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Anticrepuscular Rays Converge Opposite the Sun

Пн, Июнь 24, 2019 - 8:30

Is there ever anything interesting to see in the direction opposite the Sun? Sometimes there is. Notable items include your own shadow, a shadow of the Moon during a total solar eclipse, a full...

Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble

Вс, Июнь 23, 2019 - 7:31

How do violent stars affect their surroundings? To help find out, astronomers created a 48-frame high-resolution, controlled-color panorama of the center of the Carina Nebula, one of the largest star forming regions on the night sky.

Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

Сб, Июнь 22, 2019 - 8:30

This close-up from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows weathered craters and windblown deposits in southern Acidalia Planitia. A striking shade of blue in standard HiRISE image colors, to the human eye the area would..

Sunset Analemma

Пт, Июнь 21, 2019 - 8:31

Today, the solstice is at 15:54 Universal Time, the Sun reaching the northernmost declination in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky. A June solstice marks the astronomical beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and..

Астрономическая неделя с 24 по 30 июня 2019 года

Пт, Июнь 21, 2019 - 8:15

На данной неделе 24 июня Луна (Ф= 0,63-) пройдет близ Нептуна, долгопериодическая переменная звезда W Лиры достигнет максимума блеска (6,5m). 25..

A View Toward M106

Чт, Июнь 20, 2019 - 8:30

Big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 dominates this cosmic vista. The nearly two degree wide telescopic field of view looks toward the well-trained constellation Canes Venatici, near the handle of the Big Dipper. Also...

Our Galaxys Magnetic Center

Ср, Июнь 19, 2019 - 8:30

What's the magnetic field like in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy? To help find out, NASA's SOFIA -- an observatory flying in a modified 747 -- imaged the central region with...

Земляничная Луна над храмом Посейдона

Вт, Июнь 18, 2019 - 8:30

Видели ли вы в прошлую ночь полную Луну? Если нет, то этой ночью почти полная Луна будет почти так же хороша. Полная Луна всегда..

Strawberry Moon over the Temple of Poseidon

Вт, Июнь 18, 2019 - 8:30

Did you see the full moon last night? If not, tonight's nearly full moon should be almost as good. Because full moons are opposite the Sun, they are visible in the sky when the Sun is not -- which should be nearly all night..

Milky Way over Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent

Пн, Июнь 17, 2019 - 8:30

To see the feathered serpent descend the Mayan pyramid requires exquisite timing. You must visit El Castillo -- in Mexico's YucatАn Peninsula -- near an equinox. Then, during the late afternoon if the sky is clear, the..

Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres

Вс, Июнь 16, 2019 - 8:30

What created this unusual mountain? There is a new theory. Ahuna Mons is the largest mountain on the largest known asteroid in our Solar System, Ceres, which orbits our Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.