Wonders Of The Sky 2009 Dark Sky 02

Twinkling: Star Scintillation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Star Scintillation (twinkling) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why do Star’s Twinkle? Turbulent air causes a star’s image to distort

Star Colors: Big & Little Dippers Where is Polaris?

Orion Betelgeuse Rigel ,[object Object],Belt Sword Orion Nebula in Sword of Orion

Meteors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Leonid Meteor & Big Dipper http://www.astropics.com/leonids/l02bd.htm

Leonid Meteor & Pleiades http://www.astropics.com/leonids/l01ss.jpg

Fireballs http://www.southdowns.org.uk/images/fireballB.jpg

Peekskill Bolide http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/StarChild/solar_system_level2/fireball_big.gif This bolide scattered several meteorites across the northeastern United States

Meteorite 1, Car 0 ,[object Object],[object Object]

Meteor Showers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Radiant ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Shower Origins ,[object Object]

“ Falling Stars” & Sirius http://www.astropics.com/leonids/l01nsf.htm Sirius is the night sky’s brightest star

Meteor Videos ,[object Object],[object Object]

Forecast: Meteor Showers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Leonid Meteor Storm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.mreclipse.com/Meteors/Leo01/image/Leonid1833-1x.GIF

Dust in the Solar System: Zodiacal Light ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Zodiacal Light & Meteor http://epod.usra.edu/archive/images/img_3491-1.jpg

Zodiacal Light in Gemini http://www.allthesky.com/various/preview/zodiacgeminim-p.jpg The zodiacal light is found along the zodiac or ecliptic

False Dawn ,[object Object],[object Object]

Night Glows http://www.arizonaskyvillage.com/assets/images/autogen/a_Copy_of_Zodiacal_Light___milkyway.jpg Photo from southeast Arizona Right: Milky Way, Left: Zodiacal Light

Dust in the Solar System: Gegenschein ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry/Documents/gegenschein-15mar1980.jpg

Comets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dusty Comet (McNaught) Comet McNaught, January 2007

Comet Holmes (2007) ,[object Object]

Northern Lights ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.thisisthelife.com/photos/experiences/large/aurora-borealis.jpg

Appearance of Aurora ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Church, Aurora Borealis , 1865

Red Aurora http://www.livingwilderness.com/patterns/nlights2.html

Wow! http://www.eielson.af.mil/library/news/05nsvs/feb05/Feb_4/Aurora%20borealis.jpg

Airglow ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Airglow from Space ,[object Object]

The Best Dark Sky Sight: The Milky Way ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summer MW ,[object Object],[object Object]

Home Galaxy ,[object Object],Looking straight down on the Milky Way All-sky MW photo from Hawaii

Whole Sky View, Hawaii ,[object Object],[object Object]

Lund Milky Way Panorama http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970517.html

Naked Eye Wonders of the Sky ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beehive Cluster (M44) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cancer Star Map ,[object Object]

Pleiades: Seven Sisters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taurus Star Map ,[object Object],[object Object]

“ Taurus” Cave Painting ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Perseus Double Cluster ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Perseus Star Map ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Andromeda Galaxy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Andromeda Constellation Locate M31 and M33

Orion Nebula ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Orion’s Sword ,[object Object],[object Object]

Light Pollution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.apstas.com/astrotas/glow.jpg

Light Pollution: Got Stars? http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2003/20aug03/Carlson1.jpg

Light Pollution near Tenerife, Canary Islands

Earth at Night (Click Below) http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//1438/earth_lights_lrg.jpg

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