the potential to be one of the year's best – if the weather cooperates. But astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

The meteor shower is named after the Quadrans Muralis, a now-defunct constellation used by astronomers in the 18th century, though the Quadrantids appear to originate near the Big Dipper.

The Quadrantids, however, are named for a now-obsolete constellation known as “Quadrans Muralis.” This grouping of stars was not included by the International Astronomical Union when it ...

But back in the late-18th century there was a constellation here called Quadrans Muralis, the "Mural or Wall Quadrant" (an astronomical instrument). It is long-obsolete star pattern, invented in ...

“The Quadrantids are named after Quadrans Muralis, a constellation that no longer exists," Kareta said. "The International Astronomical Union reorganized the constellations in 1922, so the ...

Active from Dec. 28, 2022, to Jan. 12, 2023. Peak night: Jan. 3 to 4 The year starts with the Quadrantid meteor shower, named after Quadrans Muralis, an archaic constellation that modern ...

The radiant for Quadrantids -- the point in the sky from which the meteors appear to originate -- is an obsolete constellation called "Quadrans Muralis," located between the constellations of ...

Most meteor showers are named for the constellation they appear to originate from, but in the case of the Quadrantid shower, its namesake constellation, the Quadrans Muralis, no longer exists ...