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From the Galactic Plane through Antares

Пн, Июль 02, 2018 - 8:30

Behold one of the most photogenic regions of the night sky, captured impressively. Featured, the band of our Milky Way Galaxy runs diagonally along the far left, while the colorful Rho Ophiuchus region including...

Журнал “Небосвод” за июль 2018 года

Пн, Июль 02, 2018 - 8:07

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

Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturns Enceladus

Вс, Июль 01, 2018 - 8:30

Do underground oceans vent through the tiger stripes on Saturn's moon Enceladus? Long features dubbed tiger stripes are known to be spewing ice from the moon's icy interior into space, creating a cloud of fine ice particles over the moon's..

The East 96th Street Moon

Сб, Июнь 30, 2018 - 8:30

A very full Moon rose over Manhattan's Upper Eastside on June 28, known to some as the Strawberry Moon. Near the horizon, the warm yellow lunar disk was a bit ruffled and dimmed by a long sight-line through dense, hazy atmosphere.

Великое противостояние Марса при наибольшем лунном затмении в 21 веке

Пт, Июнь 29, 2018 - 11:48

27 июля 2018 года наступит великое противостояние Марса, которое имеет место лишь раз в 15 -17 лет. Но самое интересное, что это..

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 июля 2018 года

Пт, Июнь 29, 2018 - 11:21

На данной неделе 4 июля Меркурий пересечет звездное скопление Ясли (М44), и в этот же день Луна (Ф= 0,72-) пройдет близ Нептуна. 6 июля Луна..

Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud

Пт, Июнь 29, 2018 - 8:30

Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster, or nebula. It's a gap in nearby, obscuring intertellar dust clouds that allows a view of the distant stars in the..

Sigma Octantis and Friends

Чт, Июнь 28, 2018 - 7:30

South pole star Sigma Octantis (of the constellation Octans) is on the left of this starry expanse spanning over 40 degrees across far southern skies. You'll have to look hard to find it, though.

Highlights of the Summer Sky

Ср, Июнь 27, 2018 - 8:30

What can you see in the night sky this summer? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere. Viewed as a clock face centered at the bottom, early (northern) summer sky events fan out toward the left, while late..

Dark Nebulas across Taurus

Вт, Июнь 26, 2018 - 8:30

Sometimes even the dark dust of interstellar space has a serene beauty. One such place occurs toward the constellation of Taurus. The filaments featured here can be found on the sky between the Pleiades star cluster and the

Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu

Пн, Июнь 25, 2018 - 8:30

It looks like a big space diamond -- but with craters. It's 162173 Ryugu (Dragon's Castle), and Japan's robotic Hayabusa2 mission is now arriving at this near-Earth asteroid. Ambitious Hayabusa2 is carrying...

Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon

Вс, Июнь 24, 2018 - 8:30

Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence.