Look to the skies Monday for the first meteor shower of 2021

One of the best meteor showers of the year is scheduled for early next week, and according to NASA, you’ll only have a few hours to see it.

The Quadrantid meteor shower starts in the early morning of January 4 and lasts until dawn.

Just look northeast, look at the sky, and you may be able to see as many as two dozen meteors per hour, NASA officials said.

“The visibility of meteor showers from year to year has a lot to do with whether there is a bright moon in the sky at the time or not. This year, the moon will set shortly after midnight local time, which means viewing conditions should be good, provided your local sky is not obscured by winter weather, ”NASA said in a statement.

The further you are from city lights, the darker it will be and the easier it will be to see the meteor shower.

NASA officials said, despite this meteor shower being one of the best this year, it’s not the only event we should look forward to this month.

Mars will rise before sunrise this month next to the red giant star Antares, and both will be visible low in the southeast, just an hour before sunrise each morning.

Antares is larger than Mars, but to the human eye it will appear as a tiny, flickering point of light in the sky, according to NASA.

And on January 20, the couple will be joined by a “slender crescent moon” in the sky and this will be a beauty you don’t want to miss.

Click here for more information on NASA’s air forecast for this month.