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A star-filled sky has two streaks in the foreground. A green and red streak toward the lower left was created by an ablating meteor, while the blue and white streak on the upper right is the coma and tail of a comet. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
星光闪耀的天空前景中有两条条纹。左下方的绿色和红色条纹是由流星划过形成的，而右上方的蓝色和白色条纹是彗星的彗发和彗尾。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
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A distant spiral galaxy is seen in the image center. A multi-colored streak runs diagonally across the image from the upper left to the lower right. Parts of this streak have gas near it. The background is dark field filled with stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
在图像中心可见一个遥远的螺旋星系。一条多色的条纹从图像的左上角斜向贯穿至右下角。这条条纹的部分区域附近存在气体。背景是布满繁星的暗场。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
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2023年12月28日 Jupiter and the Geminid Image Credit & Copyright: Gaurav Singh Explanation: For a brief moment, this brilliant fireball meteor outshone Jupiter in planet Earth’s night. The serendipitous image was captured while hunting meteors under cold Canadian skies with a camera in timelapse mode on December 14, near the peak of the Geminid meteor ...
2023年12月9日 Pic du Pleiades Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand Explanation: Near dawn on November 19 the Pleiades stood in still dark skies over the French Pyrenees. But just before sunrise a serendipitous moment was captured in this single 3 second exposure; a bright meteor streak appeared to pierce the heart of the galactic star cluster. ...
2023年9月16日 Fireball over Iceland Image Credit & Copyright: Jennifer Franklin Explanation: On September 12, from a location just south of the Arctic Circle, stones of Iceland’s modern Arctic Henge point skyward in this startling scene. Entertaining an intrepid group of aurora hunters during a geomagnetic storm, alluring northern lights dance across...
2023年8月23日 The Meteor and the Galaxy Credit & Copyright: Jose Pedrero Explanation: It came from outer space. It — in this case a sand-sized bit of a comet nucleus — was likely ejected many years ago from Sun-orbiting Comet Swift-Tuttle, but then continued to orbit the Sun alone. When the Earth crossed through this orbit, the piece of comet d...
2023年7月24日 Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Kleinburger Explanation: Meteors can be colorful. While the human eye usually cannot discern many colors, cameras often can. Pictured here is a fireball, a disintegrating meteor that was not only one of the brightest the photographer has ever seen, but colorful. The me...