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Полная Луна, полный Марс

Чт, Декабрь 15, 2022 - 8:30

8 декабря полная Луна и полный Марс на небе планеты Земля были яркими, находились около противоположной Солнцу точки и близко друг от..

On December 8 a full Moon and a full Mars were close, both bright and opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. In fact Mars was occulted, passing behind the Moon when viewed from some locations across Europe and North America.

Lunar Dust and Duct Tape

Ср, Декабрь 14, 2022 - 8:30

Why is the Moon so dusty? On Earth, rocks are weathered by wind and water, creating soil and sand. On the Moon, the history of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil..

An Artful Sky over Lofoten Islands

Вт, Декабрь 13, 2022 - 8:30

Can the night sky be both art and science? If so, perhaps the featured image is an example. The digital panorama was composed of 10 landscape and 10 sky images all taken on the same night, from the same location, and with the same..

An Unusual Globule in IC 1396

Пн, Декабрь 12, 2022 - 8:30

Is there a monster in IC 1396? Known to some as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, parts of gas and dust clouds of this star formation region may appear to take on foreboding forms, some nearly human. The only real monster here,..

Io in True Color

Вс, Декабрь 11, 2022 - 8:30

The strangest moon in the Solar System is bright yellow. The featured picture, an attempt to show how Io would appear in the "true colors" perceptible to the average human eye, was taken in 1999 July by the Galileo spacecraft that..

America and the Sea of Serenity

Сб, Декабрь 10, 2022 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view of another world. Fifty years ago the scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to land on the Moon.

Астрономическая неделя с 12 по 18 декабря 2022 года

Пт, Декабрь 09, 2022 - 11:24

На данной неделе 12 декабря Луна (Ф= 0,87-) достигнет апогея своей орбиты на расстоянии 405870 км от центра Земли, а при фазе 0,84-) пройдет..

Mars Rises above the Lunar Limb

Пт, Декабрь 09, 2022 - 8:30

On the night of December 7 Mars wandered near the Full Moon. In fact the Red Planet was occulted, passing behind the Moon, when viewed from locations across Europe and North America. About...

Orion and the Ocean of Storms

Чт, Декабрь 08, 2022 - 8:30

A camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view on December 5 as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Below one of Orion's extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the..

NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula

Ср, Декабрь 07, 2022 - 8:30

A mere seven hundred light years from Earth, toward the constellation Aquarius, a sun-like star is dying. The dying star's last few thousand years have produced the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a well studied and nearby example of a Planetary

M16: A Star Forming Pillar from Webb

Вт, Декабрь 06, 2022 - 8:30

WhatБs happening inside this interstellar mountain? Stars are forming. The mountain is actually a column of gas and dust in the picturesque Eagle Nebula (M16). A pillar like this is so low in density that you could easily fly..