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Decorating the Sky

Чт, Декабрь 12, 2019 - 8:30

Bright stars, clouds of dust and glowing nebulae decorate this cosmic scene, a skyscape just north of Orion's belt. Close to the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, the wide field view spans about 5.5 degrees. Striking bluish M78, a..

N63A: Supernova Remnant in Visible and X-ray

Ср, Декабрь 11, 2019 - 8:30

What has this supernova left behind? As little as 2,000 years ago, light from a massive stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) first reached planet Earth. The LMC is a close...

Starlink Satellite Trails over Brazil

Вт, Декабрь 10, 2019 - 8:30

What are those streaks over the horizon? New Starlink satellites reflecting sunlight. SpaceX launched 60 Starlink communication satellites in May and 60 more in November. These satellites and thousands more are planned by

Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe

Пн, Декабрь 09, 2019 - 8:30

Everybody sees the Sun. Nobody's been there. Starting in 2018 though, NASA launched the robotic Parker Solar Probe (PSP) to investigate regions near to the Sun for the first time. The PSP's looping orbit brings it yet closer to the..

Geminid Meteors over Chile

Вс, Декабрь 08, 2019 - 8:30

Are meteors streaming out from a point in the sky? Yes, in a way. When the Earth crosses a stream of Sun-orbiting meteors, these meteors appear to come from the direction of the stream -- with the directional point called the radiant.

Lines of Time

Сб, Декабрь 07, 2019 - 8:30

In time stars trace lines through the night sky on a rotating planet. Taken over two hours or more, these digitally added consecutive exposures were made with a camera and wide angle lens fixed to a tripod near Orel farm, Primorsky Krai,..

Журнал “Небосвод” за январь 2020 года

Пт, Декабрь 06, 2019 - 15:00

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии Небосвод

Pleiades to Hyades

Пт, Декабрь 06, 2019 - 8:30

This cosmic vista stretches almost 20 degrees from top to bottom, across the dusty constellation Taurus. It begins at the Pleiades and ends at the Hyades, two star clusters recognized since antiquity in Earth's night sky. At top, the..

Астрономическая неделя с 8 по 15 декабря 2019 года

Пт, Декабрь 06, 2019 - 6:40

На данной неделе 11 декабря Венера пройдет в 1,8 гр. южнее Сатурна, а Луна (Ф= 0,99+) пройдет севернее Альдебарана. 12 декабря при фазе..

Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

Чт, Декабрь 05, 2019 - 8:30

Beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than our own Milky Way. It lies some 30 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Pavo and appears as only a faint, extended object in small..

Electric Night

Ср, Декабрь 04, 2019 - 8:30

It may appear, at first, like the Galaxy is producing the lightning, but really it's the Earth. The featured nighttime landscape was taken from a southern tip of the Italian Island of Sardinia in early June.

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Вт, Декабрь 03, 2019 - 8:30

Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets.