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The Essential Guide to Astronomy

Meteors and Comets and Asteroids

The sky may seem eternal and unchanging, but meteors and comets show us otherwise. Browse the gallery below to see pictures of the ephemeral sky. New comets are anticipated every year, and though not every comet becomes a showstopper, most do take the stage in magnificent images. Even garden-variety comets may show their ghostly green nucleus and fanning tail in pictures before they disappear from the heavens. And as short-lived as comets are, meteors are even more fleeting. Their quick streaks through the sky present a photographic challenge, but our readers have managed glimpses at single fireballs, as well as whole-sky time-lapses of meteor showers. Finally, to round out the selection of small solar system bodies, you'll also find asteroid pictures in this gallery. Their dim and often dark surfaces render them one of the biggest challenges of astrophotography, but our readers are up to the task. Return to the Photo Gallery

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Comet Catalina C/2013 US10 on December 10, 2015 from Mexico.

M.C. Eduardo Alamilla

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Klonowanie Komety Cataliny&Wenus

Meteors and Comets and Asteroids

Klonowanie Komety Cataliny&Wenus

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Catalina Comet C2013 US10 from Stockholm in Sweden

Meteors and Comets and Asteroids

Catalina Comet C/2013 US10

M.C. Eduardo Alamilla

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C/2013 X1 Panstarrs and NGC 551

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Geminid Meteor Shower 2015 By Chris Allison

Christopher Shawn Allison

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The Comet With Two Tails - Catalina

Low in the east before dawn, 6th-magnitude Comet Catalina (c/2013 US10) showed two widely separated tails on December 6, 2015. A comet's thin blue ion (gas) tail quickly becomes entrained in the solar wind and blows rapidly straight away from the direction of the Sun. The brighter yellow dust tail is less influenced by the Sun, moves away from the comet much more slowly, and follows along with the comet's orbital motion for longer. Brian Ottum took this image with a 10-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector from Rancho Hidalgo, New Mexico. Click for larger view.

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Catalina 2015/12/01 - sketch and watercolor

Michel Deconinck

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Catalina 2015/11/24 - sketch and watercolor

Michel Deconinck

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Comet 10P Tempel visually passing through the Lagoon Nebula M8

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Comet 22P Kopff visually passing through the Trifid Nebula M20

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Comet C/2014 S2(Panstarrs)

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Comet C/2014 S2 PANSTARRS (Nov.6,2015)

José J. Chambó Bris

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Mystery Object Passes M95 and M96 -- I thought it was 2015 TB145, but now I think I'm wrong!

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Asteroid 2015 TB145 Passes M44

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Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina (Oct.1,2015)

José J. Chambó Bris

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Meteor streaking on top of a caravansary

بیژن مروج الحکامی

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perseid meteor shower Varzaneh Desert Esfahan

Kamran Janamian

Meteors and Comets and Asteroids

perseid meteor shower Varzaneh Desert

Kamran Janamian

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