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NGC 4696: Filaments around a Black Hole

Ср, Декабрь 07, 2016 - 7:30

What's happening at the center of elliptical galaxy NGC 4696? There, long tendrils of gas and dust have been imaged in great detail as shown by this recently released image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Aurora over Jupiters South Pole from Juno

Вт, Декабрь 06, 2016 - 8:30

Why is there a glowing oval over Jupiter's South Pole? Aurora. Near the closest part of its first pass near Jupiter in August, NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno captured this dramatic infrared image of a bright auroral ring.

Lightning over Colorado

Пн, Декабрь 05, 2016 - 8:30

Have you ever watched a lightning storm in awe? Join the crowd. Oddly, nobody knows exactly how lightning is produced. What is known is that charges slowly separate in some clouds causing rapid electrical discharges (lightning), but..

Official Star Names for Orion

Вс, Декабрь 04, 2016 - 7:30

Familiar stars in Orion and constellations across the sky now have official names. Over the past year, the International Astronomical Union, the only body officially tasked with naming stars, approved names already in common use for

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..