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Find the Man in the Moon

Вс, Июнь 12, 2022 - 8:30

Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia -- imagining familiar icons where they don't actually exist. The textured surface...

At night you can follow this road as it passes through the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve not too far from Alentejo, Portugal. Or you could stop, look up, and follow the Milky Way through the sky. Both stretch from horizon to horizon in this

Arp 286: Trio in Virgo

Пт, Июнь 10, 2022 - 18:30

This colorful telescopic field of view features a trio of interacting galaxies almost 90 million light-years away, toward the constellation Virgo. On the right two spiky, foreground Milky Way stars echo the extragalactic hues, a reminder..

Астрономическая неделя с 13 по 19 июня 2022 года

Пт, Июнь 10, 2022 - 9:22

На данной неделе 13 июня пройдет Луна (Ф= 0,98+) проходит севернее Антареса, а 16 июня Меркурий достигнет максимальной западной (утренней)..

Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus

Чт, Июнь 09, 2022 - 7:30

These cosmic clouds of gas and dust drift through rich star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus. They're too faint to be seen with the unaided eye though, even on a clear, dark night.

Photometric Elements, Apsidal Motion, Brightness Variations, and Light-time Effect in the Eclipsing

Ср, Июнь 08, 2022 - 13:47

We obtained several light curves of V957 Cep in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, and 2019 at the Crimean Astronomical Station of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and at the Tien Shan Observatory of the V.G. Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute...

Ship Tracks over the Pacific Ocean

Ср, Июнь 08, 2022 - 7:30

What are those unusual streaks? Some images of planet Earth show clear bright streaks that follow the paths of ships. Known as ship tracks, these low and narrow bands are caused by the ship's engine exhaust.

NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara

Вт, Июнь 07, 2022 - 8:30

Do dragons fight on the altar of the sky? Although it might appear that way, these dragons are illusions made of thin gas and dust. The emission nebula NGC 6188, home to the glowing...

Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending

Пн, Июнь 06, 2022 - 8:30

Will our Milky Way Galaxy collide one day with its larger neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy? Most likely, yes. Careful plotting of slight displacements of M31's stars relative to background galaxies on recent Hubble...

Холопов Павел Николаевич

Вс, Июнь 05, 2022 - 10:40

Советский астроном. Р. в Сыктывкаре (Коми АССР). В 1946 окончил Московский ун-т. В 1946-1960 работал в Астрономическом совете АН СССР. С 1960 - зав...

Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75

Вс, Июнь 05, 2022 - 7:30

What's happening at the center of active galaxy 3C 75? The two bright sources at the center of this composite x-ray (blue)/ radio (pink) image are co-orbiting supermassive black holes powering the giant radio source 3C 75.

Tau Herculids from Space

Сб, Июнь 04, 2022 - 8:30

On May 31 tens of parallel meteor streaks were recorded in this 8 degree wide field of view of planet Earth's limb from space. The image is one of a series of 5 minute long observations by the orbiting Yangwang-1 space telescope.