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![Комета и метеор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/02/07/0001233175/Quadran-Lulin_tafreshih600.preview.jpg)
5.01.2009
This meteor streaking toward the horizon through the early morning sky of January 3rd is from the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. Aligned with the shower's radiant point high in the north (off the top of the view), the meteor trail passes to the right of bright bluish star Beta Scorpii.
![Метеор над Кратерным озером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/04/25/0001263878/lyridcrater_goldpaint_960.preview.jpg)
25.04.2012
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.
![Файер-болл Леонид 1966 года](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/12/0001199132/leonidfball66_young.preview.jpg)
13.11.1998
This bright fireball meteor was photographed from Table Mountain Observatory during the peak of the annual Leonid meteor shower on November 17, 1966. That was a good year for Leonid meteor watchers - a meteor "storm" was produced as the Earth swept through a dense swarm of dusty debris from the tail of comet Tempel-Tuttle.
![Метеоры Квадрантид и полярное сияние в воздухе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/01/08/0001225513/quadrantids_vaubaillon.preview.jpg)
7.01.2008
Where do meteor showers originate? To help answer this question, astronomers studied in some detail the Quadrantid meteor shower that occurred over this past weekend. In particular, astronomers with specialized cameras flew as part...
![Прелюдия к Персеидам](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/08/12/0001246502/perseid_100808_ladanyi.preview.jpg)
12.08.2010
Each August, as planet Earth swings through dust trailing along the orbit of periodic comet Swift-Tuttle, skygazers can enjoy the Perseids Meteor Shower. The shower should build to its peak now, best seen from later tonight after moonset, until dawn tomorrow morning when Earth moves through the denser part of the wide dust trail.
![Леониды из созвездия Льва](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/14/0001199190/leonids100_am_big.preview.jpg)
8.12.1998
Is Leo leaking? Leo, the famous sky constellation visible on the left of the above all-sky photograph, appears to be the source of all the meteors seen in this year's Leonids Meteor Shower.
![Таинственные полосы над Турцией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/08/15/0001223111/meteorsurprise_tezel.preview.jpg)
15.08.2007
What are they? Five streaks near the bottom of the above image taken near Ankara, Turkey on Sunday would be identified at first glance as meteors from the Perseids meteor shower peaking just that night. Unexpectedly, however, these streaks do not point back to the Perseids radiant in Perseus. Their origin is therefore somewhat unclear.
![Персеиды и Плуг](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/08/15/0001491241/PerseidsPloughCow1024.preview.jpg)
15.08.2019
Despite interfering moonlight, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower. This pastoral scene includes local skygazers admiring the shower's brief, heavenly flashes in predawn hours near peak activity on August 13 from Nalati Grassland in Xinjiang, China.
![Леониды из Льва](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/09/0001199894/leonids100_am.preview.jpg)
4.11.2001
Is Leo leaking? Leo, the famous sky constellation visible on the left of the above all-sky photograph, appears to be the source of all the meteors seen in 1998's Leonids Meteor Shower. That...
![Болид Леонид над Канзасом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/13/0001199161/leonidbolide_vw.preview.jpg)
25.11.1998
The 1998 Leonid Meteor Shower featured many bright events. Extremely bright meteors, known as bolides or fireballs, can briefly glow brighter than the full moon. Pictured above is a Leonid bolide caught during a five-minute, wide-angle exposure. The bolide was so bright it lit up the surrounding area, making otherwise dark trees visible.
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