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Sostice to Equinox Cubed

Сб, Март 26, 2016 - 6:30

This 3 month long exposure packed the days from December 22, 2015 through March 20 into a box. Dubbed a solargraph, the unconventional, unfolded picture was recorded with a pinhole camera made from a cube-shaped container, its sides lined..

Астрономическая неделя с 28 марта по 3 апреля 2016 года

Пт, Март 25, 2016 - 13:21

На данной неделе начнется лучшая вечерняя видимость Меркурия в 2016 году, а 31 марта быстрая планета пройдет в полградуса севернее..

Астрономическая неделя с 28 марта по 3 апреля 2016 года

Пт, Март 25, 2016 - 13:21

Close Comet and the Milky Way

Пт, Март 25, 2016 - 6:30

Comet 252P/Linear's lovely greenish coma is easy to spot in this expansive southern skyscape. Visible to the naked eye from the dark site near Flinders, Victoria, Australia, the comet appears tailless. Still, its surprisingly bright coma..

Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus

Чт, Март 24, 2016 - 7:30

Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues identified some 100 compact groups of galaxies, now appropriately called Hickson Compact Groups (HCGs). This sharp telescopic image captures one such galaxy..

The Great Nebula in Carina

Ср, Март 23, 2016 - 6:30

In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas.

Rainbow Airglow over the Azores

Вт, Март 22, 2016 - 6:30

Why would the sky glow like a giant repeating rainbow? Airglow. Now air glows all of the time, but it is usually hard to see. A disturbance however -- like an approaching storm -- may cause noticeable rippling in the Earth's..

Alaskan Moondogs

Пн, Март 21, 2016 - 7:30

What's happened to the sky? Moonlight illuminates a snowy scene in this night land and skyscape made on 2013 January from Lower Miller Creek, Alaska, USA. Overexposed near the mountainous western horizon is the first quarter Moon..

Календарь наблюдателя на апрель 2016 года

Вс, Март 20, 2016 - 22:04

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника Календарь наблюдателя расскажет об основных явлениях..

A Picturesque Equinox Sunset

Вс, Март 20, 2016 - 7:30

What's that at the end of the road? The Sun. Many towns have roads that run east - west, and on two days each year, the Sun rises and sets right down the middle. Today is one of those days: an equinox.

3D Ahuna Mons

Сб, Март 19, 2016 - 7:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and gaze across Ceres at mysterious mountain Ahuna Mons. Shown in a 3D anaglyph perspective view, the mosaicked image data was captured in December of 2015, taken from the Dawn spacecraft's low-altitude mapping..