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Orions Belt and Sword over Teides Peak

Пн, Март 28, 2016 - 8:30

The southern part of Orion, the famous constellation and mythical hunter, appears quite picturesque posing here over a famous volcano. Located in the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa, the snow-peaked Teide is one of the..

Журнал “Небосвод” за апрель 2016 года

Пн, Март 28, 2016 - 0:12

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Вс, Март 27, 2016 - 21:24

NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars

Вс, Март 27, 2016 - 8:30

How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the most massive stars known.

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..