Over the weekend you can see a special meteor shower in Hungary with a spectacular planetary alignment

In the first days of January, the Quadrantids meteor shower will arrive, and a striking quadruple alignment will also be visible in the night sky, the Svábhegy Observatory told MTI on Monday.

Although the meteor shower typically produces a spectacular display, this time the light of the full Moon may wash out the fainter meteors. As a result, an estimated 10–20 shooting stars per hour may be observable in the northern sky, the Hungarian News Agency reported.

At the same time, the shower is rich in bright fireballs, which will still present a beautiful sight even in moonlight. Most shooting stars will be visible around midnight or in the early hours of the morning.

The statement also notes that, alongside the meteor shower, a striking quadruple alignment will be observable on Saturday. At 6 p.m., beneath the full Moon, the planet Jupiter and, to its left, the two stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini will form a regular parallelogram in the sky. Jupiter will appear as a very bright star beneath the Moon, while Pollux and Castor will be considerably fainter in the Moon’s light, according to the Svábhegyi Observatory’s notice.

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