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NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea

Чт, Октябрь 26, 2017 - 8:30

Adrift in a cosmic sea of stars and glowing gas the delicate, floating apparition left of center in this widefield view is cataloged as NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula. A mere 10 light-years wide, the tiny Bubble Nebula was blown by the winds of..

Marius Hills: Holes in the Moon

Ср, Октябрь 25, 2017 - 8:30

Could humans live beneath the surface of the Moon? This intriguing possibility was bolstered in 2009 when Japan's Moon-orbiting SELENE spacecraft imaged a curious hole beneath the Marius Hills region on the Moon, possibly a skylight to an..

Откуда появились химические элементы?

Вт, Октябрь 24, 2017 - 18:30

Водород в вашем теле, присутствующий в каждой молекуле воды, появился во время Большого Взрыва. Во Вселенной больше нет другого..

NGC 4993: The Galactic Home of an Historic Explosion

Пн, Октябрь 23, 2017 - 8:30

That reddish dot -- it wasn't there before. It's the dot to the upper left of galaxy NGC 4993's center, do you see it? When scanning the large field of possible locations...

NGC 4993: галактический дом исторического взрыва

Пн, Октябрь 23, 2017 - 7:30

Этой красноватой точки раньше здесь не было. Точка находится выше и левее центра галактики NGC 4993, вы ее видите? При сканировании..

Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75

Вс, Октябрь 22, 2017 - 8:30

What's happening at the center of active galaxy 3C 75? The two bright sources at the center of this composite x-ray (blue)/ radio (pink) image are co-orbiting supermassive black holes powering the giant radio source 3C 75.

Lynds Dark Nebula 183

Сб, Октябрь 21, 2017 - 7:30

Beverly Lynds Dark Nebula 183 lies a mere 325 light-years away, drifting high above the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Obscuring the starlight behind it when viewed at optical wavelengths, the dark, dusty molecular cloud itself seems..

Астрономическая неделя с 23 по 29 октября 2017 года

Пт, Октябрь 20, 2017 - 21:16

На данной неделе долгопериодическая переменная звезда хи Лебедя достигнет максимума блеска (4m), Луна (Ф= 0,2+) пройдет близ Сатурна, а..

A Beautiful Trifid

Пт, Октябрь 20, 2017 - 8:30

The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the plane...

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Чт, Октябрь 19, 2017 - 7:30

Find the Big Dipper and follow the handle away from the dipper's bowl until you get to the last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you'll come upon this stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the 51st..

Stars and Dust in Corona Australis

Ср, Октябрь 18, 2017 - 8:30

Blue dust clouds and young, energetic stars inhabit this telescopic vista, less than 500 light-years away toward the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. The dust clouds effectively block light from more distant..

A Photometric Study of GSC 01374-01131, a HADS Variable Star with an Eclipsing Component

Вт, Октябрь 17, 2017 - 16:20

We present the results of our new observations of GSC 01374-01131, a recently discovered high-amplitude delta Scuti (HADS) star for which, in 2013, we detected an eclipsing component of the light curve in the Catalina Surveys data. We..