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The Star Streams of NGC 5907

Сб, Ноябрь 16, 2019 - 8:30

Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy NGC 5907. The arcing structures form tenuous loops extending more than 150,000 light-years from the narrow, edge-on spiral, also known as the Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy.

M16 and the Eagle Nebula

Пт, Ноябрь 15, 2019 - 7:30

A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed portrait of the region was made with groundbased narrow and broadband image..

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 ноября 2019 года

Пт, Ноябрь 15, 2019 - 5:30

На данной неделе 18 ноября Луна (Ф= 0,65-) пройдет через звездное скопление Ясли (М44), а 19 ноября примет фазу последней четверти, чтобы на..

Mercury and the Quiet Sun

Чт, Ноябрь 14, 2019 - 8:30

On November 11, 2019 the Sun was mostly quiet, experiencing a minimum in its 11 year cycle of activity. In fact, the only spot visible was actually planet Mercury, making a leisurely 5 1/2 hour transit in front of the calm solar disk.

Силуэт Меркурия

Ср, Ноябрь 13, 2019 - 8:30

Это маленькое темное круглое пятно на виде солнечной поверхности крупным планом – планета Меркурий. Изображение с высоким..

Mercury in Silhouette

Ср, Ноябрь 13, 2019 - 8:30

The small, dark, round spot in this solar close up is planet Mercury. In the high resolution telescopic image, a colorized stack of 61 sharp video frames, a turbulent array of photospheric convection cells tile the bright solar surface.

NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy

Вт, Ноябрь 12, 2019 - 8:30

Some spiral galaxies are seen nearly sideways. Most bright stars in spiral galaxies swirl around the center in a disk, and seen from the side, this disk can be appear quite thin. Some spiral galaxies appear even thinner than NGC..

Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius

Пн, Ноябрь 11, 2019 - 8:30

The history of the Moon is partly written in its craters. Pictured here is a lunar panorama taken from Earth featuring the large craters Langrenus, toward the left, and Petavius, toward the right. The craters formed in separate

A Mercury Transit Sequence

Вс, Ноябрь 10, 2019 - 8:30

Tomorrow -- Monday -- Mercury will cross the face of the Sun, as seen from Earth. Called a transit, the last time this happened was in 2016. Because the plane of Mercury's orbit is not exactly coincident with the plane of..

Saturn the Giant

Сб, Ноябрь 09, 2019 - 8:30

On May 25, 1961 U.S. president John Kennedy announced the goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of the decade. By November 9, 1967 this Saturn V rocket was ready for launch and the first full test of its capabilities on the

NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles

Пт, Ноябрь 08, 2019 - 8:33

This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster in far southern skies, the region is often overlooked by astroimagers in favor of its..