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You entered: meteor shower
![Небо, полное Леонид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/06/0001199828/leonids_chen.preview.jpg)
5.12.2001
In the early morning hours of November 19, amateur Chen Huang-Ming caught a sky filled with astronomical wonders. With his fisheye camera set up on Ho-Huan Mountain in Taiwan for a half-hour exposure, he started the above image a local time of 2:33 am.
![Дракониды над Испанией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/10/20/0001254243/draconids_casado_900.preview.jpg)
19.10.2011
What are those streaks in the sky? They're meteors from the Draconids meteor shower that peaked earlier this month. The above composite image captured numerous meteor streaks over 90 minutes above the Celtic ruins of Capote in Badajoz province, Spain.
![Лириды из созвездия Лиры](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2020/05/12/0001655699/Lyrids_Horalek_960.preview.jpg)
12.05.2020
Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Small Harp (Lyra). That is why the famous meteor shower that peaks every April is known as the Lyrids -- the meteors all appear to came from a radiant toward Lyra.
![Метеор в небе над пустыней](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/12/13/0001248683/GeminidMojave2009_pacholka.preview.jpg)
11.12.2010
Created as planet Earth sweeps through dusty debris from mysterious, asteroid-like, 3200 Phaethon, the annual Geminid Meteor Shower should be the best meteor shower of the year. The Geminids are predicted to peak on the night of December 13/14, but you can start watching for Geminid meteors this weekend.
![Фаэтон и его потомство](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/12/23/0001394759/MSato_Phaethon-and-Geminids-1100.preview.jpg)
23.12.2017
Based on its well-measured orbit, 3200 Phaethon (sounds like FAY-eh-thon) is recognized as the source of the meteroid stream responsible for the annual Geminid meteor shower. Even though most meteor showers' parents are comets, 3200 Phaethon is a known and closely tracked near-Earth asteroid with a 1.4 year orbital period.
![Персеиды над Онтарио](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/08/15/0001291927/perseids_vangaal_960.preview.jpg)
13.08.2013
Where are all of 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 peaked over the past few days is known as the Perseids -- the meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Perseus.
![Леониды на фоне звезд](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/08/0001199873/leonidstarfield_buttnor.preview.jpg)
20.11.2001
As meteor after meteor streaked across a moonless sky, photographers across the world snapped pictures of the 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower. Many recognized this as the best meteor shower they had ever seen. In fact, the 2001 Leonids was the most active meteor shower since the mid-1960s.
![Созерцая небо](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/13/0001178847/peoplesky_mpo.preview.jpg)
13.08.2002
Have you contemplated your sky recently? Last night was a good one for midnight meditators at many northerly locations as meteors from the Perseid meteor shower frequently streaked through. The Perseid meteor shower has slowly been building to a crescendo but should continue to be rewarding tonight and into the week.
![Млечный Путь и взрывающийся метеор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/08/06/0001387470/MeteorBoom_vanderHoeven_750.preview.gif)
6.08.2017
Next weekend the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its maximum. Grains of icy rock will streak across the sky as they evaporate during entry into Earth's atmosphere. These grains were shed from Comet Swift-Tuttle.
![Квадрантиды: метеоры в перспективе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179196/meteors_quadrantids.preview.gif)
26.01.1996
Meteor showers are caused by streams of solid particles, dust size and larger, moving as a group through space. In many cases, the orbits of these meteor streams can be identified with the dust tails of comets.
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