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Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons Brooks

Пт, Февраль 16, 2024 - 7:30

Heading for its next perihelion passage on April 21, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is growing brighter. The greenish coma of this periodic Halley-type comet has become relatively easy to observe in small telescopes. But the bluish...

NGC 253: богатая пылью островная вселенная

Чт, Февраль 15, 2024 - 8:30

Сверкающая NGC 253 – одна из самых ярких спиральных галактик на небе – и также одна из самых запыленных. Ее часто..

NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

Чт, Февраль 15, 2024 - 8:30

Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Coin Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of..

APOD: 2024 February 14 Б Rosette Deep Field

Ср, Февраль 14, 2024 - 8:30

Can you find the Rosette Nebula? The large, red, and flowery-looking nebula on the upper left may seem the obvious choice, but that is actually just diffuse hydrogen emission surrounding the Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas.

Астрономическая неделя с 19 по 25 февраля 2024 года

Вт, Февраль 13, 2024 - 11:41

На данной неделе 19 февраля Луна (Ф= 0,77+) пройдет точку максимального склонения к северу от небесного экватора, а 22 февраля Луна (Ф= 0,95+)..

APOD: 2024 February 13 Б A January Wolf Moon

Вт, Февраль 13, 2024 - 8:30

Did you see the full moon last month? During every month, on average, a full moon occurs in the skies over planet Earth. This is because the Moon takes a month to complete another...

HFG1 и Эйбелл 6: планетарные туманности

Пн, Февраль 12, 2024 - 8:30

Планетарные туманности, похожие на Хекаторн-Фесен-Галл 1 (HFG1) и Эйбелл 6 в созвездии Кассиопеи – остатки от последней стадии..

APOD: 2024 February 11 Б Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon

Вс, Февраль 11, 2024 - 8:30

Why would the shadow of a rocket's launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence.

The Shadow of Ingenuity s Damaged Rotor Blade

Сб, Февраль 10, 2024 - 7:30

On January 18, 2024, during its 72nd flight in the thin Martian atmosphere, autonomous Mars Helicopter Ingenuity rose to an altitude of 12 meters (40 feet) and hovered for 4.5 seconds above the Red Planet. Ingenuity's 72nd landing was a..

When Roses Aren t Red

Пт, Февраль 09, 2024 - 8:30

Not all roses are red of course, but they can still be very pretty. Likewise, the beautiful Rosette Nebula and other star forming regions are often shown in astronomical images with a predominately red hue, in part because the dominant..

Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc

Пт, Февраль 09, 2024 - 2:30

Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega..

APOD: 2024 February 7 Б The Heart Shaped Antennae Galaxies

Ср, Февраль 07, 2024 - 16:30

Are these two galaxies really attracted to each other? Yes, gravitationally, and the result appears as an enormous iconic heart -- at least for now. Pictured is the pair of galaxies cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039,known as the