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The Giants of Summer

Ср, Июль 29, 2020 - 8:30

As Comet NEOWISE sweeps through northern summer skies, Jupiter and Saturn are shining brightly, near opposition. With Jupiter opposite the Sun on July 14 and Saturn on July 21, the giant planets are still near their closest to planet..

APOD: 2020 July 28 Б NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara

Вт, Июль 28, 2020 - 8:30

Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark and large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000..

APOD: 2020 July 27 Б Comet and Lightning Beyond Bighorn Mountains

Пн, Июль 27, 2020 - 8:30

Normally, Steamboat Point looks cool -- but not this cool. Every day, the iconic peak of the Bighorn Mountains is an interesting sight, in particular from US Highway 14 in Wyoming. On some rare days, the rocky vertical ridges look..

APOD: 2020 July 26 Б A Flight through the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Вс, Июль 26, 2020 - 8:30

What would it look like to fly through the distant universe? To find out, a team of astronomers estimated the relative distances to over 5,000 galaxies in one of the most distant fields of galaxies ever imaged: the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Tianwen 1 Mission to Mars

Сб, Июль 25, 2020 - 8:30

On July 23, this Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket rose into a blue morning sky from China's Hainan Island Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. The rocket carried an orbiter, lander, and rover to ask Heavenly Questions on the ambitious Tianwen-1..

MAGIC NEOWISE

Пт, Июль 24, 2020 - 8:30

The multi-mirror, 17 meter-diameter MAGIC telescopes reflect this starry night sky from the Roque de los Muchachos European Northern Observatory on the Canary Island of La Palma. MAGIC stands for Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging...

Календарь наблюдателя на август 2020 года

Пт, Июль 24, 2020 - 8:10

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

Астрономическая неделя с 27 июля по 2 августа 2020 года

Пт, Июль 24, 2020 - 8:04

На данной неделе на фоне вечерних и утренних сумерек возможно появление серебристых облаков, а также невооруженным глазом видна..

Fairytale NEOWISE

Чт, Июль 23, 2020 - 8:30

Comet dust falls through a twilight sky in this dream-like scene, but it's not part of a fairytale movie. Still, Castle Neuschwanstein, nestled in the Bavarian Alps, did inspire Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle. Captured on July 20,..

APOD: 2020 July 22 Б The Structured Tails of Comet NEOWISE

Ср, Июль 22, 2020 - 9:30

What is creating the structure in Comet NEOWISE's tails? Of the two tails evident, the blue ion tail on the left points directly away from the Sun and is pushed out by the flowing and charged solar wind.

Iron in the Butterfly Nebula

Вт, Июль 21, 2020 - 8:30

Can stars, like caterpillars, transform themselves into butterflies? No, but in the case of the Butterfly Nebula -- it sure looks like it. Though its wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature...

Comet NEOWISE and Nebulae

Пн, Июль 20, 2020 - 8:30

Would you brave wild animals to photograph this sky? One astrophotographer did -- and we all get to reap the rewards. First, thousands of stars were visible with many of the brightest impressively blue. Next, several red-glowing nebulae..