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M78 Wide Field

Чт, Январь 21, 2021 - 8:30

Interstellar dust clouds and glowing nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, is centered in this colorful, wide field view, covering an area north of Orion's belt. At a distance of about 1,500..

The Magnetic Field of the Whirlpool Galaxy

Ср, Январь 20, 2021 - 8:30

Do magnetic fields always flow along spiral arms? Our face-on view of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) allows a spectacularly clear view of the spiral wave pattern in a disk-shaped galaxy. When observed with a radio telescope, the

A Lunar Corona with Jupiter and Saturn

Вт, Январь 19, 2021 - 8:30

Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful? The effect, called a lunar corona, is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent..

Календарь наблюдателя на февраль 2021 года

Пн, Январь 18, 2021 - 18:44

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

The Medulla Nebula Supernova Remnant

Пн, Январь 18, 2021 - 8:30

What powers this unusual nebula? CTB-1 is the expanding gas shell that was left when a massive star toward the constellation of Cassiopeia exploded about 10,000 years ago. The star likely detonated when it ran out of elements, near its..

Jets from Unusual Galaxy Centaurus A

Вс, Январь 17, 2021 - 7:30

The jets emanating from Centaurus A are over a million light years long. These jets of streaming plasma, expelled by a giant black hole in the center of this spiral galaxy, light up this composite image of Cen A. Exactly how the

Горы в NGC 2174

Сб, Январь 16, 2021 - 8:30

На этом фантастическом пейзаже запечатлен край NGC 2174 – области звездообразования, находящейся на расстоянии около 6400 световых лет в..

The Mountains of NGC 2174

Сб, Январь 16, 2021 - 8:30

This fantastic skyscape lies near the edge of NGC 2174 a star forming region about 6,400 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation of Orion. It follows mountainous clouds of gas and dust carved...

A Plutonian Landscape

Пт, Январь 15, 2021 - 7:30

This shadowy landscape of majestic mountains and icy plains stretches toward the horizon on a small, distant world. It was captured from a range of about 18,000 kilometers when New Horizons looked back toward Pluto, 15 minutes after the..

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 января 2021 года

Пт, Январь 15, 2021 - 7:16

На данной неделе 20 января Марс пройдет в 1,6 гр. севернее Урана, а также произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,46+) звезды ню Рыб (4,4m) при..

Aurora Slathers Up the Sky

Чт, Январь 14, 2021 - 7:30

Like salsa verde on your favorite burrito, a green aurora slathers up the sky in this 2017 June 25 snapshot from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, the orbiting station is itself within the upper..

Arches Across an Arctic Sky

Ср, Январь 13, 2021 - 8:30

What are these two giant arches across the sky? Perhaps the more familiar one, on the left, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. This grand disk of stars and nebulas here appears to encircle much of the southern sky.