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Журнал “Небосвод” за декабрь 2016 года

Чт, Декабрь 01, 2016 - 19:51

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии Небосвод....

Flaming Star Nebula

Чт, Декабрь 01, 2016 - 8:30

A runaway star lights the Flaming Star Nebula in this cosmic scene. Otherwise known as IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula's billowing interstellar clouds of gas and dust lie about 1,500 light-years away toward the constellation of Auriga.

Milky Way over Shipwreck

Ср, Ноябрь 30, 2016 - 8:30

What happened to this ship? It was carried aground by a giant storm that struck the coast of Argentina in 2002. The pictured abandoned boat, dubbed Naufragio del Chubasco, wrecked near the nearly abandoned town of Cabo Raso..

W5: The Soul of Star Formation

Вт, Ноябрь 29, 2016 - 7:30

Where do stars form? Many times, stars form in energetic regions where gas and dark dust are pushed around in chaotic mayhem. Pictured, bright massive stars near the center of W5, the Soul Nebula, are exploding and emitting ionizing..

Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble

Пн, Ноябрь 28, 2016 - 7:30

Why is there a bridge between these two spiral galaxies? Made of gas and stars, the bridge provides strong evidence that these two immense star systems have passed close to each other and experienced violent tides induced by mutual gravity.

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Вс, Ноябрь 27, 2016 - 8:30

Could you survive a jump off the tallest cliff in the Solar System? Quite possibly. Verona Rupes on Uranus' moon Miranda is estimated to be 20 kilometers deep -- ten times the depth of the Earth's Grand Canyon.

East to West, Light and Shadow

Сб, Ноябрь 26, 2016 - 8:30

On this November morning an old crescent Moon and morning star rise just before the Sun in a wide panoramic skyscape from Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Still below the limbs of an acacia tree and the eastern horizon, the Sun's position is..

East to West, Light and Shadow

Сб, Ноябрь 26, 2016 - 7:30

Астрономическая неделя с 28 ноября по 4 декабря 2016 года

Пт, Ноябрь 25, 2016 - 21:27

На данной неделе максимума блеска достигнут долгопериодические переменные звезды R Ворона, R Волопаса, R Гончих Псов и R Треугольника,..

Apollo 17 VIP Site Analglyph

Пт, Ноябрь 25, 2016 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo scene from Taurus-Littrow valley on the Moon! The color anaglyph features a detailed 3D view of Apollo 17's Lunar Rover in the foreground -- behind it lies the Lunar Module and

Ring Scan

Чт, Ноябрь 24, 2016 - 7:30

Scroll right and you can cruise along the icy rings of Saturn. This high resolution scan is a mosaic of images presented in natural color. The images were recorded in May 2007 over about 2.5 hours as the Cassini spacecraft passed above

NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea

Ср, Ноябрь 23, 2016 - 8:30

Do you see the bubble in the center? Seemingly adrift in a cosmic sea of stars and glowing gas, the delicate, floating apparition in this widefield view is cataloged as NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula.