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Painting with Jupiter

Сб, Апрель 07, 2018 - 8:30

Brush strokes of Jupiter's signature atmospheric bands and vortices form this planetary post-impressionist work of art. The creative image uses actual data from the Juno spacecraft's JunoCam. To paint on the digital canvas, a image..

Астрономическая неделя с 9 по 15 апреля 2018 года

Пт, Апрель 06, 2018 - 22:02

На данной неделе (бедной на астрономические явления) Луна (Ф= 0,31-) достигнет нисходящего узла своей орбиты, а также пройдет (Ф= 0,11-) близ..

NGC 3324 in Carina

Пт, Апрель 06, 2018 - 8:30

This bright cosmic cloud was sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from the hot young stars of open cluster NGC 3324. With dust clouds in silhouette against its glowing atomic gas, the pocket-shaped star-forming region actually spans..

NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky

Чт, Апрель 05, 2018 - 8:30

About 70 million light-years distant, gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 289 is larger than our own Milky Way. Seen nearly face-on, its bright core and colorful central disk give way to remarkably faint, bluish spiral arms. The extensive arms..

Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity

Ср, Апрель 04, 2018 - 8:30

The robotic rover Opportunity sometimes passes small craters on Mars. Pictured here in 2010 is Intrepid Crater, a 20-meter across impact basin slightly larger than Nereus Crater that Opportunity had chanced across previously. The..

The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations

Вт, Апрель 03, 2018 - 7:30

You may have heard of the Seven Sisters in the sky, but have you heard about the Seven Strong Men on the ground? Located just west of the Ural Mountains, the unusual Manpupuner rock formations are one of the Seven Wonders of Russia.

Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)

Пн, Апрель 02, 2018 - 8:30

While cruising around Saturn, be on the lookout for picturesque juxtapositions of moons, rings, and shadows. One quite picturesque arrangement occurred in 2005 and was captured by the then Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft. In the..

I Brought You the Moon

Вс, Апрель 01, 2018 - 8:30

I love you so much that I brought you the Moon. Please take it before this tree becomes more interested. Also the Moon is heavier than I thought. And I foolishly picked it up by the hot side by mistake. But it is for you..

Журнал “Небосвод” за апрель 2018 года

Сб, Март 31, 2018 - 23:10

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии

Twilight in a Western Sky

Сб, Март 31, 2018 - 7:30

A slender crescent Moon and inner planets Venus and Mercury never wander far from the Sun in planet Earth's skies. In the fading evening twilight of March 18, they line up near the western horizon in this atmospheric skyscape.

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 апреля 2018 года

Пт, Март 30, 2018 - 21:16

На данной неделе Марс проходит в 1,3 гр. южнее Сатурна, а Луна (Ф= 0,9-) - близ Юпитера. 3 апреля произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,87-) звезды гамма..

NGC 247 and Friends

Пт, Март 30, 2018 - 7:30

About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way. Measured to be only 11 million light-years distant it is nearby though. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from our perspective, it dominates this..