Watch Up To 100 Meteors Per Hour In The First Meteor Shower Of 2020, Visible From Indiana
The first astronomical event of the year is the 2020 meteor shower coming up this month. Be sure to bundle up and find a remote place to view this incredible show that the sky only puts on a few times each year. Scroll on for more details.
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Indiana's first meteor shower of the year will take place in the very early morning hours of January 4, 2020, and will include hundreds of streaks of light.
You can either stay up late or set an alarm to witness the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is predicted to take place in Indiana around 1 a.m. It will last for about 6 hours.
The moon will have set by this time, meaning you won't have any light pollution from it blocking your view. As long as it's a clear night, the 2020 meteor shower should be an excellent show.
Hoosiers are lucky to live in the Northern Hemisphere where this phenomenal event is most visible. Though the meteors will be visible throughout the sky, most will come from the part of the sky just above the handle of the Big Dipper.
To see this light show at its best, be sure to find a remote location with little to no light pollution. It could be by a lake, along a backroad, or even your own backyard if you like in a rural area.
An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. She has visited half of the states, as well as parts of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and regularly travels home to the Hoosier State to see friends and family. With more than five years of writing experience, Elizabeth’s articles have been featured on several websites, and her poetry and short stories have been published in multiple literary journals.
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