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The Comet, the Whale, and the Hockey Stick

Чт, Май 13, 2021 - 8:30

Closest to the Sun on March 1, and closest to planet Earth on April 23, this Comet ATLAS (C/2020 R4) shows a faint greenish coma and short tail in this pretty, telescopic field of view.

A Meteor and the Gegenschein

Ср, Май 12, 2021 - 7:30

Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? No. In fact, a rarely discernable faint glow known as the gegenschein (German for "counter glow") can be seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky. The..

Lightning and Orion Beyond Uluru

Вт, Май 11, 2021 - 9:30

What's happening behind Uluru? A United Nations World Heritage Site, Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central Australia that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings. Composed of sandstone, Uluru has slowly..

Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158

Пн, Май 10, 2021 - 8:30

Clusters of stars can be near or far, young or old, diffuse or compact. The featured image shows two quite contrasting open star clusters in the same field. M35, on the lower left...

Horsehead and Orion Nebulas

Пн, Май 10, 2021 - 1:30

The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the above stunning mosaic.

Deepscape at Yacoraite

Пн, Май 10, 2021 - 1:30

In this evocative night scene a dusty central Milky Way rises over the ancient Andean archaeological site of Yacoraite in northwestern Argentina. The denizens of planet Earth reaching skyward are the large Argentine saguaro cactus..

Астрономическая неделя с 10 по 16 мая 2021 года

Пт, Май 07, 2021 - 17:41

На данной неделе 10 мая Луна (Ф= 0,01-) пройдет южнее Урана, а 11 мая Луна (Ф= 0,0) окажется в апогее своей орбиты на расстоянии 406510 км от центра..

Mercury Redstone 3 Launch

Пт, Май 07, 2021 - 8:30

Sixty years ago, near the dawn of the space age, NASA controllers "lit the candle" and sent Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard arcing into space atop a Redstone rocket. His cramped space capsule was dubbed Freedom 7.

Windblown NGC 3199

Чт, Май 06, 2021 - 8:30

NGC 3199 lies about 12,000 light-years away, a glowing cosmic cloud in the nautical southern constellation of Carina. The nebula is about 75 light-years across in this narrowband, false-color view. Though the deep...

STEVE over Copper Harbor

Чт, Май 06, 2021 - 2:30

What creates STEVEs? Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancements (STEVEs) have likely been seen since antiquity, but only in the past five years has it been realized that their colors and shapes make them different from auroras.

Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun

Вт, Май 04, 2021 - 8:30

That's no sunspot. It's the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, have a dark central umbra, a lighter surrounding penumbra, and no Dragon capsules attached.

Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship

Пн, Май 03, 2021 - 8:30

After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that humanity has the ability to go beyond the confines of planet Earth, the first humans to walk...