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Observations of high-amplitude optical transients AT2020ray and AT2020ugj discovered by MASTER robot

Пн, Декабрь 21, 2020 - 15:15

We report photometry of two optical transients, MASTER OT J224524.92+211742.0 = AT2020ray and MASTER OT J213908.79+161240.2 = 2020ugj. Additionally, a spectrum of AT2020ray was obtained with the Russian..

Solstice: Sunrises Around the Year

Пн, Декабрь 21, 2020 - 8:30

Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? No. As the months change, the direction toward the rising Sun changes, too. The featured image shows the direction of sunrise every month during 2019 as seen from near the city of

Календарь наблюдателя на январь 2021 года

Вс, Декабрь 20, 2020 - 16:56

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

A Volcanic Great Conjunction

Вс, Декабрь 20, 2020 - 8:30

Where can I see the Great Conjunction? Near where the Sun just set. Directionally, this close passing of Jupiter and Saturn will be toward the southwest. Since the planetary pair...

Conjunction after Sunset

Сб, Декабрь 19, 2020 - 8:30

How close will Jupiter and Saturn be at their Great Conjunction? Consider this beautiful triple conjunction of Moon, Jupiter and Saturn captured through clouds in the wintry twilight. The telephoto view looks toward the western horizon

Diamond in the Sky

Пт, Декабрь 18, 2020 - 8:30

When the shadow of the Moon raced across planet Earth's southern hemisphere on December 14, sky watchers along the shadow's dark central path were treated to the only total solar eclipse of 2020. During the New Moon's shadow play this..

Астрономическая неделя с 21 по 27 декабря 2020 года

Пт, Декабрь 18, 2020 - 7:05

На данной неделе (богатой астрономическими явлениями) 21 декабря в 10 часов 03 минуты по всемирному времени наступит зимнее..

Variable stars in Lacerta: area of 2°.3×2°.3, center α=22h50m δ=54°00′ (2000.0). Part I

Чт, Декабрь 17, 2020 - 12:52

Gemini s Meteors

Чт, Декабрь 17, 2020 - 7:30

Taken over the course of an hour shortly after local midnight on December 13, 35 exposures were used to create this postcard from Earth. The composited night scene spans dark skies above the snowy Italian Dolomites during our fair planet's

Sonified: The Matter of the Bullet Cluster

Ср, Декабрь 16, 2020 - 8:30

What's the matter with the Bullet Cluster? This massive cluster of galaxies (1E 0657-558) creates gravitational lens distortions of background galaxies in a way that has been interpreted as strong evidence for the leading theory: that

Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter Converge

Вт, Декабрь 15, 2020 - 8:30

It's happening. Saturn and Jupiter are moving closer and will soon appear in almost exactly the same direction. Coincidentally, on the night of the December solstice -- the longest night of the year in the north and the longest day..

Capsule Returns from Asteroid Ryugu

Пн, Декабрь 14, 2020 - 8:30

The streak across the sky is a capsule returning from an asteroid. It returned earlier this month from the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu carrying small rocks and dust from its surface. The canister...