The Quadrantids will increase in number around midnight before peaking between 3 a.m. and dawn on Saturday at a rate of better than a meteor a minute.
Maybe you've got a nice, cozy spot in your home where there's a window with a clear view to the northeast with no city or neighborhood lights causing too much glare. If so, you might get a glimpse of the 2014 Quadrantids meteor show set to peak tonight and into early Saturday morning.
If you don't have such a window, or if you'd rather go outside to watch celestial shows (where, really, you'll get the best results), please bundle up and protect yourself and your skin – with sub-zero temperatures predicted for Massachusetts and all of the Northeast, it will be dangerously cold outside.
The Quadrantids will increase in number around midnight before peaking between 3 a.m. and dawn on Saturday at a rate of better than a meteor a minute, according to NASA.
Residents of Massachusetts are on the right half of the planet to see them – they're best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA says. To view the Quadrantids, look in the northeast sky between and below the Big Dipper and Little Dipper.
The best way to view a meteor shower is away from city lights – but sometimes just your backyard will be plenty dark enough.
» Read more about the Quadrantids on NASA's Solar System Exploration website