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Aurora Australis

Сб, Июль 04, 2015 - 8:30

Not fireworks, these intense shimmering lights still danced across Earth's night skies late last month, seen here above the planet's geographic south pole. The stunning auroral displays were triggered as a coronal mass ejection blasted..

Астрономическая неделя с 6 по 12 июля 2015 года

Пт, Июль 03, 2015 - 21:05

На данной неделе Земля проходит афелий своей орбиты (наименьший видимый диаметр Солнца - 31,5 угл. мин.), произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,47)..

Venus and Jupiter are Far

Пт, Июль 03, 2015 - 7:30

On June 30 Venus and Jupiter were actually far apart, but both appeared close in western skies at dusk. Near the culmination of this year's gorgeous conjunction, the two bright evening planets...

Venus and Jupiter are Close

Чт, Июль 02, 2015 - 8:30

On June 30, Venus and Jupiter were close in western skies at dusk. Near the culmination of this year's gorgeous conjunction, the two bright evening planets are captured in the same telescopic field of view in this image taken after sunset..

Venus, Jupiter, and Noctilucent Clouds

Ср, Июль 01, 2015 - 8:30

Have you seen the passing planets yet? Today the planets Jupiter and Venus pass within half a degree of each other as seen from Earth. This conjunction, visible all over the world, is quite easy to see -- just look to the west shortly..

An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres

Вт, Июнь 30, 2015 - 8:30

What created this large mountain on asteroid Ceres? No one is yet sure. As if in anticipation of today being Asteroid Day on Earth, the robotic spacecraft Dawn in orbit around Ceres took the best yet image of an unusually tall mountain..

Sunspot Group AR 2339 Crosses the Sun

Пн, Июнь 29, 2015 - 8:30

How do sunspots evolve? Large dark sunspots -- and the active regions that contain them -- may last for weeks, but all during that time they are constantly changing. Such variations were particularly apparent...

All the Colors of the Sun

Вс, Июнь 28, 2015 - 8:30

It is still not known why the Sun's light is missing some colors. Here are all the visible colors of the Sun, produced by passing the Sun's light through a prism-like device.

Stars of a Summer Triangle

Сб, Июнь 27, 2015 - 8:30

Rising at the start of a northern summer's night, these three bright stars form the familiar asterism known as the Summer Triangle. Altair, Deneb, and Vega are the alpha stars of their respective constellations, Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra,..

Астрономическая неделя с 29 июня по 5 июля 2015 года

Пт, Июнь 26, 2015 - 17:33

На данной неделе Венера проходит в 0,33 гр. южнее Юпитера, а угловые размеры Венеры становятся больше, чем у Юпитера, и Вечерняя Звезда..

New Algol-type Binary System in Cetus

Пт, Июнь 26, 2015 - 15:33

Planet Aurora

Пт, Июнь 26, 2015 - 7:30

What bizarre alien planet is this ? It's planet Earth of course, seen through the shimmering glow of aurorae from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above, the orbiting station is itself within the upper..