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Астрономическая неделя с 28 августа по 3 сентября 2017 года

Пт, Август 25, 2017 - 13:17

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,41+) звезды гамма Весов (3,9m) при видимости на Дальнем Востоке (28 августа), а 30 августа Луна..

Diamond Ring in a Cloudy Sky

Пт, Август 25, 2017 - 7:30

As the Moon's shadow swept across the US on August 21, eclipse chasers in the narrow path of totality were treated to a diamond ring in the sky. At the beginning and end of totality, the fleeting and beautiful effect often produces audible

The Eagle and The Swan

Чт, Август 24, 2017 - 8:30

The Eagle Nebula and the Swan Nebula span this broad starscape, a telescopic view toward the Sagittarius spiral arm and the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Eagle, also known as M16, is at top and M17, the Swan, at bottom of the frame..

The Crown of the Sun

Ср, Август 23, 2017 - 8:30

During a total solar eclipse, the Sun's extensive outer atmosphere, or corona, is an inspirational sight. Streamers and shimmering features visible to the eye span a brightness range of over 10,000 to 1, making them notoriously difficult to..

A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming

Вт, Август 22, 2017 - 8:30

Will the sky be clear enough to see the eclipse? This question was on the minds of many people attempting to view yesterday's solar eclipse. The path of total darkness crossed the mainland...

Milky Way over Chilean Volcanoes

Пн, Август 21, 2017 - 7:30

Sometimes, the sky mimics the ground. Taken in 2017 May from the Atacama Desert in Chile, the foreground of the featured image encompasses the dipping edge of the caldera of an extinct volcano. Poetically echoing the dip below..

Time Lapse: A Total Solar Eclipse

Вс, Август 20, 2017 - 8:30

Have you ever experienced a total eclipse of the Sun? This time-lapse movie depicts such an eclipse in dramatic detail, seen from Australia in 2012. As the video begins, a slight dimming of the Sun and the surrounding Earth is barely..

Total Solar Eclipse of 1979

Сб, Август 19, 2017 - 7:30

From cold, clear skies over Riverton, Manitoba, Canada, planet Earth, the solar corona surrounds the silhouette of the New Moon in this telescopic snapshot of the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979. Thirty eight years ago, it was the..

Астрономическая неделя с 21 по 27 августа 2017 года (полное солнечное затмение!)

Пт, Август 18, 2017 - 19:47

На данной неделе 21 августа произойдет полное солнечное затмение, видимое в США и акватории Тихого и Атлантического океанов...

Perseids over the Pyrenees

Пт, Август 18, 2017 - 8:30

This mountain and night skyscape stretches across the French Pyrenees National Park on August 12, near the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. The multi-exposure panoramic view was composed from the Col d'Aubisque, a mountain pass,..

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

Чт, Август 17, 2017 - 8:30

Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar have a hook-like

Perseid by the Sea

Ср, Август 16, 2017 - 8:30

Just after moonrise on August 12 this grain of cosmic sand fell by the sea, its momentary flash part of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. To create the Perseid meteors, dust along the orbit of periodic comet Swift-Tuttle is swept up by..