Supermoon + Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2026
Date: 03 January 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 11:00 PM – 03:00 AM
Location: Al Qudra Desert – Dubai
Fee: AED 200 – AED 175
Register: https://althurayaastronomycenter.ae/supermoon-quadrantids-meteor-shower-2026/
Kick off the New Year on 3 January in the Al Qudra Desert under the January Wolf Supermoon and the Quadrantids meteor shower. While the bright moon will unfortunately dim the smaller meteors, we’re hoping to catch the brighter ones throughout the evening. Enjoy a guided talk on the meteor shower, a sky-mapping session exploring constellations, and a Q&A, as we observe the night sky through telescopes.
The shower owes its name to the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis. The constellation was left off a list of constellations drawn out by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1922, but because the shower had already been named after Quadrans Muralis, its name was not changed. The Quadrantids is also sometimes called Bootids after the modern constellation, Boötes.
The Quadrantids are associated with asteroid 2003 EH1. The asteroid takes about 5.5 years to orbit around the Sun.
Event Ticket Fee:
- General Tickets: AED 200
- Kids (Under 13): AED 175
Event Program:
- 11:15 PM – Event Introduction
- 11:00 PM – Supermoon Observation and Talk
- 11:45 PM – Talk: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
- 12:30 AM – Sky Mapping Session (Stories about the Constellations)
- 01:00 AM – Q & A Session
- 02:00 AM – Peak of the Meteor Shower starts
- Telescope Observation throughout the night of the Moon, Jupiter, and Deep sky objects.
- Phone photography through the telescopes.