Meteors

NEAR EARTH
The Moon
Hubble Telescope
Meteors
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Sun
Mercury
Venus
Mars
   Deimos
   Phobos
Jupiter
   Europa
   Io
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
ASTEROIDS:
Eros
Gaspra
Vestra
COMETS:
Hale-Bopp
Halley
Hyakutake
West



Meteors can be seen with the naked eye. Stand outside on a cloudless night for about 15 minutes, until your eyes get adapted to the dark. Soon you should be able to spot a meteor or two every few minutes. During some months of the year, as the earth passes through 'clouds' of rock particles in its orbit around the sun, you can see a meteor every few seconds. Most burn up in the atmosphere.
STARS
A Star is Born
Death of a Star
Supergiants
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
A Planet Beyond
NEBULAE
A Nebula
Nebula 2366
Nebula 604
GALAXIES
Center of Our Galaxy
Dust Lanes
Andromeda (M31)
M 100
M 51
M 83
Irregular Galaxy
THE UNUSUAL
Gravitational Lens
Black Hole Galaxy
Clusters of Galaxies
Colliding Galaxies
Quasars
Supernova Remnant
Black Hole
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