Dark Galaxies, Bright Skies: News from the Royal Astronomical Society

We hear about the galaxies with no stars and make a date with a meteor shower...

02 August 2012

Interview with

Dr Robert Massey, Royal Astronomical Society

Part of the show Finding Impossible Stars

Meteor shower

Orionid meteor striking the sky below Milky Way and to the right of Venus. Zodiacal light is also seen at the image. The trail of the meteor appears slightly curved due to edge distortion in the lens.

Credit:

GNU1.2, Brocken Inaglory

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