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3D Bennu

Чт, Декабрь 13, 2018 - 8:30

Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to asteroid 101955 Bennu. Shaped like a spinning top toy with boulders littering its rough surface, the tiny Solar System world is about 1 Empire State Building (less than 500 meters) across.

M43: Orion Falls

Ср, Декабрь 12, 2018 - 8:30

Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42.

Arp 188 and the Tadpole’s Tail

Вт, Декабрь 11, 2018 - 8:30

Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic..

Sound and Light Captured by Mars InSight

Пн, Декабрь 10, 2018 - 8:30

Your arm on Mars has unusual powers. For one thing it is nearly 2 meters long, has a scoop and grapple built into its hand, and has a camera built into its forearm. For another, it will soon deploy your ear -- a sensitive..

Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash

Вс, Декабрь 09, 2018 - 8:30

Some night skies are serene and passive -- others shimmer and flash. The later, in the form of auroras and meteors, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December 13. This 30 second long exposure records a..

Tiny Planet Timelapse

Сб, Декабрь 08, 2018 - 8:30

You can pack a lot of sky watching into 30 seconds on this tiny planet. Of course, the full spherical image timelapse video was recorded on planet Earth, from Grande Pines Observatory outside Pinehurst, North Carolina.

December s Comet Wirtanen

Пт, Декабрь 07, 2018 - 23:30

Coming close in mid-December, Comet 46P Wirtanen hangs in this starry sky over the bell tower of a Romanesque church. In the constructed vertical panorama, a series of digital exposures capture its greenish coma on December 3 from Sant..

Астрономическая неделя с 10 по 16 декабря 2018 года

Пт, Декабрь 07, 2018 - 7:27

На данной неделе 10 декабря произойдет покрытие на 10 секунд астероидом Капрера (479) звезды HIP33753 (7,7m) из созвездия Близнецов при видимости..

Cetus Galaxies and Supernova

Чт, Декабрь 06, 2018 - 8:30

Large spiral galaxy NGC 1055 at top left joins spiral Messier 77 (bottom right) in this cosmic view toward the aquatic constellation Cetus. The narrowed, dusty appearance of edge-on spiral NGC 1055 contrasts nicely with the face-on view..

New Variable Stars in Cepheus: Area of 2°.3×2°.3, Centered at α=22h00m, δ=60°00′ (2000.0). Part III.

Ср, Декабрь 05, 2018 - 14:07

Highlights of the North Winter Sky

Ср, Декабрь 05, 2018 - 7:30

What can you see in the night sky this season? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere. Viewed as a clock face centered at the bottom, early (northern) winter sky events fan out toward the left, while..

Rocket Launch between Mountains

Вт, Декабрь 04, 2018 - 8:30

What's happening between those mountains? A rocket is being launched to space. Specifically, a Long March 3B Carrier Rocket was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province in China about two week ago.