Новости из категории: astronet

APOD: 2025 August 24 Б The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

Вс, Август 24, 2025 - 8:30

At the core of the Crab Nebula lies a city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second. Known as the Crab Pulsar, it is the bright spot in the center of the gaseous swirl at the nebula's core.

APOD: 2025 August 23 Б Fishing for the Moon

Сб, Август 23, 2025 - 8:30

How big is planet Earth's Moon? Compared to other moons of the Solar System, it's number 5 on the largest to smallest ranked list, following Jupiter's moon Ganymede, Saturn's moon Titan, and Jovian moons Callisto and Io. Continuing..

APOD: 2025 August 22 Б A Tale of Two Nebulae

Пт, Август 22, 2025 - 7:30

This colorful telescopic view towards the musical northern constellation Lyra reveals the faint outer halos and brighter central ring-shaped region of M57, popularly known as the Ring Nebula. To modern astronomers M57 is a well-known

APOD: 2025 August 21 Б Mostly Perseids

Чт, Август 21, 2025 - 8:30

In this predawn skyscape recorded during the early morning hours of August 13, mostly Perseid meteors are raining down on planet Earth. You can easily identify the Perseid meteor streaks. They're the ones...

Персеиды над Дердл-дор

Ср, Август 20, 2025 - 7:30

Что это за изогнутые дуги на небе? Метеоры, а точнее, метеоры из потока Персеиды этого года. В течение нескольких прошедших..

APOD: 2025 August 20 Б Perseid Meteors from Durdle Door

Ср, Август 20, 2025 - 7:30

What are those curved arcs in the sky? Meteors -- specifically, meteors from this year's Perseid meteor shower. Over the past few weeks, after the sky darkened, many images of Perseid meteors were captured separately and merged into a..

APOD: 2025 August 19 Б Giant Galaxies in Pavo

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:34

Over 500,000 light years across, NGC 6872 (bottom left) is a truly enormous barred spiral galaxy. At least 5 times the size of our own large Milky Way, NGC 6872 is the largest known spiral galaxy.

APOD: 2025 August 18 Б NGC 1309: A Useful Spiral Galaxy

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:34

This galaxy is not only pretty -- it's useful. A gorgeous spiral some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one..

APOD: 2025 August 17 Б Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:33

What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might seem, do not appear to be harbingers of meteorological doom. Formally recognized as a distinct

APOD: 2025 August 16 Б A Cool GIF of a 2025 Perseid

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:33

The camera battery died about 2am local time on August 12, while shooting in the bright moonlit skies from a garden in Chastre, Brabant Wallon, Belgium, planet Earth. But not before it captured...

APOD: 2025 August 15 Б Moonlight, Planets, and Perseids

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:32

In the predawn sky on August 13, two planets were close. And despite the glare of a waning gibbous Moon, bright Jupiter and even brighter Venus were hard to miss. Their brilliant close conjunction is poised above the eastern horizon in..

APOD: 2025 August 14 Б M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:32

In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shews itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course...