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The Galaxy Between Two Friends

Сб, Ноябрь 06, 2021 - 6:30

On an August night two friends enjoyed this view after a day's hike on the Plateau d'Emparis in the French Alps. At 2400 meters altitude the sky was clear. Light from a setting moon illuminates the foreground captured in the simple..

Астрономическая неделя с 8 по 14 ноября 2021 года

Пт, Ноябрь 05, 2021 - 15:49

На данной неделе 8 ноября Луна (Ф= 0,16+) пройдет севернее Венеры (покрытие, видимое на Дальнем Востоке), а 11 ноября Луна (Ф= 0,52+) пройдет..

The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus

Пт, Ноябрь 05, 2021 - 7:30

Light-years across, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula appears in silhouette against a rich, luminous background of stars. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus, the dusty, obscuring clouds are part of a..

NGC 147 and NGC 185

Чт, Ноябрь 04, 2021 - 6:30

Dwarf galaxies NGC 147 (left) and NGC 185 stand side by side in this sharp telescopic portrait. The two are not-often-imaged satellites of M31, the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy, some 2.5 million light-years away.

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

Ср, Ноябрь 03, 2021 - 7:30

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the orange emission nebula at the far right of the featured picture. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an..

Календарь наблюдателя на январь 2022 года

Вт, Ноябрь 02, 2021 - 15:06

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела, доступные для..

SN Requiem: A Supernova Seen Three Times So Far

Вт, Ноябрь 02, 2021 - 7:30

We've seen this same supernova three times -- when will we see it a fourth? When a distant star explodes in a supernova, we're lucky if we see it even once.

A Waterfall and the Milky Way

Пн, Ноябрь 01, 2021 - 6:30

The dream was to capture both the waterfall and the Milky Way together. Difficulties included finding a good camera location, artificially illuminating the waterfall and the surrounding valley effectively, capturing the entire scene with...

Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe

Вс, Октябрь 31, 2021 - 7:30

Is our universe haunted? It might look that way on this dark matter map. The gravity of unseen dark matter is the leading explanation for why galaxies rotate so fast, why galaxies orbit clusters...

A Rorschach Aurora

Сб, Октябрь 30, 2021 - 7:30

If you see this as a monster's face, don't panic. It's only pareidolia, often experienced as the tendency to see faces in patterns of light and shadow. In fact, the startling visual scene is actually a 180 degree panorama of Northern..

Haunting the Cepheus Flare

Пт, Октябрь 29, 2021 - 8:30

Spooky shapes seem to haunt this dusty expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus. Of course, the shapes are cosmic dust clouds visible in dimly reflected starlight. Far from your...