Новости из категории: astronet

APOD: 2023 April 17 Б ELVES Lightning over Italy

Пн, Апрель 17, 2023 - 8:30

What's that red ring in the sky? Lightning. The most commonly seen type of lightning involves flashes of bright white light between clouds. Over the past 50 years, though, other types of upper-atmospheric lightning have been..

APOD: 2023 April 16 Б M2 9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula

Вс, Апрель 16, 2023 - 8:30

Are stars better appreciated for their art after they die? Actually, stars usually create their most artistic displays as they die. In the case of low-mass stars like our Sun and M2-9 pictured here, the stars transform themselves from..

When Z is for Mars

Сб, Апрель 15, 2023 - 7:30

A composite of images captured about a week apart from mid August 2022 through late March 2023, this series traces the retrograde motion of ruddy-colored Mars. Progressing from lower right to upper left Mars...

Астрономическая неделя с 17 по 23 апреля 2023 года

Пт, Апрель 14, 2023 - 14:39

На данной неделе 17 апреля Луна (Ф= 0,08-) пройдет южнее Нептуна, а 19 апреля произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,01-) Юпитера (полоса покрытия..

Portrait of NGC 3628

Пт, Апрель 14, 2023 - 8:30

Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy.

NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer

Чт, Апрель 13, 2023 - 8:30

Stars of the globular cluster NGC 2419 are packed into this Hubble Space Telescope field of view toward the mostly stealthy constellation Lynx. The two brighter spiky stars near the edge of the frame are within our own galaxy. NGC 2419

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

Ср, Апрель 12, 2023 - 8:30

The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy along with the galaxy's pinkish star-forming regions. Also known as M31, the spiral galaxy is a mere 2.5 million..

APOD: 2023 April 11 Б North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust

Вт, Апрель 11, 2023 - 8:30

Why is Polaris called the North Star? First, Polaris is the nearest bright star toward the north spin axis of the Earth. Therefore, as the Earth turns, stars appear to revolve around Polaris, but Polaris itself always stays in the..

APOD: 2023 April 10 Б IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula

Пн, Апрель 10, 2023 - 8:30

To some, it looks like a giant chicken running across the sky. To others, it looks like a gaseous nebula where star formation takes place. Cataloged as IC 2944, the Running Chicken Nebula spans about 100 light years and lies about..

APOD: 2023 April 9 Б The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light

Вс, Апрель 09, 2023 - 8:30

Where is the center of the Egg Nebula? Emerging from a cosmic egg, the star in the center of the Egg Nebula is casting away shells of gas and dust as it slowly transforms itself into a white dwarf star. The Egg Nebula is a rapidly..

APOD: 2023 April 8 Б M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Сб, Апрель 08, 2023 - 8:30

Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is a large galaxy of over 100 billion stars with well-defined spiral arms that is similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy.