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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...

APOD: 2025 August 13 Б Trapezium: In the Heart of Orion

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:31

What lies in the heart of Orion? Trapezium: four bright stars, that can be found near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait. Gathered within a region about 1.5 light-years in radius, these stars dominate the core of the dense Orion..

APOD: 2025 August 12 Б Perseids from Perseus

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:31

Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Perseus. That is why the meteor shower that peaks tonight is known as the Perseids -- the meteors all appear to..

APOD: 2025 August 10 Б Zodiacal Road

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:31

What's that strange light down the road? Dust orbiting the Sun. At certain times of the year, a band of sun-reflecting dust from the inner Solar System appears prominently just after sunset -- or just before sunrise -- and is called

APOD: 2025 August 9 Б Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS from Hubble

Вт, Август 19, 2025 - 12:31

Discovered on July 1 with the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, 3I/ATLAS is so designated as the third known interstellar object to pass through our Solar System. It..