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A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat

Чт, Октябрь 27, 2016 - 8:30

Very faint but also very large on planet Earth's sky, a giant Squid Nebula cataloged as Ou4, and Sh2-129 also known as the Flying Bat Nebula, are both caught in this cosmic scene toward the royal constellation Cepheus.

Propeller Shadows on Saturns Rings

Ср, Октябрь 26, 2016 - 8:30

What created these unusually long shadows on Saturn's rings? The dark shadows -- visible near the middle of the image -- extend opposite the Sun and, given their length, stem from objects having heights up to a few kilometers.

Clouds Near Jupiters South Pole from Juno

Вт, Октябрь 25, 2016 - 9:30

What's happening near the south pole of Jupiter? Recent images sent back by NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft are showing an interesting conglomeration of swirling clouds and what appear to be white ovals.

HI4PI: The Hydrogen Sky

Пн, Октябрь 24, 2016 - 7:30

Where are the Milky Way's gas clouds and where are they going? To help answer this question, a new highest-resolution map of the sky in the universe's most abundant gas -- hydrogen -- has been completed and recently released, along..

Eagle Aurora over Norway

Вс, Октябрь 23, 2016 - 7:30

What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun five days before this 2012 image was taken, throwing a cloud of fast moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth.

Cerro Tololo Trails

Сб, Октябрь 22, 2016 - 8:30

Early one moonlit evening car lights left a wandering trail along the road to the Chilean Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Setting stars left the wandering trails in the sky. The serene view toward the mountainous horizon was..

Астрономическая неделя с 24 по 30 октября 2016 года

Пт, Октябрь 21, 2016 - 20:39

На данной неделе Венера пройдет в 3 градусах севернее Антареса и в 3 градусах южнее Сатурна, а Меркурий вступит в верхнее соединение с..

Variable Stars in Cygnus Discovered with Kourovka Planet Search. Part II: Eclipsing binaries of Beta

Пт, Октябрь 21, 2016 - 15:13

Full Moon in Mountain Shadow

Пт, Октябрь 21, 2016 - 8:30

On October 15, standing near the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea and looking away from a gorgeous sunset produced this magnificent snapshot of a Full Moon rising within the volcanic mountain's shadow. An alignment across the Solar System is..

The Tulip in the Swan

Чт, Октябрь 20, 2016 - 8:30

Framing a bright emission region this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the glowing cloud of interstellar gas and dust..

M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster

Ср, Октябрь 19, 2016 - 8:30

Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as dusty as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars even from..

The Antlia Cluster of Galaxies

Вт, Октябрь 18, 2016 - 8:30

Galaxies dot the sky in this impressively wide and deep image of the Antlia Cluster. The third closest cluster of galaxies to Earth after Virgo and Fornax, the Antlia cluster is known for its compactness and its high fraction of