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NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

Пт, Февраль 22, 2019 - 8:30

Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed

Астрономическая неделя с 25 февраля по 3 марта 2019 года

Пт, Февраль 22, 2019 - 7:15

На данной неделе 25 февраля долгопериодическая переменная звезда U Лебедя достигнет максимума блеска (6m), а 26 февраля Меркурий пройдет..

Конференция в честь 150-летия таблицы Менделеева

Чт, Февраль 21, 2019 - 11:21

Международный симпозиум "The Periodic Table Through Space and Time" в рамках XXI юбилейного Менделеевского конгресса по общей и прикладной химии

Reflections on vdB 9

Чт, Февраль 21, 2019 - 8:30

Centered in a well-composed celestial still life, pretty, blue vdB 9 is the 9th object in Sidney van den Bergh's 1966 catalog of reflection nebulae. It shares this telescopic field of view, about...

Календарь наблюдателя на март 2019 года

Ср, Февраль 20, 2019 - 15:09

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела,..

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

Ср, Февраль 20, 2019 - 8:30

Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when - it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae's mass - about 100 times greater than our Sun - makes it an excellent candidate for a full blown..

Comet Iwamoto Before Spiral Galaxy NGC 2903

Вт, Февраль 19, 2019 - 8:30

It isn't every night that a comet passes a galaxy. Last Thursday, though, binocular comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) moved nearly in front of a spiral galaxy of approximately the same brightness: NGC 2903. Comet Iwamoto was discovered late last..

Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Пн, Февраль 18, 2019 - 8:30

Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don't exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. The aurora was caused...

Shadow of a Martian Robot

Вс, Февраль 17, 2019 - 8:30

What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover currently exploring Mars. Opportunity explored the red planet from 2004 to 2018, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending..

NGC 2359: Thor s Helmet

Сб, Февраль 16, 2019 - 8:30

NGC 2359 is a helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages popularly called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet...

Opportunity at Perseverance Valley

Пт, Февраль 15, 2019 - 8:30

Opportunity had already reached Perseverance Valley by June of 2018. Its view is reconstructed in a colorized mosaic of images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover's Navcam. In fact, Perseverance Valley is an appropriate name for the..