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Cherenkov Telescope at Sunset

Чт, Октябрь 18, 2018 - 7:30

On October 10, a new telescope reflected the light of the setting Sun. With dark horizon above and sunset colors below, its segmented mirror inverts an image of the beautiful evening sky in this snapshot from the Roque del Los Muchachos..

M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster

Ср, Октябрь 17, 2018 - 8:30

Messier 15 is an immense swarm of over 100,000 stars. A 13 billion year old relic of the early formative years of our galaxy it's one of about 170 globular star clusters that still roam the halo of the Milky Way.

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Вт, Октябрь 16, 2018 - 8:30

Jupiter looks a bit different in ultraviolet light. To better interpret Jupiter's cloud motions and to help NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft understand the planetary context of the small fields that it sees, the Hubble Space Telescope is..

M16: In and Around the Eagle Nebula

Пн, Октябрь 15, 2018 - 8:30

From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit

Журнал “Небосвод” за ноябрь 2018 года

Вс, Октябрь 14, 2018 - 20:14

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии..

Orion in Red and Blue

Вс, Октябрь 14, 2018 - 8:30

When did Orion become so flashy? This colorful rendition of part of the constellation of Orion comes from red light emitted by hydrogen and sulfur (SII), and blue-green light emitted by oxygen (OIII). Hues...

Skygazers on the Beach

Сб, Октябрь 13, 2018 - 8:30

Kona, a young boxer, is a dog who loves splashing in the waves along Solana Beach near San Diego, planet Earth. But he paused here, at least briefly, during an early evening romp on October 7.

The Falcon 9 Nebula

Пт, Октябрь 12, 2018 - 14:07

Not the Hubble Space Telescope's latest view of a distant planetary nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled even casual U.S. west coast skygazers on October 7. Taken about three miles...

West Coast Launch and Landing

Пт, Октябрь 12, 2018 - 14:07

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch dazzled viewers along the U.S. west coast after sunset on October 7. Rising from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, planet Earth, the Falcon 9's first stage then returned to a landing zone some 400..

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 октября 2018 года

Пт, Октябрь 12, 2018 - 8:49

На данной неделе 15 октября Луна (Ф= 0,35+) пройдет близ Сатурна в максимальном склонении к югу от небесного экватора, а на следующий день..

Sun Dance

Ср, Октябрь 10, 2018 - 7:30

Sometimes, the surface of our Sun seems to dance. In the middle of 2012, for example, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressive prominence that seemed to perform a running dive roll like an acrobatic..

NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

Вт, Октябрь 09, 2018 - 7:30

Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar. Prominently barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, featured here, was captured in spectacular detail in an image taken..