What we can see in 2012- astronomical prespective

In January 2012 between 3rd to 8th we can see "Quadrantids Meteor Shower" and in january 9 we can see a full moon directly opposite to the Earth from the sun and it can be visibly illuminated.......

What is Quadrantid Meteor Shower ????

The Quadrantid meteor shower, visible each year in early January, appears to originate within the constellation Bootes. Sky watchers may spot between 50 to 100 shooting stars per hour. The Quadrantids generally begin on December 28 and end on January 7.

What is Quandrantids ???

The Quadrantids are barely detectable on the beginning and ending dates, but observers in the Northern Hemisphere can see from 10 to around 60 meteors per hour at maximum. The maximum only lasts for a few hours.

How They Occur ???

A meteor shower or Quadrantids is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms.

What it impact to earth ???

A meteor shower is the result of an interaction between a planet, such as Earth, and streams of debris from a comet. Comets can produce debris by water vapor drag. Each time a comet swings by the Sun in its orbit, some of its ice vaporizes and a certain amount of meteoroids will be shed. The meteoroids spread out along the entire orbit of the comet to form a meteoroid stream, also known as a "dust trail" (as opposed to a comet's "dust tail" caused by the very small particles that are quickly blown away by solar radiation pressure).