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The Spider Nebula in Infrared

Ср, Сентябрь 04, 2019 - 8:30

Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud on the left is actually an emission nebula labelled...

Unusual Signal Suggests Neutron Star Destroyed by Black Hole

Вт, Сентябрь 03, 2019 - 8:30

What created this unusual explosion? Three weeks ago, gravitational wave detectors in the USA and Europe -- the LIGO and Virgo detectors -- detected a burst of gravitational radiation that had the oscillating pattern expected when a

The Moon and Jupiter over the Alps

Пн, Сентябрь 02, 2019 - 8:30

What are those bright lights in the sky ahead? When hiking a high mountain pass in northern Italy three weeks ago, a conjunction between our Moon and the distant planet Jupiter was visible as both rose together in the southwest..

M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster

Вс, Сентябрь 01, 2019 - 8:30

Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as dusty as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even..

Spitzer’s Orion

Сб, Август 31, 2019 - 8:30

Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away. Spanning about 40 light-years across the region, this infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope...

Журнал “Небосвод” за сентябрь 2019 года

Пт, Август 30, 2019 - 12:32

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

NGC 7129 and NGC 7142

Пт, Август 30, 2019 - 8:32

This wide-field telescopic image looks toward the constellation Cepheus and an intriguing visual pairing of dusty reflection nebula NGC 7129 (right) and open star cluster NGC 7142. The two appear separated by only half a degree on the..

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 сентября 2019 года

Пт, Август 30, 2019 - 7:50

На данной неделе 2 сентября Марс вступит в соединение с Солнцем. 3 сентября Меркурий пройдет в 0,6 гр. севернее Марса, а 4 сентября..

M27: Not a Comet

Чт, Август 29, 2019 - 8:30

While hunting for comets in the skies above 18th century France, astronomer Charles Messier diligently kept a list of the things he encountered that were definitely not comets. This is number 27 on his now famous not-a-comet list.

Messier 61 Close Up

Ср, Август 28, 2019 - 8:30

Image data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory, and small telescopes on planet Earth are combined in this magnificent portrait of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 61 (M61). A mere 55 million light-years away in..

Dark Dust and Colorful Clouds near Antares

Вт, Август 27, 2019 - 7:31

Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so dusty yet colorful? The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust illuminated from the front by starlight produces blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds..

NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Still Life

Пн, Август 26, 2019 - 8:30

Is this a painting or a photograph? In this classic celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170, also known as the Angel Nebula, shines near the image center. Reflecting...