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Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

Пт, Январь 19, 2024 - 8:30

Jupiter, our Solar System's ruling gas giant, is also the fastest spinning planet, rotating once in less than 10 hours. The gas giant doesn't rotate like a solid body though.

Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

Чт, Январь 18, 2024 - 8:30

Northern lights shine in this night skyview from planet Earth's stratosphere, captured on January 15. The single, 5 second exposure was made with a hand-held camera on board an aircraft above Winnipeg, Canada. During the exposure,..

America and the Sea of Serenity

Ср, Январь 17, 2024 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view of another world. The scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to land on the Moon.

APOD: 2024 January 16 Б The Orion You Can Almost See

Вт, Январь 16, 2024 - 8:30

Do you recognize this constellation? Although it is one of the most recognizable star groupings on the sky, this is a more full Orion than you can see -- an Orion only revealed with long exposure digital camera imaging and post-

Астрономическая неделя с 22 по 28 января 2024 года

Пн, Январь 15, 2024 - 12:28

На данной неделе 23 января Луна (Ф= 0,93+) пройдет точку максимального склонения к северу от небесного экватора, а комета P/Tsuchinshan (62P)..

APOD: 2024 January 15 Б Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb

Пн, Январь 15, 2024 - 8:30

Sometimes, it's the stars that are the hardest to see that are the most interesting. IC 348 is a young star cluster that illuminates surrounding filamentary dust. The stringy and winding dust appears pink in this recently released..

APOD: 2024 January 14 Б Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Вс, Январь 14, 2024 - 8:30

Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don't exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland in 2019. The aurora was caused...

Circling the Sun

Сб, Январь 13, 2024 - 8:30

Earth's orbit around the Sun is not a circle, it's an ellipse. The point along its elliptical orbit where our fair planet is closest to the Sun is called perihelion. This year...

Good Morning Moon

Пт, Январь 12, 2024 - 7:30

Yesterday, the Moon was New. But on January 9, early morning risers around planet Earth were treated to the sight of an old Moon, low in the east as the sky grew bright before dawn.

Quadrantids of the North

Чт, Январь 11, 2024 - 8:30

Named for a forgotten constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower puts on an annual show for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. The shower's radiant on the sky lies within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation Quadrans..

The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Ср, Январь 10, 2024 - 8:30

This colorful skyscape spans about three full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the royal northern constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of the region's massive...