On November 17, just an hour before sunrise, this bright and colorful meteor flashed through clear predawn skies.

Taken near local midnight, this autumn night's panorama follows the arch of the Milky Way across the northern horizon from the High Fens, Eifel Nature Park at the border of Belgium and Germany.

What can you see in the night sky this season? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere.

Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day at the same time? No.

Captured last week after sunset on a Chilean autumn night, an exceptional airglow floods this allsky view from Las Campanas Observatory.