If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star!

如果你在晴朗的夜晚仰望天空，突然看到一道闪光，那可能是颗流星！

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Chinese astronomers in the year 185 C.E. recorded in the Book of the Later Han the appearance of a "guest star" in the night sky, which remained there for about 8 months.

公元185年，中国古代天文学家在《后汉书》中记录了出现在夜空中的一颗被称为“客星”的星体，这颗星体存活了大概8个月。

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After his bath, Jeremy searched the night sky for the brightest star.

杰瑞米洗过澡后，向夜空望去，寻找那一颗最亮的星星。

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When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

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This is how the poem begins: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed, And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

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And when they aimed at Sirius they could see the dim white-dwarf which orbits what is the brightest star in the night sky.

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On the basis of results from other methods, it has been estimated that on average, there are 1.6 planets around every star in the night sky.

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The mountains shimmer blue when the sun hits the eucalyptus vapors from the trees, at night, the dense star patterns of the Southern Hemisphere sky also shimmer in the clearest skies, and crossing the path to your cottage at night, you may well encounter a wombat, wallaby or kangaroo the 4000 acres are filled with them.

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