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Celestial event - A celestial event is an astronomical phenomenon of interest that involves one or more astronomical bodies. Examples of celestial events include the various phases of the Moon, meteor showers, comets, solar and lunar eclipses, planetary oppositions, conjunctions, and occultations.

Naked eye - ... of speech, referring to human visual perception unaided by enhancing equipment such as a telescope or binoculars. The term is often used in astronomy when referring to events that can be viewed by the general public, such as for example astronomical conjunctions, comets or meteor showers.

Meteor shower - From earliest times, humankind has noticed flurries of meteors that seemed to emanate from particular points in the sky at particular times of the year. These flurries, now called meteor showers, are produced by small fragments of cosmic debris entering the earth's atmosphere at extremely high speed.


Suggested Web Sites

Exploring The Planets: Comets - History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum.

Barbara's Astronomy Page - For beginning backyard astronomers, listing planetary positions, comets, asteroids, meteor showers, tips

Articles on ancient observations - A list of hyperlinks to various articles on eclipses, comets, novae, and meteor showers that were seen in ancient times.

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