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Астрономическая неделя с 14 по 20 сентября 2015 года

Пт, Сентябрь 11, 2015 - 19:23

На данной неделе продолжается наиболее благоприятное время для наблюдений звездного неба в средних широтах страны. Млечный Путь и..

Скончался Александр Георгиевич Горшков

Пт, Сентябрь 11, 2015 - 14:37

10 сентября 2015 года скончался Александр Георгиевич Горшков, заведующий лабораторией РАТАН-600 Государственного астрономического

A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat

Пт, Сентябрь 11, 2015 - 8:30

Very faint but also very large on planet Earth's sky, a giant Squid Nebula cataloged as Ou4, and Sh2-129 also known as the Flying Bat Nebula, are both caught in this scene toward the royal constellation Cepheus.

NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad

Пт, Сентябрь 11, 2015 - 1:30

The delightful Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars in the constellation Musca, The Fly. The dusty cosmic cloud is seen against rich starfields just south of the prominent Coalsack Nebula..

NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide

Ср, Сентябрь 09, 2015 - 8:30

Astronomers turn detectives when trying to figure out the cause of startling sights like NGC 1316. Their investigation indicates that NGC 1316 is an enormous elliptical galaxy that started, about 100 million years ago, to devour a..

Distorted Green Flash Sunset over Italy

Вт, Сентябрь 08, 2015 - 10:30

This was one strange sunset. For one thing, the typically round Sun appeared distorted, geometrically, and multiply layered. For another, some of these layers appeared unusually green. The Sun, of course, was just fine -- its odd..

The Shark Nebula

Пн, Сентябрь 07, 2015 - 8:30

There is no sea on Earth large enough to contain the Shark nebula. This predator apparition poses us no danger, though, as it is composed only of interstellar gas and dust. Dark dust like that featured here is somewhat like cigarette..

Earthrise

Вс, Сентябрь 06, 2015 - 12:30

What's that rising over the edge of the Moon? Earth. About 47 years ago, in December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again. Frank...

Atlas V Rising

Сб, Сентябрь 05, 2015 - 7:30

Early morning risers along Florida's Space Coast, planet Earth, were treated to a launch spectacle on September 2nd. Before dawn an Atlas V rocket rose into still dark skies carrying a US Navy communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air..

Астрономическая неделя с 7 по 13 сентября 2015 года

Пт, Сентябрь 04, 2015 - 17:11

Описываемый период весьма насыщен астрономическими явлениями. 7 сентября произойдет покрытие на 4 секунды звезды TYC 1800-02201-1 (6.3m) из..

Milky Way with Airglow Australis

Пт, Сентябрь 04, 2015 - 9:30

After sunset on September 1, an exceptionally intense, reddish airglow flooded this Chilean winter night skyscape. Above a sea of clouds and flanking the celestial Milky Way, the airglow seems to ripple and flow across the northern horizon in..

Arp 159 and NGC 4725

Чт, Сентябрь 03, 2015 - 8:30

Pointy stars and peculiar galaxies span this cosmic snapshot, a telescopic view toward the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. Bright enough to show off diffraction spikes, the stars are in the foreground of the scene, well within..