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Zodiacal Light and Mars

Чт, Март 11, 2021 - 8:30

Just after sunset on March 7, a faint band of light still reaches above the western horizon in this serene, rural Illinois, night skyscape. Taken from an old farmstead, the luminous glow is zodiacal light, prominent in the west after sunset..

USNO-B1.0 0992-0344981, a New Double-mode Type-II Cepheid

Ср, Март 10, 2021 - 16:33

I present a detection of a new double-mode type~II Cepheid (BL Her type), USNO-B1.0 0992-0344981, pulsating in the fundamental and first-overtone modes. It is the fifth case in the Galaxy of stars of this type. For the analysis, I used all..

NGC 1499: туманность Калифорния

Ср, Март 10, 2021 - 8:30

Мог ли мифический остров королевы Калафии существовать в космосе? Скорее всего нет, но по чистой случайности очертания этого..

NGC 1499: The California Nebula

Ср, Март 10, 2021 - 8:30

Could Queen Calafia's mythical island exist in space? Perhaps not, but by chance the outline of this molecular space cloud echoes the outline of the state of California, USA. Our Sun has its home within the Milky Way's Orion Arm, only..

Perseverance 360: Unusual Rocks and the Search for Life on Mars

Вт, Март 09, 2021 - 8:30

Is that a fossil?б Looking through recent images of Mars taken by the new Perseverance rover may seem a bit like treasure hunting, with the possibility of fame coming to the first person...

Three Tails of Comet NEOWISE

Пн, Март 08, 2021 - 8:30

What created the unusual red tail in Comet NEOWISE? Sodium. A spectacular sight back in the summer of 2020, Comet NEOWISE, at times, displayed something more than just a surprisingly striated white dust tail and a pleasingly patchy..

Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared

Вс, Март 07, 2021 - 8:30

Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image...

Персеверанс поворачивает

Сб, Март 06, 2021 - 8:30

Прибыв в кратер Езеро на Марсе, марсоход Персеверанс 4 марта начал движение. Это четкое изображение получено камерой Navcam марсохода..

Perseverance Takes a Spin

Сб, Март 06, 2021 - 8:30

After arriving at Jezero Crater on Mars, Perseverance went for a spin on March 4. This sharp image from the car-sized rover's Navcam shows tracks left by its wheels in the martian soil. In preparation for operations on the surface of the..

A Little Like Mars

Пт, Март 05, 2021 - 8:30

The surface of this planet looks a little like Mars. It's really planet Earth though. In a digitally stitched little planet projection, the 360 degree mosaic was captured near San Pedro in the Chilean Atacama desert. Telescopes in..

Астрономическая неделя с 8 по 14 марта 2021 года

Пт, Март 05, 2021 - 7:12

На данной неделе 8 марта произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,29-) звезды сигма Стрельца (2,1m) при видимости в Сибири. 10 марта Луна (Ф= 0,11-)..

Mars in Taurus

Чт, Март 04, 2021 - 7:30

You can spot Mars in the evening sky tonight. Now home to the Perseverance rover, the Red Planet is presently wandering through the constellation Taurus, close on the sky to the Seven Sisters or Pleiades star cluster.