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Tranquility Base Panorama

Пт, Июль 19, 2019 - 8:30

On July 20, 1969 the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle safely touched down on the Moon. It landed near the southwestern corner of the Moon's Mare Tranquillitatis at a landing site dubbed Tranquility Base. This panoramic view of Tranquility..

Астрономическая неделя с 22 по 28 июля 2019 года

Пт, Июль 19, 2019 - 7:33

На данной неделе 24 июля долгопериодические переменные звезды T Большой Медведицы (6,5m) и V Гончих Псов (5,5m) достигнут максимума блеска, а 28..

Shadowed Moon and Mountain

Чт, Июль 18, 2019 - 8:30

On July 16 the Moon celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 with a lunar eclipse visible from much of planet Earth. In this view part of the lunar disk is immersed in Earth's dark, reddened umbral shadow. Near the..

Apollo 11: Descent to the Moon

Ср, Июль 17, 2019 - 8:30

It had never been done before. But with the words "You're Go for landing", 50 years ago this Saturday, Apollo 11 astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong were cleared to make the first try.

Apollo 11 Launches Humans to the Moon

Вт, Июль 16, 2019 - 8:30

Everybody saw the Moon. Nobody had ever been there. Humans across planet Earth watched in awe 50 years ago today as a powerful Saturn V rocket attempted to launch humans -- to the Moon. Some...

Космическая станция пересекает Солнце без пятен

Пн, Июль 15, 2019 - 8:30

Это – не солнечное пятно. Это – Международная космическая станция (МКС), запечатленная во время прохождения по диску Солнца.

The Space Station Crosses a Spotless Sun

Пн, Июль 15, 2019 - 8:30

That's no sunspot. It's the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, have a dark central umbra, a lighter surrounding penumbra, and no solar panels. By contrast, the ISS is a..

Eagle Aurora over Norway

Вс, Июль 14, 2019 - 8:30

What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun five days before this 2012 image was taken, throwing a cloud of fast moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth.

The Eagle Rises

Сб, Июль 13, 2019 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view from lunar orbit. The 3D anaglyph was created from two photographs (AS11-44-6633, AS11-44-6634) taken by astronaut Michael Collins during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 июля 2019 года

Пт, Июль 12, 2019 - 8:01

На данной неделе 15 июля Луна (Ф= 0,99+) пройдет точку максимального склонения к югу от небесного экватора, а 16 июля произойдет покрытие..

Magellanic Galaxy NGC 55

Пт, Июль 12, 2019 - 7:30

Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the LMC is about 180,000 light-years away and a well-known satellite of our own Milky Way Galaxy, NGC 55 is more like 6 million light-years

The Ghost of Jupiter s Halo

Чт, Июль 11, 2019 - 8:30

Close-up images of NGC 3242 show the cast off shroud of a dying, sun-like star fancifully known as The Ghost of Jupiter nebula. But this deep and wide telescopic view also finds the seldom...