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NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster in the SMC

Вт, Декабрь 01, 2020 - 8:30

Are stars still forming in the Milky Way's satellite galaxies? Found among the Small Magellanic Cloud's (SMC's) clusters and nebulas, NGC 346 is a star forming region about 200 light-years across, pictured here in the center of a Hubble..

Cygnus Without Stars

Пн, Ноябрь 30, 2020 - 8:30

The sky is filled with faintly glowing gas, though it can take a sensitive camera and telescope to see it. For example, this twelve-degree-wide view of the northern part of the constellation Cygnus reveals a complex array of cosmic clouds of..

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Вс, Ноябрь 29, 2020 - 8:30

Could you survive a jump off the tallest cliff in the Solar System? Quite possibly. Verona Rupes on Uranus' moon Miranda is estimated to be 20 kilometers deep -- ten times the depth of the Earth's Grand Canyon.

NGC 6822: Barnard s Galaxy

Сб, Ноябрь 28, 2020 - 8:30

Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. But small galaxies form stars too, like nearby NGC 6822, also known as Barnard's Galaxy.

Chang e 5 Mission Launch

Пт, Ноябрь 27, 2020 - 8:30

This Long March-5 rocket blasted off from the Wenchang launch site in southernmost Hainan province on Tuesday November 24, at 4:30 am Beijing Time, carrying China's Chang'e-5 mission to the Moon. The lunar landing mission is named for the..

Астрономическая неделя с 30 ноября по 6 декабря 2020 года

Пт, Ноябрь 27, 2020 - 6:09

На данной неделе 30 ноября произойдет полутеневое затмение Луны (видимое на территории России) с максимальной полутеневой фазой 0,85. В..

Туманность Большая Индейка

Чт, Ноябрь 26, 2020 - 8:30

На этой креативной фотографии запечатлена туманность Большая Индейка, удивительно похожая на Большую туманность Ориона. Конечно,

The Great Turkey Nebula

Чт, Ноябрь 26, 2020 - 8:30

Surprisingly reminiscent of The Great Nebula in Orion, The Great Turkey Nebula spans this creative field of view. Of course if it were the Orion Nebula it would be our closest large stellar nursery, found at the edge of a large molecular..

Журнал “Небосвод” за январь 2021 года

Ср, Ноябрь 25, 2020 - 17:19

Очередной номер журнала "Небосвод" для любителей астрономии и от любителей астрономии

BV Ic CCD Observations of RR Lyrae variable SU Hor

Ср, Ноябрь 25, 2020 - 11:35

We present 3965 magnitude measurements in the B, V, and I_c filters acquired for the RR Lyrae star SU Hor. The star shows Blazhko effect.

Andromeda over Patagonia

Ср, Ноябрь 25, 2020 - 8:30

How far can you see? The Andromeda Galaxy at 2.5 million light years away is the most distant object easily seen with your unaided eye. Most other apparent denizens of the night sky -- stars...

The Helix Nebula from CFHT

Вт, Ноябрь 24, 2020 - 8:30

Will our Sun look like this one day? The Helix Nebula is one of brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula, a gas cloud created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star.