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Moons of Saturn

Чт, Октябрь 17, 2019 - 8:30

On July 29, 2011 the Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera took this snapshot and captured 5 of Saturn's moons, from just above the ringplane. Left to right are small moons Janus and Pandora respectively 179 and 81 kilometers across,

BHB2007: A Baby Binary Star in Formation

Ср, Октябрь 16, 2019 - 8:30

How do binary stars form? To help find out, ESO's Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) recently captured one of the highest resolution images yet taken of a binary star system in formation. Most...

BVI_c Observations of 64 Classical Cepheids

Вт, Октябрь 15, 2019 - 10:44

A total of 9128 B-, V-, and I_c-band photometric measurements were acquired for 64 classical Cepheids in 1982 - 2014. For these stars, 1384 times of maximum light are determined and O-C diagrams constructed based on available

The Galaxy Above

Вт, Октябрь 15, 2019 - 8:30

Have you contemplated your home galaxy lately? If your sky looked like this, perhaps you'd contemplate it more often! The featured picture is actually a composite of two images taken last month from the same location in south Brazil

Andromeda before Photoshop

Пн, Октябрь 14, 2019 - 8:30

What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like? The featured image shows how our Milky Way Galaxy's closest major galactic neighbor really appears in a long exposure through Earth's busy skies and with a digital camera that introduces..

A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290

Вс, Октябрь 13, 2019 - 7:30

Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do. Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars of open cluster NGC 290 glitter in a beautiful display of brightness and color. The photogenic cluster, pictured here, was captured in..

Interplanetary Earth

Сб, Октябрь 12, 2019 - 8:30

In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other worlds of the Solar System, innermost planet Mercury and ringed gas giant Saturn. Pictured...

Planet Earth at Blue Hour

Пт, Октябрь 11, 2019 - 8:30

Nature photographers and other fans of planet Earth always look forward to the blue hour. That's the transition in twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, when the Sun is below the horizon but land and sky are still suffused with

Астрономическая неделя с 14 по 20 октября 2019 года

Пт, Октябрь 11, 2019 - 7:28

На данной неделе 16 октября произойдет покрытие астероидом (1875) Neruda звезды HIP115476 (5,7m) из созвездия Рыб при видимости в Карелии, 17 октября..

Mid Air Meteor and Milky Way

Чт, Октябрь 10, 2019 - 8:30

On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern hemisphere's night sky, if you chose a window seat. In fact, a well-planned seating choice...

NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision

Ср, Октябрь 09, 2019 - 8:30

Is this galaxy jumping through a giant ring of stars? Probably not. Although the precise dynamics behind the featured image is yet unclear, what is clear is that the pictured galaxy, NGC 7714, has been stretched and distorted by a..

Sprite Lightning in HD

Вт, Октябрь 08, 2019 - 8:30

This phenomenon occurs in the sky over our heads, not the sea. It is a type of lightning known as red sprite, and rarely has it ever been photographed in this detail. Even though sprites have been recorded for over 30 years, their root..