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Астрономическая неделя с 28 мая по 3 июня 2018 года

Пт, Май 25, 2018 - 12:11

На данной неделе долгопериодические переменные звезды RT Лебедя (6m) и R Змееносца (6,5m) достигают максимума блеска, 1 июня Луна (Ф= 0,95-)..

Galaxies Away

Пт, Май 25, 2018 - 8:30

This stunning group of galaxies is far, far away, about 450 million light-years from planet Earth and cataloged as galaxy cluster Abell S0740. Dominated by the cluster's large central elliptical galaxy (ESO 325-G004)...

The Gum Nebula Expanse

Чт, Май 24, 2018 - 7:30

Named for a cosmic cloud hunter, Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960), The Gum Nebula is so large and close it is actually hard to see. In fact, we are only about 450 light-years from the front edge and 1,500 light-years..

GSC 02693-00926 and USNO-B1.0 1587-0201409, Two New Doubly Eclipsing Systems

Ср, Май 23, 2018 - 17:14

I present my detection of two new doubly eclipsing systems, GSC 02693-00926 and USNO-B1.0 1587-0201409 (types EA+EB and EB+ELL). I analyzed all observations available for these stars in the NSVS and ASAS-SN online public archives..

Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision

Ср, Май 23, 2018 - 8:30

This galaxy is having a bad millennium. In fact, the past 100 million years haven't been so good, and probably the next billion or so will be quite tumultuous. Visible toward the lower...

Craters and Shadows at the Lunar Terminator

Вт, Май 22, 2018 - 7:30

Why does the right part of this image of the Moon stand out? Shadows. The terminator line -- the line between light and dark -- occurs in the featured image so that just over half the Moon's face is illuminated by sunlight.

Jupiter Cloud Animation from Juno

Пн, Май 21, 2018 - 7:30

How do Jupiter's clouds move? To help find out, images taken with NASA's Juno spacecraft during its last pass near Jupiter have been analyzed and digitally extrapolated into a time-lapse video.

In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula

Вс, Май 20, 2018 - 8:30

In the heart of monstrous Tarantula Nebula lies huge bubbles of energetic gas, long filaments of dark dust, and unusually massive stars. In the center of this heart, is a knot of stars so dense that it was once thought to be a single star.

Reflections of Venus and Moon

Сб, Май 19, 2018 - 8:30

Posing near the western horizon, a brilliant evening star and slender young crescent shared reflections in a calm sea last Thursday after sunset. Recorded in this snapshot from the Atlantic beach at Santa Marinella...

Астрономическая неделя с 21 по 27 мая 2018 года

Пт, Май 18, 2018 - 18:46

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,44+) звезды пси Льва (5,4m) при видимости в Сибири и на Севере страны. 22 мая Луна сблизится..

Календарь наблюдателя на июнь 2018 года

Пт, Май 18, 2018 - 18:40

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела,

Attack of the Laser Guide Stars

Пт, Май 18, 2018 - 7:30

Dodging powerful laser beams, a drone captured this stunning aerial view. The confrontation took place above the 8.2 meter diameter Very Large Telescopes of the Paranal Observatory on planet Earth. Firing during a test...