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Lyrid Meteor Streak

Чт, Апрель 23, 2020 - 7:30

Earth's annual Lyrid Meteor Shower peaked before dawn yesterday, as our fair planet plowed through debris from the tail of long-period comet Thatcher. In crisp, clear and moonless predawn skies over Brown County...

Planet Earth at Twilight

Ср, Апрель 22, 2020 - 8:30

No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth. Instead, the shadow line or terminator is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience..

Eye on the Milky Way

Вт, Апрель 21, 2020 - 8:30

Have you ever had stars in your eyes? It appears that the eye on the left does, and moreover it appears to be gazing at even more stars. The featured 27-frame mosaic was taken last July from Ojas de Salar in the Atacama Desert of

Календарь наблюдателя на май 2020 года

Пн, Апрель 20, 2020 - 19:05

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

IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula

Пн, Апрель 20, 2020 - 8:30

To some, it looks like a giant chicken running across the sky. To others, it looks like a gaseous nebula where star formation takes place. Cataloged as IC 2944, the Running Chicken Nebula spans about 100 light years and lies about..

Cassini Approaches Saturn

Вс, Апрель 19, 2020 - 8:30

What would it look like to approach Saturn in a spaceship? One doesn't have to just imagine -- the Cassini spacecraft did just this in 2004, recording thousands of images along the way, and hundreds of thousands more since entering orbit.

Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth

Сб, Апрель 18, 2020 - 8:30

It was just another day on aerosol Earth. For August 23, 2018, the identification and distribution of aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere is shown in this dramatic, planet-wide digital visualization. Produced in real...

The Windmill and the Star Trails

Пт, Апрель 17, 2020 - 7:30

Stars can't turn these old wooden arms, but it does look like they might in this scene from a rotating planet. The well-composed night skyscape was recorded from Garafia, a municipality on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, planet..

Астрономическая неделя с 20 по 26 апреля 2020 года

Пт, Апрель 17, 2020 - 7:04

На данной неделе 20 апреля Луна (Ф= 0,05-) пройдет апогей своей орбиты на расстоянии 406460 км от центра Земли. Кроме этого, для любительских..

Comet ATLAS Breaks Up

Чт, Апрель 16, 2020 - 8:30

Cruising through the inner solar system, Comet ATLAS C2019/Y4 has apparently fragmented. Multiple separate condensations within its diffuse coma are visible in this telescopic close-up from April 12, composed of frames tracking the comet's..

A Cosmic Triangle

Ср, Апрель 15, 2020 - 8:30

It was an astronomical triple play. Setting on the left, just after sunset near the end of last month, was our Moon -- showing a bright crescent phase. Setting on the right was Venus, the brightest planet in the evening sky last..

NGC 253: The Silver Coin Galaxy

Вт, Апрель 14, 2020 - 8:30

NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, but also one of the dustiest. Dubbed the Silver Coin for its appearance in smalltelescopes, it is more formally known as the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the..