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New York Harbor Moonset

Пт, Январь 06, 2017 - 8:30

Moonset on January 1 is captured in this sea and night sky snapshot from the port city of New York. Its warm moonlight shining through haze and thin clouds, this New Year's Moon was about 3 days old, in a waxing crescent phase. The visible..

Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273

Чт, Январь 05, 2017 - 7:30

The spiky stars in the foreground of this sharp cosmic portrait are well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance of over 300 million light-years. Their distorted..

Clouds of Andromeda

Ср, Январь 04, 2017 - 8:30

The beautiful Andromeda Galaxy is often imaged by planet Earth-based astronomers. Also known as M31, the nearest large spiral galaxy is a familiar sight with dark dust lanes, bright yellowish core, and spiral arms traced by blue starlight.

Журнал “Небосвод” за январь 2017 года

Вт, Январь 03, 2017 - 21:15

Редакция журнала Небосвод поздравляет всех любителей астрономии и не только с новым 2017 годом и желает ясного неба, успешных..

Pandora Close up at Saturn

Вт, Январь 03, 2017 - 8:30

What do the craters of Saturn's small moon Pandora look like up close? To help find out, NASA sent the robotic Cassini spacecraft, now orbiting Saturn, past the unusual moon two weeks ago. The highest resolution image of Pandora ever..

Comet 45P Returns

Пн, Январь 02, 2017 - 8:30

An old comet has returned to the inner Solar System. Not only is Comet 45P/HondaMrkosPajduАkovА physically ancient, it was first discovered 13 orbits ago in 1948. Comet 45P spends most of its time out near the orbit of Jupiter and..

Comet 45P Returns

Пн, Январь 02, 2017 - 8:30

A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway

Вс, Январь 01, 2017 - 13:30

Higher than the highest building, higher than the highest mountain, higher than the highest airplane, lies the realm of the aurora. Auroras rarely reach below 60 kilometers, and can range up to 1000 kilometers. Aurora light..

Infrared Trifid

Сб, Декабрь 31, 2016 - 8:30

The Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope, a well known stop in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. But where visible light pictures show the nebula...

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 января 2017 года

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:29

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,15+) сблизится с Венерой и вечера первых дней нового 2017 года будут украшены растущим серпом Луны, находящейся..

Lunar Farside

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:25

Tidally locked in synchronous rotation, the Moon always presents its familiar nearside to denizens of planet Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon's farside can become familiar, though. In fact this sharp picture, a mosaic from the Lunar..

Shell Game in the LMC

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:24

An alluring sight in southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen here through narrowband filters. The filters are designed to transmit only light emitted by ionized sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Ionized...