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The Calabash Nebula from Hubble

Ср, Февраль 15, 2017 - 8:30

Fast expanding gas clouds mark the end for a central star in the Calabash Nebula. The once-normal star has run out of nuclear fuel, causing the central regions to contract into a white dwarf. Some of the liberated energy causes..

Областной Веговский семинар состоится 28 февраля 2017 г.

Вт, Февраль 14, 2017 - 17:51

Астрономическая школа «Вега» (АШ «Вега») приглашает Ваших представителей принять участие в очередном заседание постоянно..

The Rosette Nebula

Вт, Февраль 14, 2017 - 8:30

Would the Rosette Nebula by any other name look as sweet? The bland New General Catalog designation of NGC 2237 doesn't appear to diminish the appearance of this flowery emission nebula. Inside the nebula lies an open cluster of..

Cloud Swirls around Southern Jupiter from Juno

Пн, Февраль 13, 2017 - 8:30

Juno just completed its fourth pass near Jupiter. Launched from Earth in 2011 and arriving at Jupiter just last July, robotic Juno concluded its latest elliptical orbit around our Solar System's largest planet 11 days ago.

Comet 45P Passes Near the Earth

Вс, Февраль 12, 2017 - 7:30

A large snowball has just passed the Earth. Known as Comet 45P/HondaMrkosPajduАkovА", or 45P for short, the comet came 10 times closer to Earth yesterday than the Earth ever gets to the Sun. During this passage, the comet was..

Календарь наблюдателя на март 2017 года

Сб, Февраль 11, 2017 - 17:53

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела, доступные для наблюдений невооруженным..

Solar System Portrait

Сб, Февраль 11, 2017 - 8:30

On Valentine's Day in 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back one last time to make this first ever Solar System family portrait. The complete portrait is a 60 frame mosaic made from a..

Астрономическая неделя с 13 по 19 февраля 2017 года

Пт, Февраль 10, 2017 - 19:35

На данной неделе Венера будет иметь максимальный блеск, Луна (Ф= 0,8-) пройдет близ Юпитера и Спики (15 февраля ), долгопериодическая..

Melotte 15 inthe Heart

Пт, Февраль 10, 2017 - 7:30

Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster, Melotte 15.

Crescent Enceladus

Чт, Февраль 09, 2017 - 8:30

Peering from the shadows, the Saturn-facing hemisphere of tantalizing inner moon Enceladus poses in this Cassini spacecraft image. North is up in the dramatic scene captured last November as Cassini's camera was pointed in a nearly sunward..

The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble

Ср, Февраль 08, 2017 - 8:30

The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often named for flowers or insects. Though its wingspan covers over 3 light-years, NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface...

NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula

Вт, Февраль 07, 2017 - 8:30

Why is the Lobster Nebula forming some of the most massive stars known? No one is yet sure. Near the more obvious Cat's Paw nebula on the upper right, the Lobster Nebula...