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All answers to “Name something you can see in the night sky”
164 accepted answers, from “Achernar” to “Zodiacal light”. The level of each one is hidden: play to see how deep it sinks.
A
- Achernar
- Airglow
- Aldebaran
- Algolalso Demon Star
- Alpha Centaurialso Rigil Kentaurus, Proxima Centauri
- Altair
- Andromedaalso Andromeda Galaxy
- Antares
- Aquarius
- Aquila
- Arcturus
- Aries
B
- Ball lightning
- Batsalso Bat
- Betelgeuse
- Big Dipperalso Plough, Ursa Major, Great Bear
- Birdsalso Migrating birds, Geese
- Blimp
- Blood moonalso Lunar eclipse, Eclipse
- Blue moon
- Boötes
C
- Canceralso Beehive Cluster, Praesepe
- Canis Major
- Canis Minoralso Procyon
- Canopus
- Capella
- Capricornalso Capricornus
- Cassiopeia
- Chinese lanternsalso Sky lanterns, Lanterns
- Cloudsalso Cloud
- Coalsackalso Coalsack Nebula, Emu in the Sky
- Cometalso Comets
- Comet Hale-Boppalso Hale-Bopp
- Comet McNaught
- Constellationalso Constellations
- Contrailsalso Contrail, Vapour trail
- Crab Nebula
- Cratersalso Moon craters
- Crescent moonalso Half moon, New moon
- Cygnusalso Northern Cross
D
- Darknessalso Dark, Blackness
- Deneb
- Double Cluster
- Draco
- Draconids
- Dronealso Drones
E
- Earthshine
- Eta Aquariids
- Eta Carinae
F
- Fireballalso Bolide
- Firefliesalso Firefly, Glow-worms
- Fireworksalso Firework
- Flying foxalso Fruit bats
- Fomalhaut
- Full moon
G
- Galaxyalso Galaxies
- Gegenschein
- Gibbous moon
- Great Conjunction
- Great Rift
H
- Halley's Comet
- Haloalso Moon halo, Lunar halo
- Harvest moon
- Heat lightning
- Helicopter
- Hercules
- Horsehead Nebula
- Hunter's moon
- Hyades
- Hydra
I
- International Space Stationalso ISS, Space station
- Iridium flarealso Satellite flare
J
- Jupiter
L
- Lagoon Nebula
- Libra
- Light pollutionalso Skyglow, City lights
- Lightning
- Little Dipperalso Ursa Minor
- Lyra
- Lyrids
M
- Magellanic Cloudsalso Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud
- Man in the Moonalso Moon rabbit
- Mars
- Mercury
- Meteor showeralso Perseids, Leonids, Geminids
- Milky Way
- Mira
- Mizaralso Alcor
- Moon
- Moonbowalso Rainbow
- Moonlight
- Moons of Jupiteralso Galilean moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
- Mosquitoesalso Mosquito
- Mothsalso Moth
N
- Neowisealso Comet Neowise
- Neptune
- Nighthawkalso Nightjar
- Noctilucent clouds
- North Staralso Polaris, Pole Star
- Northern lightsalso Aurora, Aurora borealis, Southern lights, Aurora australis
- Nova
O
- Omega Centauri
- Ophiuchus
- Orionalso Orion's Belt
- Orion Nebula
- Orionids
- Owlalso Owls
P
- Pegasusalso Great Square of Pegasus
- Perseus
- Peter Panalso Second star to the right
- Pisces
- Planealso Aeroplane, Airplane
- Plane lightsalso Navigation lights, Aircraft lights
- Planetalso Planets
- Planetary conjunctionalso Conjunction
- Pleiadesalso Seven Sisters, Subaru
- Polluxalso Castor
Q
- Quadrantids
R
- Re-entryalso Rocket stage, Spent rocket
- Regulus
- Rigel
- Ring Nebula
- Rocket launchalso Rocket
- Rocket plumealso Jellyfish
S
- Santaalso Santa's sleigh, Rudolph
- Satellitealso Satellites
- Saturn
- Saturn's ringsalso Rings of Saturn
- Sea of Tranquillity
- Searchlightalso Spotlight, Bat-Signal
- Shooting staralso Meteor, Meteors
- Siriusalso Dog Star
- Sombrero Galaxy
- Southern Crossalso Crux
- Space debrisalso Space junk
- Sparks
- Spritealso Red sprites, Elves
- Star of Bethlehemalso Christmas star
- Starlight
- Starlinkalso Starlink satellites, Starlink train
- Starsalso Star
- Summer Triangle
- Supermoon
- Supernova
T
- Taurids
- Thunderstormalso Storm
- Tiangongalso Chinese space station
- Triangulum Galaxy
U
- UFOalso UFOs, Flying saucer
- Uranus
V
- Vega
- Venus
- Vesta
- Virgoalso Spica
- Volcanic eruptionalso Volcano, Lava glow
W
- Weather balloon
- Whirlpool Galaxy
- Wildfirealso Forest fire, Bonfire, Smoke
- Winter Hexagon
- Wishing star
- Witch on a broomstickalso Witch
- Wolf moon
Z
- Zodiacalso Leo, Scorpius, Scorpio, Taurus, Gemini, Sagittarius
- Zodiacal light
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