Новости из категории: astronet

Color the Universe

Вт, Июль 19, 2016 - 8:30

Wouldn't it be fun to color in the universe? If you think so, please accept this famous astronomical illustration as a preliminary substitute. You, your friends, your parents or children, can print it out or even color it digitally.

The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK I

Пн, Июль 18, 2016 - 8:30

The deepest infrared image of the Orion Nebula has uncovered a bonanza of previously unknown low-mass stars and -- quite possibly -- free floating planets. The picturesque nebula is best known in visible light where it shows a many bright..

Mercury on the Horizon

Вс, Июль 17, 2016 - 8:30

Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth's sky. If trailing the Sun, Mercury will be visible low on the horizon for only a short while after..

Mercury on the Horizon

Вс, Июль 17, 2016 - 7:30

Календарь наблюдателя на август 2016 года

Сб, Июль 16, 2016 - 20:37

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника Календарь наблюдателя расскажет об основных явлениях..

The North Celestial Tower

Сб, Июль 16, 2016 - 8:30

If you climbed to the top of this 13th century stone tower, it looks like you could reach out and touch the North Celestial Pole, the point at the center of all the star trail arcs.

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 июля 2016 года

Пт, Июль 15, 2016 - 19:32

На данной неделе 20 июля комета P/Wild (81P) пройдет перигелий, а 23 июля Луна достигнет нисходящего узла орбиты, и в этот же день произойдет..

NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula

Пт, Июль 15, 2016 - 8:30

Moving from top to bottom in the frame near the center of this sharply detailed color composite, thin, bright, braided filaments are actually long ripples in a cosmic sheet of glowing gas seen almost edge-on. The shock wave plows through..

NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends

Чт, Июль 14, 2016 - 8:30

A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way..

M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius

Ср, Июль 13, 2016 - 8:30

M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. The cluster, dominated by bright blue stars, can be seen with the naked eye in a dark sky in the tail of the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius).

Chasing Juno

Вт, Июль 12, 2016 - 8:30

Wait for me! In 2011, NASA's robotic mission Juno launched for Jupiter from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Last week, Juno reached Jupiter and fired internal rockets to become only the second spacecraft to orbit our Solar System's..

Aurorae on Jupiter

Пн, Июль 11, 2016 - 8:30

Jupiter has aurorae. Like Earth, the magnetic field of the gas giant funnels charged particles released from the Sun onto the poles. As these particles strike the atmosphere, electrons are temporarily knocked away from existing..