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Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

Чт, Декабрь 05, 2019 - 8:30

Beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than our own Milky Way. It lies some 30 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Pavo and appears as only a faint, extended object in small..

Electric Night

Ср, Декабрь 04, 2019 - 8:30

It may appear, at first, like the Galaxy is producing the lightning, but really it's the Earth. The featured nighttime landscape was taken from a southern tip of the Italian Island of Sardinia in early June.

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Вт, Декабрь 03, 2019 - 8:30

Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets.

Mercury Crosses a Quiet Sun

Пн, Декабрь 02, 2019 - 8:30

What's that black dot crossing the Sun? The planet Mercury. Mercury usually passes over or under the Sun, as seen from Earth, but last month the Solar System's innermost planet appeared to go just about straight across the middle.

Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble

Вс, Декабрь 01, 2019 - 8:30

Why does this galaxy have a ring of bright blue stars? Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici).

Star Trails for a Red Planet

Сб, Ноябрь 30, 2019 - 8:30

Does Mars have a north star? In long exposures of Earth's night sky, star trails make concentric arcs around the north celestial pole, the direction of our fair planet's axis of rotation. Bright star Polaris is presently the Earth's..

Galileo s Europa Remastered

Пт, Ноябрь 29, 2019 - 8:30

Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean. Galileo...

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 декабря 2019 года

Пт, Ноябрь 29, 2019 - 6:15

На данной неделе 2 декабря астероид Клото (97) вступит в противостояние с Солнцем, а 3 декабря произойдет покрытие этим астероидом на 13..

Moon and Planets at Twilight

Чт, Ноябрь 28, 2019 - 8:30

This week's ongoing conjunction of Venus and Jupiter may have whetted your appetite for skygazing. Tonight is the main course though. On November 28, a young crescent Moon will join them posing next to the two bright planets above the..

Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

Ср, Ноябрь 27, 2019 - 8:30

Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ball of..

Venus and Jupiter on the Horizon

Вт, Ноябрь 26, 2019 - 8:30

What are those two bright objects on the horizon? Venus and Jupiter. The two brightest planets in the night sky passed very close together -- angularly -- just two days ago. In real space, they were...