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Dragon Aurora over Norway

Вт, Апрель 10, 2018 - 7:30

What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal hole opened last month, a few days before this image was taken, throwing a cloud of fast moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth.

The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet

Пн, Апрель 09, 2018 - 8:30

One of the most spectacular solar sights is an explosive flare. In 2011 June, the Sun unleashed somewhat impressive, medium-sized solar flare as rotation carried active regions of sunpots toward the solar limb. That...

День открытых дверей на Пущинской РадиоАстрономической Обсерватории: 14 апреля 2018 г.

Вс, Апрель 08, 2018 - 10:29

В честь своего дня рождения (обсерватория была основана 11 апреля 1956 г.), дня рождения Пущинского научного центра (основан на три..

NGC 6960: The Witchs Broom Nebula

Вс, Апрель 08, 2018 - 8:30

Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would have suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was from a supernova, or exploding star, and record..

Календарь наблюдателя на май 2018 года

Сб, Апрель 07, 2018 - 23:11

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела,

Painting with Jupiter

Сб, Апрель 07, 2018 - 8:30

Brush strokes of Jupiter's signature atmospheric bands and vortices form this planetary post-impressionist work of art. The creative image uses actual data from the Juno spacecraft's JunoCam. To paint on the digital canvas, a image..

Астрономическая неделя с 9 по 15 апреля 2018 года

Пт, Апрель 06, 2018 - 22:02

На данной неделе (бедной на астрономические явления) Луна (Ф= 0,31-) достигнет нисходящего узла своей орбиты, а также пройдет (Ф= 0,11-) близ..

NGC 3324 in Carina

Пт, Апрель 06, 2018 - 8:30

This bright cosmic cloud was sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from the hot young stars of open cluster NGC 3324. With dust clouds in silhouette against its glowing atomic gas, the pocket-shaped star-forming region actually spans..

NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky

Чт, Апрель 05, 2018 - 8:30

About 70 million light-years distant, gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 289 is larger than our own Milky Way. Seen nearly face-on, its bright core and colorful central disk give way to remarkably faint, bluish spiral arms. The extensive arms..

Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity

Ср, Апрель 04, 2018 - 8:30

The robotic rover Opportunity sometimes passes small craters on Mars. Pictured here in 2010 is Intrepid Crater, a 20-meter across impact basin slightly larger than Nereus Crater that Opportunity had chanced across previously. The..

The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations

Вт, Апрель 03, 2018 - 7:30

You may have heard of the Seven Sisters in the sky, but have you heard about the Seven Strong Men on the ground? Located just west of the Ural Mountains, the unusual Manpupuner rock formations are one of the Seven Wonders of Russia.

Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)

Пн, Апрель 02, 2018 - 8:30

While cruising around Saturn, be on the lookout for picturesque juxtapositions of moons, rings, and shadows. One quite picturesque arrangement occurred in 2005 and was captured by the then Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft. In the..