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M63: Sunflower Galaxy Wide Field

Чт, Август 04, 2016 - 8:30

The Sunflower Galaxy blooms near the center of this wide field telescopic view. The scene spans about 2 degrees or 4 full moons on the sky toward the loyal constellation Canes Venatici. More formally...

Behold the Universe

Ср, Август 03, 2016 - 8:30

What if you climbed up on a rock and discovered the Universe? You can. Although others have noted much of it before, you can locate for yourself stars, planets, and even the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. All you need is a dark..

A Rocket Booster Falls Back to Earth

Вт, Август 02, 2016 - 8:30

What's that crossing the sky? Although it looked a bit like a large meteor, it was actually the booster of a Chinese rocket returning to Earth after its launch two days earlier.

Behind Saturn

Пн, Август 01, 2016 - 8:30

What's behind Saturn? The first answer is the camera itself, perched on the Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting behind the planet with the most grand ring system in our Solar System. The unusual perspective...

Behind Saturn

Пн, Август 01, 2016 - 8:30

A Huge Solar Filament Erupts

Вс, Июль 31, 2016 - 8:30

Filaments sometimes explode off the Sun. Featured, a huge filament had been seen hovering over the Sun's surface for over a week before it erupted late in 2010. The image sequence was taken by the Earth-orbiting Solar Dynamics..

A Huge Solar Filament Erupts

Вс, Июль 31, 2016 - 8:30

Ripples Through a Dark Sky

Сб, Июль 30, 2016 - 8:30

Sunlight ripples through a dark sky on this Swedish summer midnight as noctilucent or night shining clouds seem to imitate the river below. In fact, the seasonal clouds often appear at high latitudes in corresponding summer months. Also..

Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 августа 2016 года

Пт, Июль 29, 2016 - 12:33

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие Луной планеты Меркурий при видимости в Южной Америке (3 августа), а Венера проходит в градусе..

Blue Danube Analemma

Пт, Июль 29, 2016 - 7:30

The Sun's annual waltz through planet Earth's sky forms a graceful curve known as an analemma. The analemma's figure 8 shape is tipped vertically at far right in this well-composed fisheye view from Budapest, Hungary.

Herschel s Eagle Nebula

Чт, Июль 28, 2016 - 8:30

A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured Pillars of Creation, star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula. This false-color composite image views...

M13: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars

Ср, Июль 27, 2016 - 8:30

M13 is one of the most prominent and best known globular clusters. Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hercules, M13 is frequently one of the first objects found by curious sky gazers seeking celestials wonders beyond normal..