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Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

Пт, Сентябрь 06, 2024 - 8:30

Ringed ice giant Neptune lies near the center of this sharp near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The dim and distant world is the farthest planet from the Sun, about 30 times farther away than planet Earth.

NGC 247 and Friends

Чт, Сентябрь 05, 2024 - 0:30

About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way. Measured to be only 11 million light-years distant it is nearby though. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from our perspective, it dominates this..

APOD: 2024 September 4 Б NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula

Ср, Сентябрь 04, 2024 - 8:30

Can you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.

APOD: 2024 September 3 Б Quarter Moon and Sister Stars

Вт, Сентябрь 03, 2024 - 8:30

Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together. Specifically, Earth's Moon shared the eastern sky with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster, as viewed from Alberta, Canada. Astronomical...

APOD: 2024 September 2 Б A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun

Пн, Сентябрь 02, 2024 - 8:30

Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun? Although the shape is unusual, the type of structure is not: it is part of an evolving solar prominence. Looping magnetic fields on the Sun channel the flow of energetic particles,..

APOD: 2024 September 1 Б The Moon Dressed Like Saturn

Вс, Сентябрь 01, 2024 - 8:30

Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn't -- what is pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing in front of the Moon. The Moon shows a slight crescent phase with most of its surface visible by reflected Earthlight, known as Da..

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 сентября 2024 года

Сб, Август 31, 2024 - 16:38

На данной неделе 2 сентября Луна (Ф= 0,01-) будет находиться близ Регула, а астероид 4592 Alkissia покроет звезду тета Козерога (4m) при видимости..

IFN and the NGC 7771 Group

Сб, Август 31, 2024 - 8:30

Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in this intriguing skyscape. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the constellation Pegasus, NGC 7771 is the large, edge-on spiral near center, about 75,000 light-years across, with two..

Southern Moonscape

Пт, Август 30, 2024 - 7:30

The Moon's south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across the rugged southern lunar highlands. The view's foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense..

Southern Moonscape

Пт, Август 30, 2024 - 7:30

Star Factory Messier 17

Чт, Август 29, 2024 - 7:30

A nearby star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1.5 degree wide field-of-view would span about 150 light-years.

APOD: 2024 August 28 Б Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X 1

Ср, Август 28, 2024 - 8:30

When can you see a black hole, a tulip, and a swan all at once? At night -- if the timing is right, and if your telescope is pointed in the right direction. The complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms about 8,000 light-years away..