We won't have to wait long into 2015 to catch the first big space event of the new year, but you're going to need a little bit of luck to seeing anything.

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be visible over the next few days in the north-northeastern sky after dark, according to EarthSky. At its peak Saturday night in North America, the shower will produce as many as 100 meteors an hour, but the peak won't last long– maybe only a couple of hours, the report said.

"In fact, the Quadrantids might be the strongest and most famous major meteor shower that you’ve never seen," EarthSky said in a separate report.

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Unfortunately, this year's Quadrantids won't be as brilliant as other years because the brightness of a nearly full moon will prevent stargazers from seeing some, but not all, of the meteors, according to National Geographic.

Weather will also complicate things. In the Eastern United States, cloud cover is expected to dominate much of the area, said weather.com senior meteorologist Nick Wiltgen, but most of the Southwest will likely see clear skies for the event.

EarthSky says viewers should wait until just before dawn Saturday or Sunday morning to get out and look for meteors because the moon will be lower in the sky and, therefore, its brightness won't be as intrusive.

Researchers believe this meteor shower might not occur far into the future, possiblybecoming extinct in a few centuries, Universe Today reports. But the Quadrantids have been quite active in recent years, with hourly rates of more than 100 meteors occurring at the shower's peak in both 2013 and 2014, according to the International Meteor Organization. Last year, the event exceeded 200 meteors at its peak, the IMO reported.

If you're planning to go out and look for shooting stars, National Geographic suggests getting outside a few minutes early to allow the eyeballs to adjust to darkness.

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