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Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth

Вс, Июнь 14, 2020 - 8:30

What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing transcend national boundaries and occur in practically every human..

SpaceX Demo-2 Launch

Сб, Июнь 13, 2020 - 8:30

Clouds are white but the sky is dark in this snapshot of Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The dramatic daytime sky is partly due to the black and white photo captured with a digital camera at near-infrared wavelengths.

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 июня 2020 года

Пт, Июнь 12, 2020 - 9:36

На данной неделе 20 июня наступит летнее солнцестояние, а 21 июня произойдет кольцеобразное солнечное затмение (Ф= 0,994) с видимостью..

NGC 2359: Thor s Helmet

Пт, Июнь 12, 2020 - 8:30

NGC 2359 is a helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages popularly called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet...

Orion over Argentine Mountains

Вт, Июнь 09, 2020 - 8:30

Do you recognize the constellation of Orion? It may be harder than usual in today's featured image because the camera has zoomed in on the center, and the exposure is long enough to enhance nebulas beyond what the unaided human eye..

Atmospheric Ring of Venus

Пн, Июнь 08, 2020 - 8:30

Why is Venus surrounded by a bright ring? Sometimes called a ring of fire, this rare ring is caused by the Sun's light being visible all around an object. Usually seen around...

Halo of the Cats Eye

Вс, Июнь 07, 2020 - 8:30

The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky. Its haunting symmetries are seen in the very central region of this stunning false-color picture, processed...

Comet PanSTARRs and the Galaxies

Сб, Июнь 06, 2020 - 8:31

Comet PanSTARRs, C/2017 T2, shared this stunning telescopic field of view with galaxies M81 and M82 on May 22/23. Of course, the galaxies were some 12 million light-years distant and the comet about 14 light-minutes away, seen in planet..

Dragon over Central Park

Пт, Июнь 05, 2020 - 8:31

Still bathed in sunlight the International Space Station (ISS) arced through this Manhattan evening sky on May 30. Moving left to right, its bright trail was captured in this composite image with a series of 5 second long exposures.

Астрономическая неделя с 8 по 14 июня 2020 года

Пт, Июнь 05, 2020 - 8:02

На данной неделе 8 июня Луна (Ф= 0,9-) пройдет близ Юпитера, а 9 июня при фазе 0,89- - близ Сатурна. В этот же день Венера пройдет в 4,6 гр...

Portrait of NGC 3628

Чт, Июнь 04, 2020 - 8:30

Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this deep portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy.