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Countryside Mars and Milky Way

Сб, Июнь 09, 2018 - 8:30

Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth's sky. Seen with a yellowish hue it rises over the hills and far away in this serene night skyscape, a countryside panorama recorded last month from Parque Nacional de Cabaneros in Spain. The Milky..

Астрономическая неделя с 11 по 17 июня 2018 года

Пт, Июнь 08, 2018 - 12:50

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие Луной при фазе около (0,01-) звезды Альдебаран при видимости в северных широтах и в Сибири (днем 13..

Fermi Science Playoffs

Пт, Июнь 08, 2018 - 8:30

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into orbit on June 11th, 2008. Its instruments detect gamma-rays -- light that is thousands to hundreds of billions of times more energetic than what we see with our eyes.

The Clash of NGC 3256

Чт, Июнь 07, 2018 - 8:30

Marked by an unusually bright central region, swirling dust lanes, and far flung tidal tails, peculiar NGC 3256 is the aftermath of a truly cosmic collision. The 500 million year old clash of two separate galaxies spans some 100 thousand..

A Sun Pillar over Norway

Ср, Июнь 06, 2018 - 7:30

Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light. Ice sometimes forms flat, six-sided shaped crystals as it..

Complex Jupiter

Вт, Июнь 05, 2018 - 8:30

How complex is Jupiter? NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter is finding the Jovian giant to be more complicated than expected. Jupiter's magnetic field has been discovered to be much different from our Earth's simple dipole field, showing

Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano

Пн, Июнь 04, 2018 - 7:30

These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. Luna appears so large here because she is being photographed through a telescopic lens.

Saturns Iapetus: Painted Moon

Вс, Июнь 03, 2018 - 8:30

What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while others are as bright as ice. The composition of the dark material is unknown, but infrared spectra indicate that it possibly..

Jupiter Season, Hawaiian Sky

Сб, Июнь 02, 2018 - 8:30

Volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaii has increased since this Hawaiian night skyscape was recorded earlier this year. Recent vents and lava flows are about 30 kilometers to the east, the direction...

Журнал “Небосвод” за июнь 2018 года

Пт, Июнь 01, 2018 - 16:54

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

Астрономическая неделя с 4 по 10 июня 2018 года

Пт, Июнь 01, 2018 - 9:37

На данной неделе Меркурий проходит перигелий своей орбиты и достигает верхнего соединения с Солнцем (6 июня). В этот же день Луна в фазе..

Mars Approach

Пт, Июнь 01, 2018 - 7:30

Since the distance from Earth to Mars changes drastically as the planets orbit the Sun, Mars' appearance changes dramaticaly. Mars is bright now, and it's getting closer and brighter still as it orbits toward its 2018 opposition and closest..