Meteor shower

• A dazzling display of shooting stars kicked off the 2012 skywatching season early Wednesday (Jan. 4), thrilling amateur astronomers around the world with views of the Quadrantid meteor shower.
(msnbc.com)
• The Quadrantid Meteor Shower did have to happen on a cold night for many of us. Did you get up to look this morning? Did you do the brave thing and go back to bed? Dennis Boon of Suffolk, England, says he took the image above at 5 a.m.
(ABC News)
• Did you see last nights meteor shower? If you live in the northern hemisphere and stayed up past three in the morning, you had the opportunity to see an impressive meteor shower-- the first of 2012.
(Huffington Post)
• Information provided by EarthSky.org: The annual Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce its greatest number of meteors in the wee hours before dawn Wednesday.
(WHP CBS21)
• EUGENE, Ore. - For one night only, a chunk of an ancient comet will send up to 100 meteors shooting across the night sky. The 2012 Quadrantids are expected to start to peak around 11:20 p.m. PST Jan. 3, with best viewing around 3 a.m. Jan.
(KVAL)
• LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- You may have seen bright lights streaking across the sky early Wednesday morning, when the 2012 Quadrantid meteor shower was visible. Sixty to 200 meteors an hour were expected in the skies over North America.
(KTLA.com)
• The Quadrantid (quad-ran-tid) Meteor Shower will be visible over Silver City through January 12. The peak is expected to occur on Wednesday night, Jan. 4, with the best viewing time being after the moon has set about 3 am.
(Deming Headlight)
• The Quadrantid meteor shower peaked late last night, continuing into the early morning of January 4. Varying from 60 to 200 mph, the meteor shower lasted only a few hours. For those who missed it, many websites will be streaming it online.
(Digital Journal)
• The first Quadrantid meteor shower of the year will peak in the early hours on Wednesday. Observers can expect to see between 60 and 200 meteors an hour. The waxing gibbous moon will set around 3 a.m.
(International Business Times)
• A new NASA handheld device application for mobile devices enables astronomy buffs to better track, count and record data about meteors and meteor showers anywhere in the world.
(AccuWeather.com)