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    A Quadrantid meteor appears in the night sky along with the Milky Way and the Aurora over Banff National Park, Canada, 3 January 2009. Credit: Stocktrek Images / Getty Images
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    Quadrantids 2021 See the first major meteor shower of 2021

    Leave your telescope and binoculars at home. Meteor showers are best spotted with the naked eye. Credit: Isa Terli/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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    The Geminids is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    The Leonid meteor shower as seen from Lampang Thailand. Credit: NirutiStock / Getty Images
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    The Orionid meteor shower 2020 radiant is near Betelgeuse and the shower’s peak is on 20/21 October. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    Stargazers observe the Perseid meteor shower over the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, Canada, 10 August 2018. Credit: VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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    The radiant is the point from which a meteor shower appears to originate, as seen from Earth. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    A composite image showing multiple Perseid meteors over Big Bend National park, 14 August 2016. Credit: Jason Weingart / Barcroft Media via Getty Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images
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    Michael Rosinski captured a Perseid display near his home in Michigan, USA, last year. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 70D DSLR camera and 11-16mm lens. Credit: M. Rosinski
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    A Lyrid meteor and the Milky Way, Anza-Borrego Desert, California. Credit: Kevin Key / Slworking / Getty
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    Lyrids 2020 How to see this year's meteor shower

    Meteor fireballs over the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile © Wikimedia Commons
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    Meteor showers Everything you need to know to spot a shooting star

    Perseid meteor Luke Hayes, Essex, 11 August 2016. Equipment: digital camera.
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    A Perseid meteor photographed with light from a bright Moon in the sky. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    Perseid meteor shower 2019 When it is and how to see it

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