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Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit

Пт, Февраль 23, 2018 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this awesome 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.

Календарь наблюдателя на март 2018 года

Чт, Февраль 22, 2018 - 18:32

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

When Roses Aren t Red

Чт, Февраль 22, 2018 - 7:30

Not all roses are red of course, but they can still be very pretty. Likewise, the beautiful Rosette Nebula and other star forming regions are often shown in astronomical images with a predominately red hue, in part because the dominant..

Jupiter in Infrared from Hubble

Ср, Февраль 21, 2018 - 7:30

Jupiter looks a bit different in infrared light. To better understand Jupiter's cloud motions and to help NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft understand the Hubble Space Telescope is being directed to regularly image the entire Jovian giant.

A Partial Solar Eclipse over Buenos Aires

Вт, Февраль 20, 2018 - 8:30

What's happened to top of the Sun? Last week, parts of Earth's southern hemisphere were treated to a partial solar eclipse, where the Moon blocks out part of the Sun. The featured image was taken toward the end of the eclipse from the..

Частное солнечное затмение в Антарктике

Пн, Февраль 19, 2018 - 10:19

15 февраля произошло частное солнечное затмение, которое можно было наблюдать из Антарктиды и Южной Америки. Эту фотографию..

Galaxy Formation in a Magnetic Universe

Пн, Февраль 19, 2018 - 8:30

How did we get here? We know that we live on a planet orbiting a star orbiting a galaxy, but how did all of this form? To understand details better, astrophysicists upgraded the famous Illustris Simulation into IllustrisTNG -- now the..

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula

Вс, Февраль 18, 2018 - 8:30

Stars can make waves in the Orion Nebula's sea of gas and dust. This esthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds features LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift...

Manhattan Skylines

Сб, Февраль 17, 2018 - 8:30

City lights shine along the upper east side of Manahattan in this dramatic urban night skyscape from February 13. Composed from a series of digital exposures, the monochrome image is reminiscent of the time when sensitive black and white film..

Comet PanSTARRS is near the Edge

Пт, Февраль 16, 2018 - 8:30

The comet PanSTARRS, also known as the blue comet (C/2016 R2), really is near the lower left edge of this stunning, wide field view recorded on January 13. Spanning nearly 20 degrees on the sky, the cosmic landscape is explored by..

Астрономическая неделя с 19 по 25 февраля 2018 года

Чт, Февраль 15, 2018 - 17:14

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,2+) пройдет близ Урана, а Венера - в 0,5 гр. к югу от Нептуна, 22 февраля произойдет покрытие астероидом (1032) Pafuri на 9..

Enceladus in Silhouette

Чт, Февраль 15, 2018 - 8:30

One of our Solar System's most tantalizing worlds, Enceladus is backlit by the Sun in this Cassini spacecraft image from November 1, 2009. The dramatic illumination reveals the plumes that continuously spew into space from the south pole of