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Halo of the Cats Eye

Вс, Июнь 07, 2020 - 8:30

The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky. Its haunting symmetries are seen in the very central region of this stunning false-color picture, processed...

Comet PanSTARRs and the Galaxies

Сб, Июнь 06, 2020 - 8:31

Comet PanSTARRs, C/2017 T2, shared this stunning telescopic field of view with galaxies M81 and M82 on May 22/23. Of course, the galaxies were some 12 million light-years distant and the comet about 14 light-minutes away, seen in planet..

Dragon over Central Park

Пт, Июнь 05, 2020 - 8:31

Still bathed in sunlight the International Space Station (ISS) arced through this Manhattan evening sky on May 30. Moving left to right, its bright trail was captured in this composite image with a series of 5 second long exposures.

Астрономическая неделя с 8 по 14 июня 2020 года

Пт, Июнь 05, 2020 - 8:02

На данной неделе 8 июня Луна (Ф= 0,9-) пройдет близ Юпитера, а 9 июня при фазе 0,89- - близ Сатурна. В этот же день Венера пройдет в 4,6 гр...

Portrait of NGC 3628

Чт, Июнь 04, 2020 - 8:30

Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this deep portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy.

Танец Венеры и Земли

Ср, Июнь 03, 2020 - 8:30

Каждый раз, когда Венера проходит около Земли, она обращена к ней одной стороной. Этот замечательный факт известен всего около 50..

The Dance of Venus and Earth

Ср, Июнь 03, 2020 - 8:30

Every time Venus passes the Earth, it shows the same face. This remarkable fact has been known for only about 50 years, ever since radio telescopes have been able to peer beneath Venus' thick clouds and track its slowly rotating..

Novel Coronavirus Attacks Humanity

Вт, Июнь 02, 2020 - 7:30

Humanity is under attack. The attack is not from large tentacle-flailing aliens, but from invaders so small they can barely be seen, and so strange they are not even clearly alive. All over planet Earth, the human home world,

The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Пн, Июнь 01, 2020 - 7:30

The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and..

Aurora over Sweden

Вс, Май 31, 2020 - 7:30

It was bright and green and stretched across the sky. This striking aurora display was captured in 2016 just outside of цstersund, Sweden. Six photographic fields were merged to create the featured panorama spanning almost 180 degrees.

Aurora over Sweden

Вс, Май 31, 2020 - 7:30

Green Flashes: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury

Сб, Май 30, 2020 - 8:31

Follow a sunset on a clear day against a distant horizon and you might glimpse green just as the Sun disappears from view. The green flash is caused by refraction of light rays traveling to the eye over a long path through the atmosphere.