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Horsehead and Flame

Чт, Декабрь 29, 2022 - 7:30

The Horsehead Nebula, famous celestial dark marking also known as Barnard 33, is notched against a background glow of emission nebulae in this sharp cosmic skyscape. About five light-years "tall" the Horsehead lies some 1,500 light-years..

Журнал “Небосвод” за январь 2023 года

Ср, Декабрь 28, 2022 - 15:50

Очередной выпуск журнала для любителей астрономии "Небосвод"

Журнал “Небосвод” за январь 2023 года

Ср, Декабрь 28, 2022 - 15:50

Очередной выпуск журнала для любителей астрономии "Небосвод"

Messier 88

Ср, Декабрь 28, 2022 - 8:30

Charles Messier described the 88th entry in his 18th century catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters as a spiral nebula without stars. Of course the gorgeous M88 is now understood to be a galaxy full of stars, gas, and dust, not unlike our..

A Full Circle Rainbow over Norway

Вт, Декабрь 27, 2022 - 8:30

Have you ever seen an entire rainbow? From the ground, typically, only the top portion of a rainbow is visible because directions toward the ground have fewer raindrops. From the air, though, the entire 360-degree circle of a rainbow is..

NGC 6164: Dragons Egg Nebula and Halo

Пн, Декабрь 26, 2022 - 8:30

The star at the center created everything. Known as the Dragon's Egg, this star -- a rare, hot, luminous O-type star some 40 times as massive as the Sun -- created not only the complex nebula (NGC 6164) that immediately surrounds it,

Geminids and the Mittens

Вс, Декабрь 25, 2022 - 8:30

Asteroid 3200 Phaethon's annual gift to planet Earth always arrives in December. Otherwise known as the Geminid meteor shower, the source of the meteroid stream is dust shed along the orbit of the mysterious asteroid.

Comet 2022 E3 ZTF

Сб, Декабрь 24, 2022 - 8:30

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility this year in early March. Since then the new long-period comet has brightened substantially and is now sweeping across..

Астрономическая неделя с 26 декабря 2022 года по 1 января 2023 года

Пт, Декабрь 23, 2022 - 13:29

На данной неделе 26 декабря Луна (Ф= 0,15+) пройдет южнее Сатурна, а 28 декабря произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,33+) звезды пси3 Водолея при..

Cassini Looks Out from Saturn

Пт, Декабрь 23, 2022 - 8:30

This is what Saturn looks like from inside the rings. In 2017, for the first time, NASA directed the Cassini spacecraft to swoop between Saturn and its rings. During the dive, the robotic spacecraft took hundreds of images showing

New variable stars in open cluster Berkeley 59

Чт, Декабрь 22, 2022 - 13:41

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

Чт, Декабрь 22, 2022 - 8:30

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the faint but heated constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the..