... Perseid in Moonlight . ... Bright moonlight from a Full Moon near perigee illuminates the night and casts shadows in this skyscape from central Iran. Taken on August 12, near the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower the exposure also captures a bright and colorful perseid streak above the shady tree in the foreground. ... Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars . ... What's happened in Hebes Chasma on Mars? ... Rosetta Approaches Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko . ... A Perseid Below . ... August 2015 . ...

... 2012 August 10 . Perseid Below . Credit: Ron Garan, ISS Expedition 28 Crew , NASA . Explanation: Denizens of planet Earth watched last year's Perseid meteor shower by looking up into the bright moonlit night sky . ... From Garan's perspective onboard the International Space Station orbiting at an altitude of about 380 kilometers, the Perseid meteors streak below, swept up dust left from comet Swift-Tuttle heated to incandescence. ... Want to look up at this year's Perseid meteor shower? ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... I took some quick images of the Moon just by putting an Ipod Touch to the eyepiece of the telescope. ... Image credit: Colin Johnston/Armagh Planetarium) . ... Image credit: Colin Johnston & Julie Thompson/Armagh Planetarium) . ... I am looking forward to sharing the sky with our visitors when our monthly Open Nights return in October (date to be confirmed). ...

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... The Best sky view of the year - this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008: look out this afternoon after the Sun sets to see the most impressive night sky view of the year! ... Triple conjunction: After the Sun sets this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008, look towards the south: J upiter, Venus and the crescent Moon are now in a beautiful conjunction that some astronomers are calling "the best sky show of the year". ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... In most situations, light helps us to see. But when it comes to looking at the night sky, light actually blocks our vision. ... You should be able to see around 2,500 stars with your naked eyes, but if you live in a big city or town, you probably see less than 10 stars on a normal night! This amazing space picture shows the shining star clusters and swirls of colourful gases of the Carina Nebula: an enormous expanse of gas, dust and stars lying deep in the heart of the Milky Way. ...

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... It's a Meteor Shower Smaller than grains of sand, meteors vaporize in a bright streak of light as they hit Earth's atmosphere. Meteor showers come from comets, but the sporadic meteors on other nights are mostly asteroid bits. ... Meteor Showers Come From Comets Jupiter Earth Sun Comet Mercury Tips: A bright Moon can wash out meteors, making them hard to see. ... But the comet bits hit Earth's atmosphere so fast, the pieces vaporize in bright streaks -- making a meteor shower! ...

... Ryoanji Temple and around. d01. Pond in the garden of Ryoan-ji temple, where Rock Garden is. d02. In the Ryoan-ji temple garden. d03. The trees, moss and rocks look like handpainted. ... In the garden. d05. In the garden. d06. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. ... Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. d11. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. d12. Ryoan-ji temple, inner yard. d13. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden. d14. ... In the forest, on the hill near the temple. d17. In the forest, on the hill near the temple. ...

The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

Eclipses . ... Larger version available by clicking on images. www.my-spot.com > Astronomy by Frank > Eclipses . ... Had a bright and beautiful day on December 25, 2000 for both viewing and photographing this eclipse. this is a 1/250 sec exposure on Kodak Supra 400. ... Lunar Eclipse, Totality . ... The weather reports for seeing the eclipse did not look promising, but when the time came the cloud deck was just transparent enough to view and photograph. ... Lunar Eclipse, Just Before Totality . ...