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Журнал “Небосвод” за май 2016 года

Вт, Май 03, 2016 - 2:19

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей

Crossing Mars

Пн, Май 02, 2016 - 8:30

Where is NASA's rover Curiosity going on Mars? Its geographical goals are on the slopes of Mount Sharp, whose peak is seen in the background on the right. A key scientific goal, however, remains to better assess when and where conditions..

Contemplating the Sun

Вс, Май 01, 2016 - 8:30

Have you contemplated your home star recently? Featured here, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. The spectacular menagerie...

Moon over Makemake

Сб, Апрель 30, 2016 - 8:30

Makemake, second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, has a moon. Nicknamed MK2, Makemake's moon reflects sunlight with a charcoal-dark surface, about 1,300 times fainter than its parent body. Still...

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 мая 2016 года

Пт, Апрель 29, 2016 - 17:18

На данной неделе Меркурий заканчивает вечернюю видимость, Луна проходит нисходящий узел орбиты, метеорный поток эта-Аквариды из..

40 Red Variable Stars: Variability Types and Light Elements

Пт, Апрель 29, 2016 - 12:58

Fermi s Gamma-ray Moon

Пт, Апрель 29, 2016 - 8:30

If you could only see gamma-rays, photons with up to a billion or more times the energy of visible light, the Moon would be brighter than the Sun! That startling notion underlies this novel...

Прохождение Меркурия по диску Солнца 09.05.2016

Чт, Апрель 28, 2016 - 23:11

Прохождение Меркурия по диску Солнца 9 мая 2016 года - единственный шанс для многих, пронаблюдать это явление в мае. В следующий раз..

A Dust Angel Nebula

Чт, Апрель 28, 2016 - 8:30

The combined light of stars along the Milky Way are reflected by these cosmic dust clouds that soar some 300 light-years or so above the plane of our galaxy. Dubbed the Angel Nebula, the faint apparition is part of an expansive complex of..

Omega Centauri: The Brightest Globular Star Cluster

Ср, Апрель 27, 2016 - 7:30

This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before our Earth existed, ancient globs of stars condensed and orbited a young Milky Way Galaxy. Of the 200 or so globular..

NGC 6872: A Stretched Spiral Galaxy

Вт, Апрель 26, 2016 - 8:30

What makes this spiral galaxy so long? Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872, also known as the Condor galaxy, is one of the most elongated barred spiral galaxies known.

Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant

Пн, Апрель 25, 2016 - 8:30

It's easy to get lost following the intricate strands of the Spaghetti Nebula. A supernova remnant cataloged as Simeis 147 and Sh2-240, the glowing gas filaments cover nearly 3 degrees -- 6 full moons -- on the sky. That's about 150