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Highlights of the Winter Sky

Вт, Декабрь 12, 2017 - 8:30

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

Mercury Visualized from MESSENGER

Пн, Декабрь 11, 2017 - 7:30

What would it be like to fly over the planet Mercury? Images and data taken from NASA's robotic MESSENGER spacecraft that orbited Mercury from 2011 to 2015 have been digitally combined to envision a virtual flight that highlights much of the..

In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

Вс, Декабрь 10, 2017 - 7:30

Raise your arms if you see an aurora. With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds -- mostly. On the third night of returning to same peaks, though, the sky not only cleared up but lit up with a spectacular auroral..

Stardust in Aries

Сб, Декабрь 09, 2017 - 8:30

This composition in stardust covers over 8 degrees on the northern sky. The mosaicked field of view is west of the familiar Pleiades star cluster, toward the zodiacal constellation Aries and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Астрономическая неделя с 11 по 17 декабря 2017 года

Пт, Декабрь 08, 2017 - 19:11

На данной неделе 13 декабря Меркурий вступит в нижнее соединение с Солнцем, а Луна (Ф=0,18-) пройдет близ Марса, 14 декабря максимума..

New elements for 34 NSV and GSVS stars

Пт, Декабрь 08, 2017 - 14:10

Alpine Superga Moonset

Пт, Декабрь 08, 2017 - 8:45

December's Full Moon phase occurred near perigee, the closest point in its orbit around our fair planet. Big and bright, the fully illuminated lunar disk sets over rugged mountains in this early morningscape from Turin, Italy.

All the Eclipses of 2017

Чт, Декабрь 07, 2017 - 8:30

As seen from planet Earth, all the lunar and solar eclipses of 2017 are represented at the same scale in these four panels. The year's celestial shadow play was followed through four different countries by one adventurous eclipse chaser.

HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet

Ср, Декабрь 06, 2017 - 8:30

To some, it may look like a beehive harboring an evil bee. In reality, the featured Hubble image captures a cosmic pillar of dust, two-light years long, inside of which is Herbig-Haro 666 -- a young star emitting powerful jets.

A Horizon with Blue and Red

Вт, Декабрь 05, 2017 - 8:30

What's happening on the horizon? The horizon itself, past a spinach field in Guatemala, shows not only trees but a large volcano: the VolcАn de Fuego (Volcano of Fire). The red glow at the top of the volcano is hot lava.

Вниманию учителей астрономии и руководителей астрономических кружков!

Пн, Декабрь 04, 2017 - 14:23

Первое информационное сообщение В дни зимних школьных каникул Фонд «Траектория», ГАИШ МГУ и Астрономическое общество в рамках III..

Earth and Moon

Пн, Декабрь 04, 2017 - 7:30

On rare occasions, the Earth and Moon are photographed together. One of most spectacular times this occurred was 25 years ago this month when the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft zoomed past our home planetary system. Then, robotic..