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Comet 45P Returns

Пн, Январь 02, 2017 - 8:30

An old comet has returned to the inner Solar System. Not only is Comet 45P/HondaMrkosPajduАkovА physically ancient, it was first discovered 13 orbits ago in 1948. Comet 45P spends most of its time out near the orbit of Jupiter and..

Comet 45P Returns

Пн, Январь 02, 2017 - 8:30

A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway

Вс, Январь 01, 2017 - 13:30

Higher than the highest building, higher than the highest mountain, higher than the highest airplane, lies the realm of the aurora. Auroras rarely reach below 60 kilometers, and can range up to 1000 kilometers. Aurora light..

Infrared Trifid

Сб, Декабрь 31, 2016 - 8:30

The Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope, a well known stop in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. But where visible light pictures show the nebula...

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 января 2017 года

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:29

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,15+) сблизится с Венерой и вечера первых дней нового 2017 года будут украшены растущим серпом Луны, находящейся..

Lunar Farside

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:25

Tidally locked in synchronous rotation, the Moon always presents its familiar nearside to denizens of planet Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon's farside can become familiar, though. In fact this sharp picture, a mosaic from the Lunar..

Shell Game in the LMC

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:24

An alluring sight in southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen here through narrowband filters. The filters are designed to transmit only light emitted by ionized sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Ionized...

Curiosity Surveys Lower Mount Sharp on Mars

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:24

If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see? If you were the Curiosity rover, then just last month you would have contemplated the featured image -- a breathtaking panorama of the lower portion of Mount Sharp. The colors have..

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:24

What is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy? Andromeda. In fact, our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. Together these two galaxies dominate the Local Group of galaxies. The diffuse light from

NGC 6357: Stellar Wonderland

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:24

For reasons unknown, NGC 6357 is forming some of the most massive stars ever discovered. This complex wonderland of star formation consists of numerous filaments of dust and gas surrounding huge cavities of massive star clusters. The..

The Magnificent Horsehead Nebula

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:24

Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the vast Orion cloud..

Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree

Пт, Декабрь 30, 2016 - 18:23

Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas fill this colorful skyscape in the faint but fanciful constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. A star forming region cataloged as NGC 2264, the complex jumble of cosmic gas and dust...