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Keywords: aurora, Perseids, meteor shower
![Полярные сияния и молнии на Юпитере](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/03/24/0001731281/AuroraLightningJupiter_Juno_1080.preview.jpg)
24.03.2021
Why does so much of Jupiter's lightning occur near its poles? Similar to Earth, Jupiter experiences both aurorae and lightning. Different from Earth, though, Jupiter's lightning usually occurs near its poles -- while much of Earth's lightning occurs near its equator.
![Северное сияние, стабильное красное полярное сияние и Млечный Путь](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/06/26/0001931744/mw.preview.png)
26.06.2024
What's happening in the sky this unusual night? Most striking in the featured 4.5-hour 360-degree panoramic video, perhaps, is the pink and purple aurora. That's because this night, encompassing May 11, was famous for its auroral skies around the world.
![Купол северного сияния на небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/05/20/0001930314/AuroraWisconsin_Liu_960.preview.jpg)
20.05.2024
It seemed like night, but part of the sky glowed purple. It was the now famous night of May 10, 2024, when people over much of the world reported beautiful aurora-filled skies. The featured image was captured this night during early morning hours from Arlington, Wisconsin, USA.
![Северное сияние над горами Карконоше](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/06/12/0001931230/AuroraKarkonosze_Koszela_1080.preview.jpg)
12.06.2024
It was the first time ever. At least, the first time this photographer had ever seen aurora from his home mountains. And what a spectacular aurora it was. The Karkonosze Mountains in Poland are usually too far south to see any auroras.
![Метеоры из потока Тау-Геркулиды над телескопами Китт-Пик](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/06/01/0001835395/TauHerMeteors_Lyu_1080.preview.jpg)
1.06.2022
It wasn't the storm of the century -- but it was a night to remember. Last night was the peak of the Tau Herculids meteor shower, a usually modest dribble of occasional meteors originating from the disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3.
![Персеиды из Персея](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2020/08/10/0001685402/NightOfThePerseids_Horalek_960.preview.jpg)
10.08.2020
Where are all these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Perseus. That is why the meteor shower that peaks tomorrow night is known as the Perseids -- the meteors all appear to came from a radiant toward Perseus.
![Квадрантиды и Орион](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2020/01/20/0001601734/QuadrantidsOrion_Horalek_960.preview.jpg)
20.01.2020
Why are these meteor trails nearly parallel? Because they were all shed by the same space rock and so can be traced back to the same direction on the sky: the radiant of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower.
![Геминиды на юге](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/16/0001794027/geminids_2021_fefo_bouvier1024.preview.jpg)
16.12.2021
Fireflies flash along a moonlit countryside in this scene taken on the night of December 13/14 from southern Uruguay, planet Earth. On that night meteors fell in the partly cloudy skies above during the annual Geminid meteor shower.
![Геминиды в 2007 году](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/01/05/0001225469/2007geminid_berko2_800.preview.jpg)
3.01.2008
Dust from curious near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon seems to fall from the constellation Gemini in this fisheye skyview. The composite image was recorded over four December nights (12-15) just last year from Ludanyhalaszi, Hungary. Of course, the streaks are meteor trails from the annual Geminids meteor shower.
![Северные Квадрантиды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/01/08/0001800562/QuadrantidsnorthernskyRadioTelescopeArray1024.preview.jpg)
8.01.2022
Named for a forgotten constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower puts on an annual show for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. The shower's radiant on the sky lies within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis.
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