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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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C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) in the Little Dipper

Dzikowski Piotr

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Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina (Sep.17,2015)

José J. Chambó Bris

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Comet C/2014 Q1 PANSTARRS (Aug.13,2015)

José J. Chambó Bris

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Comet C/2014 Q1 PANSTARRS (Aug.11,2015)

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2015 Polar Perseids

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Comet Lovejoy travels near several galaxies in Draco

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Perseid Meteor Shower

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Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina (Aug.9,2015)

José J. Chambó Bris

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C/2013 US10 (Catalina)

José J. Chambó Bris

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2015 Perseid Meteor Shower

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Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) near Atria α Trianguli Australis

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Meteor Perseid 2015

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Starfest Meteor

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Perseid 2015

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Perseid Visits Gallup, NM.

John Van't Land

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Perseid Meteor Shower 2015

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Perseids over Palm Springs

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Perseid Meteor - August, 2015

A great long Earthgrazer of a Perseid plunged down the southern sky toward Sagittarius on the evening of August 12, 2015, while Chris Allison had his camera shutter open. The handle of the Sagittarius Teapot is right at the bottom of the frame. The shower's radiant point in Perseus was still low on the opposite side of the sky. Perseus is in the Milky Way — so any Perseid that you see near the Milky Way, anywhere, has to be traveling almost parallel to it. (The meteor's curvature here is caused by the wide-angle lens.)

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Rainbow Perseid

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Comet C/2014 Q1 Panstarrs

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