Новости из категории: astronet

Orion: Belt, Flame, and Horsehead

Вс, Июнь 04, 2017 - 8:30

What surrounds the famous belt stars of Orion? A deep exposure shows everything from dark nebula to star clusters, all embedded in an extended patch of gaseous wisps in the greater Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

Perijove Passage

Сб, Июнь 03, 2017 - 8:30

On May 19, the Juno spacecraft once again swung by Jupiter in its looping 53 day orbit around the Solar System's ruling gas gaint. Beginning at the top, this vertical 14 frame sequence of enhanced-color JunoCam images follows the..

Астрономическая неделя с 5 по 11 июня 2017 года

Пт, Июнь 02, 2017 - 21:17

На данной неделе Меркурий проходит в 5 градусах южнее Плеяд, а Церера вступит в соединение с Солнцем. 7 июня произойдет покрытие Луной Ф=..

Black Holes of Known Mass

Пт, Июнь 02, 2017 - 8:30

Add GW170104 to the chart of black holes with known mass. The extremely energetic merger of two smaller black holes corresponds to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory's (LIGO) third detection of gravitational waves.

Shadowrise and Sunset

Чт, Июнь 01, 2017 - 8:30

The road tracking through this stunning 360 degree view crosses a remote mountain area of Jämtland, Sweden, planet Earth. A 3x8 mosaic of still images, the panorama was taken on May 3rd from a small drone 200 meters above the ground.

Approaching the Bubble Nebula

Ср, Май 31, 2017 - 7:30

What would it look like to approach the Bubble Nebula? Blown by the wind and radiation from a massive star, this bubble now spans seven light-years in diameter. The hot star inside is thousands of times more luminous than our Sun,

A Kalahari Sky

Вт, Май 30, 2017 - 7:30

You wake up in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, Africa. You go outside your tent, set up your camera, and take long exposures of the land and sky. What might you see? Besides a lot of blowing dust and the occasional acacia..

Журнал “Небосвод” за июнь 2017 года

Пн, Май 29, 2017 - 21:24

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

Beneath Jupiter

Пн, Май 29, 2017 - 7:30

Jupiter is stranger than we knew. NASA's Juno spacecraft has now completed its sixth swoop past Jupiter as it moves around its highly elliptical orbit. Pictured, Jupiter is seen from below where, surprisingly, the horizontal bands..

Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars

Вс, Май 28, 2017 - 8:30

What's happened in Hebes Chasma on Mars? Hebes Chasma is a depression just north of the enormous Valles Marineris canyon. Since the depression is unconnected to other surface features, it is unclear where the internal material went.

Comet Clark is near the Edge.

Сб, Май 27, 2017 - 7:30

Sweeping through this stunning field of view, Comet 71P/Clark really is in the foreground of these cosmic clouds. The 2 panel telescopic mosaic is color enhanced and is about 5 degrees (10 full moons) across.