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Galaxies in Pegasus

Сб, Декабрь 03, 2016 - 7:30

This wide, sharp telescopic view reveals galaxies scattered beyond the stars of the Milky Way at the northern boundary of the high-flying constellation Pegasus. Prominent at the upper right is NGC 7331. A mere...

Астрономическая неделя с 5 по 11 декбаря 2016 года

Сб, Декабрь 03, 2016 - 0:32

На данной неделе 6 декабря произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,44) планеты Нептун при видимости в Западной Европе и Северной Америке, а..

Рождение тройной звезды

Пт, Декабрь 02, 2016 - 8:30

Всего в 750 световых годах от нас, в молекулярном облаке Персея, окутанная пылевым протозвёздным диском, рождается тройная звёздная..

A Triple Star is Born

Пт, Декабрь 02, 2016 - 7:30

A triple star system is forming, enshrouded within this dusty natal disk some 750 light-years away in the Perseus molecular cloud. Imaged at millimeter wavelengths by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile...

Журнал “Небосвод” за декабрь 2016 года

Чт, Декабрь 01, 2016 - 19:51

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

Flaming Star Nebula

Чт, Декабрь 01, 2016 - 8:30

A runaway star lights the Flaming Star Nebula in this cosmic scene. Otherwise known as IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula's billowing interstellar clouds of gas and dust lie about 1,500 light-years away toward the constellation of Auriga.

Milky Way over Shipwreck

Ср, Ноябрь 30, 2016 - 8:30

What happened to this ship? It was carried aground by a giant storm that struck the coast of Argentina in 2002. The pictured abandoned boat, dubbed Naufragio del Chubasco, wrecked near the nearly abandoned town of Cabo Raso..

W5: The Soul of Star Formation

Вт, Ноябрь 29, 2016 - 7:30

Where do stars form? Many times, stars form in energetic regions where gas and dark dust are pushed around in chaotic mayhem. Pictured, bright massive stars near the center of W5, the Soul Nebula, are exploding and emitting ionizing..

Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble

Пн, Ноябрь 28, 2016 - 7:30

Why is there a bridge between these two spiral galaxies? Made of gas and stars, the bridge provides strong evidence that these two immense star systems have passed close to each other and experienced violent tides induced by mutual gravity.

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Вс, Ноябрь 27, 2016 - 8:30

Could you survive a jump off the tallest cliff in the Solar System? Quite possibly. Verona Rupes on Uranus' moon Miranda is estimated to be 20 kilometers deep -- ten times the depth of the Earth's Grand Canyon.

East to West, Light and Shadow

Сб, Ноябрь 26, 2016 - 8:30

On this November morning an old crescent Moon and morning star rise just before the Sun in a wide panoramic skyscape from Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Still below the limbs of an acacia tree and the eastern horizon, the Sun's position is..