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Keywords: Big Dipper, meteor, Geminids
![Вид из замка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/04/07/0001379723/MVC1000vetter.preview.jpg)
7.04.2017
The best known asterism in northern skies, The Big Dipper is easy to recognize, even when viewed upside down, though some might see a plough or wagon. The star names and the familiar outlines...
![Метеор и Млечный Путь над Альпами](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/01/15/0001454478/MeteorMountain_Roemmelt_960.preview.jpg)
14.01.2019
Now this was a view with a thrill. From Mount Tschirgant in the Alps, you can see not only nearby towns and distant Tyrolean peaks, but also, weather permitting, stars, nebulas, and the band of the Milky Way Galaxy.
![Метеоры, комета и Большой Ковш над Ла-Пальмой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/04/23/0001467333/Quadrantids_Duparc_960.preview.jpg)
23.04.2019
Meteor showers are caused by streams of solid particles, dust size and larger, moving as a group through space. In most cases, the orbits of these meteor streams can be identified with dust expelled from a comet.
![Внутри метеоритного кратера Бэрринджер](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/08/11/0001235793/barringer_rowell.preview.jpg)
11.08.2009
What happens when a meteor hits the ground? Usually nothing much, as most meteors are small, and indentations they make are soon eroded away. About 50,000 years ago, however, a large meteor created Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, USA. Also known simply as Meteor Crater, the resulting impact basin spans over a kilometer.
![Кратер Бэрринджер на Земле](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/18/0001192421/azcrater_lpi_big.preview.jpg)
17.11.1997
What happens when a meteor hits the ground? Usually nothing much, as most meteors are small, and indentations they make are soon eroded away. 49,000 years ago, however, a large meteor created Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, pictured above. Barringer is over a kilometer across.
![Замок и метеор в лунном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/08/13/0001253261/per_110812_ladanyi_1000c.preview.jpg)
13.08.2011
Each August, as planet Earth swings through dust trailing along the orbit of periodic comet Swift-Tuttle, skygazers enjoy the Perseid Meteor Shower. As Earth moves through the denser part of the comet's wide...
![Маяк и метеор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/01/08/0001255487/LighthouseMeteor_fusco900.preview.jpg)
8.01.2012
Named for a forgotten constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower is an annual event for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. It usually peaks briefly in the cold, early morning hours of January 4. The shower's radiant point on the sky lies within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis.
![Утро в Кении: Луна, планеты и метеор из потока Тауриды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/12/0001348182/KenyaTauridTafreshi_DSC8027cs950.preview.jpg)
12.11.2015
On November 8, a waning crescent Moon joined the continuing parade of planets in Earth's morning skies. Captured here from Amboseli National Park, Kenya, even the overexposed moonlight can't washout brilliant Venus though, lined up near the ecliptic plane with faint Mars and bright Jupiter above.
![Пылающий болид между Туманностью Ориона и Ригелем](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/16/0001348491/OrionFireball_Scheggia_1080.preview.jpg)
16.11.2015
What's happening to that meteor? A few days ago, a bright fireball was photographed from the Alps mountain range in Switzerland as it blazed across the sky. The fireball, likely from the Taurids...
![Когда Близнецы направляют звезды на Паранал](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/12/13/0001350765/ParanalGeminids_Guisard_1080.preview.jpg)
13.12.2015
From a radiant point in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rain down on planet Earth. Tonight, the Geminds reach their peak and could be quite spectacular. The featured blended image, however, captured the shower's impressive peak in the year 2012.
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