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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..

Астрономическая неделя с 11 по 17 ноября 2019 года

Пт, Ноябрь 08, 2019 - 6:18

На данной неделе (весьма насыщенной интересными астрономическими явлениями) 11 ноября Луна (Ф= 0,98+) пройдет южнее Урана, а Меркурий..

Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione

Чт, Ноябрь 07, 2019 - 8:30

Hurtling through a cosmic dust cloud a mere 400 light-years away, the lovely Pleiades or Seven Sisters open star cluster is well-known for its striking blue reflection nebulae. It lies in the night sky toward the constellation Taurus and the..

21st Century M101

Ср, Ноябрь 06, 2019 - 8:30

One of the last entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog, big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy.