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Keywords: Big Dipper, meteor, Geminids
![APOD: 2024 July 14 Б Meteor Misses Galaxy](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/07/14/0001933340/M33Meteor_Chokshi_960.preview.jpg)
14.07.2024
The galaxy was never in danger. For one thing, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), pictured, is much bigger than the tiny grain of rock at the head of the meteor. For another, the galaxy is much farther away -- in this instance 3 million light years as opposed to only about 0.0003 light seconds.
![Метеор и галактика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/08/23/0001906880/M31Perseid_Pedrero_1080.preview.jpg)
23.08.2023
It came from outer space. It -- in this case a sand-sized bit of a comet nucleus -- was likely ejected many years ago from Sun-orbiting Comet Swift-Tuttle, but then continued to orbit the Sun alone.
![Болид над Исландией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/09/17/0001908658/_DSC7280-1s_1024.preview.jpg)
16.09.2023
On September 12, from a location just south of the Arctic Circle, stones of Iceland's modern Arctic Henge point skyward in this startling scene. Entertaining an intrepid group of aurora hunters during a geomagnetic storm, alluring northern lights dance across the darkened sky when a stunning fireball meteor explodes.
![Большой Ковш: усиленное изображение](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/17/0001333855/BigDipperEnhanced_carpentier_598.preview.jpg)
16.03.2015
Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized configurations of stars on the northern sky: the Big Dipper. This grouping of stars is one of the few things that has likely been seen, and will be seen, by every human generation.
![Болид из потока Геминиды над горой Баланг](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/12/17/0001328388/GeminidMtBalang_wu_960.preview.jpg)
16.12.2014
This was a sky to remember. While viewing the Geminids meteor shower a few days ago, a bright fireball was captured over Mt. Balang, China with particularly picturesque surroundings. In the foreground, a sea of light clouds slowly floated between dark mountain peaks.
![Юпитер и Геминиды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/12/28/0001915356/G0030446_1100.preview.jpg)
28.12.2023
For a brief moment, this brilliant fireball meteor outshone Jupiter in planet Earth's night. The serendipitous image was captured while hunting meteors under cold Canadian skies with a camera in timelapse mode on December 14, near the peak of the Geminid meteor shower.
![Мерцающее северное сияние и вспышка метеора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/12/07/0001327472/GeminidAurora_Hansen1_960.preview.jpg)
6.12.2014
Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December 13. This 30 second long exposure records their shimmering glow gently lighting the wintery coastal scene.
![Метеор перед галактикой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/08/17/0001367615/MeteorM31_hemmerich_960.preview.jpg)
17.08.2016
What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy last Friday, near the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, a sand-sized rock from deep space crossed right in front of our Milky Way Galaxy's far-distant companion.
![Ориониды: метеоры из Ориона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/10/30/0001391410/OrionidsOrion_LuShupei_960.preview.jpg)
30.10.2017
Meteors have been shooting out from the constellation of Orion. This was expected, as October is the time of year for the Orionids Meteor Shower. Pictured here, over a dozen meteors were caught in successively added exposures last weekend over Wulan Hada volcano in Inner Mongolia, China.
![Метеор над Кратерным озером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/04/22/0001407761/LyridCrater_Goldpaint_960.preview.jpg)
22.04.2018
Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn.
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