A meteor streaks across the sky near Lafayette, Ind., during the annual Geminid meteor shower in December. The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first of 2013, peaks Wednesday night. (Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier/AP/File)
5:16 pm ET -Quadrantid meteor shower-watchers will have to deal with a three-quarter-full moon, but the event peaks overnight Wednesday, meaning the show will go on.
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