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The Medusa Nebula

Пт, Март 17, 2023 - 7:30

Braided and serpentine filaments of glowing gas suggest this nebula's popular name, The Medusa Nebula. Also known as Abell 21, this Medusa is an old planetary nebula some 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Like its..

Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

Чт, Март 16, 2023 - 7:30

Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun within a volume about 150 light-years in diameter.

Миллионы звезд в ω Центавра

Чт, Март 16, 2023 - 6:30

Шаровое звездное скопление ω Центавра, также известное как NGC 5139, удалено от нас на 15 тысяч световых лет. В этом скоплении в..

APOD: 2023 March 15 Б Jupiter and Venus Converge over Germany

Ср, Март 15, 2023 - 7:30

This was a sky to show the kids. Early this month the two brightest planets in the night sky, Jupiter and Venus, appeared to converge. At their closest, the two planets were separated by only about the angular width of the full..

APOD: 2023 March 14 Б W5: The Soul Nebula

Вт, Март 14, 2023 - 7:30

Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia, whom Greek mythology credits as the vain wife..

APOD: 2023 March 13 Б Rainbow Tree

Пн, Март 13, 2023 - 6:30

What lies at the end of a rainbow? Something different for everyone. For the photographer taking this picture, for example, one end of the rainbow ended at a tree. Others nearby, though, would likely see the rainbow end somewhere..

APOD: 2023 March 12 Б Saturns Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters

Вс, Март 12, 2023 - 8:30

What lies at the bottom of Hyperion's strange craters? To help find out, the robot Cassini spacecraft that once orbited Saturn swooped past the sponge-textured moon and took images of unprecedented detail.

3D Bennu

Сб, Март 11, 2023 - 8:30

Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to asteroid 101955 Bennu. Shaped like a spinning toy top with boulders littering its rough surface, the tiny Solar System world is about one Empire State Building (less than 500 meters) across.

Астрономическая неделя с 13 по 19 марта 2023 года

Пт, Март 10, 2023 - 13:30

На данной неделе 13 марта произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,63-) звезды сигма Скорпиона при видимости в Сибири. 14 марта наступит максимум..

Orion and the Running Man

Пт, Март 10, 2023 - 7:30

Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like The Great Nebula in Orion. Visible as a faint celestial smudge to the naked-eye, the nearest large star-forming region sprawls across this sharp telescopic image, recorded on a cold January..

DART vs Dimorphos

Чт, Март 09, 2023 - 8:30

On the first planetary defense test mission from planet Earth, the DART spacecraft captured this close-up on 26 September 2022, three seconds before slamming into the surface of asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. The spacecraft's outline with two..

APOD: 2023 March 8 Б Artificial Night Sky Brightness

Ср, Март 08, 2023 - 8:30

Where have all the dim stars gone? From many places on the Earth including major cities, the night sky has been reduced from a fascinating display of thousands of stars to a diffuse glow through which only a few stars are visible.