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Almost Three Tails for Comet Encke

Пн, Февраль 20, 2017 - 8:30

How can a comet have three tails? Normally, a comet has two tails: an ion tail of charged particles emitted by the comet and pushed out by the wind from...

Black Sun and Inverted Starfield

Вс, Февраль 19, 2017 - 7:30

Does this strange dark ball look somehow familiar? If so, that might be because it is our Sun. In the featured image from 2012, a detailed solar view was captured originally in a very specific color of red light, then rendered in black..

Penumbral Eclipse Rising

Сб, Февраль 18, 2017 - 8:30

As seen from Cocoa Beach Pier, Florida, planet Earth, the Moon rose at sunset on February 10 while gliding through Earth's faint outer shadow. In progress was the first eclipse of 2017, a penumbral lunar eclipse followed in this digital..

Penumbral Eclipse Rising

Сб, Февраль 18, 2017 - 7:30

Астрономическая неделя с 20 по 26 февраля 2017 года

Пт, Февраль 17, 2017 - 23:01

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,3-) проходит близ Сатурна, астероиды Евномия (9m) и Метида (9m) вступают в противостояние с Солнцем, а Луна (Ф= 0,23-)..

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

Пт, Февраль 17, 2017 - 8:30

NGC 660 is featured in this cosmic snapshot. Over 40 million light-years away and swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, NGC 660's peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy.

The Tulip and Cygnus X 1

Чт, Февраль 16, 2017 - 8:30

Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the reddish glowing cloud of interstellar..

The Calabash Nebula from Hubble

Ср, Февраль 15, 2017 - 8:30

Fast expanding gas clouds mark the end for a central star in the Calabash Nebula. The once-normal star has run out of nuclear fuel, causing the central regions to contract into a white dwarf. Some of the liberated energy causes..

Областной Веговский семинар состоится 28 февраля 2017 г.

Вт, Февраль 14, 2017 - 17:51

Астрономическая школа «Вега» (АШ «Вега») приглашает Ваших представителей принять участие в очередном заседание постоянно..

The Rosette Nebula

Вт, Февраль 14, 2017 - 8:30

Would the Rosette Nebula by any other name look as sweet? The bland New General Catalog designation of NGC 2237 doesn't appear to diminish the appearance of this flowery emission nebula. Inside the nebula lies an open cluster of..

Cloud Swirls around Southern Jupiter from Juno

Пн, Февраль 13, 2017 - 8:30

Juno just completed its fourth pass near Jupiter. Launched from Earth in 2011 and arriving at Jupiter just last July, robotic Juno concluded its latest elliptical orbit around our Solar System's largest planet 11 days ago.

Comet 45P Passes Near the Earth

Вс, Февраль 12, 2017 - 7:30

A large snowball has just passed the Earth. Known as Comet 45P/HondaMrkosPajduАkovА", or 45P for short, the comet came 10 times closer to Earth yesterday than the Earth ever gets to the Sun. During this passage, the comet was..