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Mercury Crosses a Quiet Sun

Пн, Декабрь 02, 2019 - 8:30

What's that black dot crossing the Sun? The planet Mercury. Mercury usually passes over or under the Sun, as seen from Earth, but last month the Solar System's innermost planet appeared to go just about straight across the middle.

Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble

Вс, Декабрь 01, 2019 - 8:30

Why does this galaxy have a ring of bright blue stars? Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici).

Star Trails for a Red Planet

Сб, Ноябрь 30, 2019 - 8:30

Does Mars have a north star? In long exposures of Earth's night sky, star trails make concentric arcs around the north celestial pole, the direction of our fair planet's axis of rotation. Bright star Polaris is presently the Earth's..

Galileo s Europa Remastered

Пт, Ноябрь 29, 2019 - 8:30

Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean. Galileo...

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 декабря 2019 года

Пт, Ноябрь 29, 2019 - 6:15

На данной неделе 2 декабря астероид Клото (97) вступит в противостояние с Солнцем, а 3 декабря произойдет покрытие этим астероидом на 13..

Moon and Planets at Twilight

Чт, Ноябрь 28, 2019 - 8:30

This week's ongoing conjunction of Venus and Jupiter may have whetted your appetite for skygazing. Tonight is the main course though. On November 28, a young crescent Moon will join them posing next to the two bright planets above the..

Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

Ср, Ноябрь 27, 2019 - 8:30

Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ball of..

Venus and Jupiter on the Horizon

Вт, Ноябрь 26, 2019 - 8:30

What are those two bright objects on the horizon? Venus and Jupiter. The two brightest planets in the night sky passed very close together -- angularly -- just two days ago. In real space, they were...

NGC 6995: туманность Летучая Мышь

Пн, Ноябрь 25, 2019 - 8:30

Вы видите летучую мышь? Она обитает в восточной части туманности Вуаль, запечатленной на этой фотографии. Туманность Вуаль –..

NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula

Пн, Ноябрь 25, 2019 - 8:30

Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.

Журнал “Небосвод” за декабрь 2019 года (статистический номер)

Вс, Ноябрь 24, 2019 - 16:29

Статистический выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии..

Apollo 12: Self Portrait

Вс, Ноябрь 24, 2019 - 8:30

Is this image art? 50 years ago, Apollo 12 astronaut-photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad recorded this masterpiece while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection activities on Oceanus Procellarum. The featured image..