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NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

Чт, Октябрь 12, 2017 - 8:30

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» № 5, 2017

Ср, Октябрь 11, 2017 - 17:02

Star Cluster NGC 362 from Hubble

Ср, Октябрь 11, 2017 - 8:30

If our Sun were near the center of NGC 362, the night sky would glow like a jewel box of bright stars. Hundreds of stars would glow brighter than Sirius, and in many different colors.

Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles

Вт, Октябрь 10, 2017 - 8:30

What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized

Необычная гора Ахуна на астероиде Церера

Пн, Октябрь 09, 2017 - 8:30

Как возникла эта необычная гора? Гора Ахуна – самая большая гора на самом большом астероиде в нашей Солнечной системе – Церере,

Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres

Пн, Октябрь 09, 2017 - 8:30

What created this unusual mountain? Ahuna Mons is the largest mountain on the largest known asteroid in our Solar System, Ceres, which orbits our Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ahuna Mons, though, is

Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68

Вс, Октябрь 08, 2017 - 7:30

Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. Here, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the visible light emitted..

Eclipsosaurus Rex

Сб, Октябрь 07, 2017 - 7:30

We live in an era where total solar eclipses are possible because at times the apparent size of the Moon can just cover the disk of the Sun. But the Moon is slowly moving away from planet Earth. Its distance is measured to increase

Global Aurora at Mars

Пт, Октябрь 06, 2017 - 22:30

A strong solar event last month triggered intense global aurora at Mars. Before (left) and during (right) the solar storm, these projections show the sudden increase in ultraviolet emission from martian aurora, more than 25 times brighter

Астрономическая неделя с 9 по 15 октября 2017 года

Пт, Октябрь 06, 2017 - 19:48

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,84-) в перигее своей орбиты на расстоянии от центра Земли 366860 км и покроет при фазе 0,8- звезды скопления Гиады и..

Photometric Observations of Supernovae 2011df, 2011ek and 2012ea

Пт, Октябрь 06, 2017 - 16:23

CCD BVRI photometry is presented for two type Ia supernovae, SN 2011df and 2011ek, and for a supernova of type Ia-1991bg, SN 2012ea. The light curve parameters and absolute magnitudes at maximum light are estimated. It is shown that SNe..

Pluto s Bladed Terrain

Чт, Октябрь 05, 2017 - 8:30

Imaged during the New Horizons spacecraft flyby in July 2015, Pluto's bladed terrain is captured in this close-up of the distant world. The bizarre texture belongs to fields of skyscraper-sized, jagged landforms made almost entirely of..