It branches from the northeast corner of the Boötes constellation. The name Quadrantids comes from the now obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis, which was named in 1975 by French astronomer JJ ...
The meteors radiate from the now-obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis, once mapped near Boötes and the Big Dipper. Observers can expect meteors to streak across the sky at speeds of up to 70 ...