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Colors of the Moon

Вс, Май 15, 2022 - 8:30

What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth's atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside the Earth's atmosphere, though,..

Ice Halos by Moonlight

Сб, Май 14, 2022 - 8:30

An almost full moon on April 15 brought these luminous apparitions to a northern spring night over Alberta Canada. On that night, bright moonlight refracted and reflected by hexagonal ice crystals in high clouds created a complex of halos

The Milky Way s Black Hole

Пт, Май 13, 2022 - 8:30

There's a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Stars are observed to orbit a very massive and compact object there known as Sgr A* (say "sadge-ay-star"). But this just released...

Календарь наблюдателя за июнь 2022 года

Пт, Май 13, 2022 - 8:20

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

Астрономическая неделя с 16 по 22 мая 2022 года

Пт, Май 13, 2022 - 8:19

На данной неделе 16 мая произойдет полное лунное затмение (в нашей стране не видно), а также покрытие полной Луной звезды дельта..

Young Stars of NGC 346

Чт, Май 12, 2022 - 8:30

The massive stars of NGC 346 are short lived, but very energetic. The star cluster is embedded in the largest star forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, some 210,000 light-years distant. Their...

Gravity s Grin

Ср, Май 11, 2022 - 8:30

Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, published over 100 years ago, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And that's what gives these distant galaxies such a whimsical appearance, seen through the looking glass of..

NGC 6334: The Cats Paw Nebula

Вт, Май 10, 2022 - 8:30

Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps cats are for getting into trouble. Still, no known cat could have created the vast Cat's Paw Nebula visible toward the constellation of the Scorpion..

A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun

Пн, Май 09, 2022 - 7:30

What's that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can't be Earth's Moon, because it isn't round. It's the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars a month ago by the Perseverance..

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Inner Rings

Вс, Май 08, 2022 - 8:30

Most galaxies don't have any rings -- why does this galaxy have two? To begin, the bright band near NGC 1512's center is a nuclear ring, a ring that surrounds the galaxy center and glows brightly with recently formed stars.

Firefall by Moonlight

Сб, Май 07, 2022 - 8:30

On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when water flows, the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often...

NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles

Пт, Май 06, 2022 - 17:30

This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina.