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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..

Full Moon Silhouettes

Вс, Декабрь 03, 2017 - 8:30

Have you ever watched the Moon rise? The slow rise of a nearly full moon over a clear horizon can be an impressive sight. One impressive moonrise was imaged in early 2013 over Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand.

Messier Craters in Stereo

Сб, Декабрь 02, 2017 - 8:30

Many bright nebulae and star clusters in planet Earth's sky are associated with the name of astronomer Charles Messier, from his famous 18th century catalog. His name is also given to these two large and remarkable craters on the Moon.

Астрономическая неделя с 4 по 10 декабря 2017 года

Пт, Декабрь 01, 2017 - 19:39

На данной неделе Луна пройдет перигей своей орбиты (357496 км) и в суперлунии (самая большая Луна в полнолуние) близ максимального..

Северная Америка и Пеликан

Пт, Декабрь 01, 2017 - 8:30

Для знатоков нашей прекрасной планеты очертания этих космических облаков могут показаться знакомыми. Слева на картинке..

North America and the Pelican

Пт, Декабрь 01, 2017 - 7:30

Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark, obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the popular name North America Nebula to the..

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

Чт, Ноябрь 30, 2017 - 8:30

The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the..

M42: The Great Orion Nebula

Ср, Ноябрь 29, 2017 - 7:30

Few astronomical sights excite the imagination like the nearby stellar nursery known as the Orion Nebula. The Nebula's glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud.

Juno Spots a Complex Storm on Jupiter

Вт, Ноябрь 28, 2017 - 8:30

Some storms on Jupiter are quite complex. The swirling storm was captured late last month by the NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft currently orbiting the Solar System's largest planet. The featured image spans about 30,000 kilometers,..