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Астрономическая неделя с 20 по 26 января 2020 года

Пт, Январь 17, 2020 - 6:10

На данной неделе 20 января долгопериодическая переменная звезда хи Лебедя достигнет максимума блеска (3,5), а Луна (Ф= 0,17-) пройдет близ..

NGC 247 and Friends

Чт, Январь 16, 2020 - 8:30

About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way. Measured to be only 11 million light-years distant it is nearby though. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from our perspective, it dominates this..

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» № 6, 2019 г.

Ср, Январь 15, 2020 - 15:11

Iridescent Clouds over Sweden

Ср, Январь 15, 2020 - 8:30

Why would these clouds multi-colored? A relatively rare phenomenon in clouds known as iridescence can bring up unusual colors vividly or even a whole spectrum of colors simultaneously. These polar stratospheric clouds clouds, also known..

Evidence of an Active Volcano on Venus

Вт, Январь 14, 2020 - 8:30

Are volcanoes still active on Venus? More volcanoes are known on Venus than Earth, but when Venusian volcanoes last erupted is not directly known. Evidence bolstering very recent volcanism on Venus has recently been uncovered, though,..

A Desert Eclipse

Пн, Январь 13, 2020 - 7:30

A good place to see a ring-of-fire eclipse, it seemed, would be from a desert. In a desert, there should be relatively few obscuring clouds and trees. Therefore late last December a group...

Stars and Dust in Corona Australis

Вс, Январь 12, 2020 - 8:30

Cosmic dust clouds and young, energetic stars inhabit this telescopic vista, less than 500 light-years away toward the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. The dust clouds effectively block light from more distant..

NGC 602 and Beyond

Сб, Январь 11, 2020 - 8:30

Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust...

Астрономическая неделя с 13 по 19 января 2020 года

Пт, Январь 10, 2020 - 11:44

На данной неделе 13 января Луна (Ф= 0,9-) пройдет севернее Регула. В этот же день произойдет покрытие астероидом Eurydike (75) на 1,6 секунд звезды..

Nacreous Clouds over Sweden

Пт, Январь 10, 2020 - 8:30

Vivid and lustrous, wafting iridescent waves of color filled this mountain and skyscape near Tanndalen, Sweden on January 3. Known as nacreous clouds or mother-of-pearl clouds, they are rare. This northern winter season they have been..

Perihelion to Aphelion

Чт, Январь 09, 2020 - 8:30

Perihelion for 2020, the point in Earth's elliptical orbit when it is closest to the Sun, occurred on January 5th. The distance from the Sun doesn't determine the seasons, though. Those...

Galaxies in the River

Ср, Январь 08, 2020 - 8:30

Large galaxies grow by eating small ones. Even our own galaxy engages in a sort of galactic cannibalism, absorbing small galaxies that are too close and are captured by the Milky Way's gravity.