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Астрономическая неделя с 23 февраля по 1 марта 2015 года

Сб, Февраль 21, 2015 - 16:58

На данной неделе Меркурий достигает утренней элонгации 26,7 градусов (24 февраля), а через два дня заканчивает свою видимость в средних..

45 Days in the Sun

Сб, Февраль 21, 2015 - 8:30

From January 11 to February 25 2013, a pinhole camera sat in a field near Budapest, Hungary, planet Earth to create this intriguing solargraph. And for 45 days, an old Antonov An-2 biplane stood still while the Sun rose and set.

An Evening Sky Conjunction

Пт, Февраль 20, 2015 - 9:30

Eight years ago, an evening sky held this lovely pairing of a young crescent Moon and brilliant Venus. Seen near the western horizon, the close conjunction and its wintry reflection were captured from Bolu, Turkey, planet Earth on February..

Palomar 12

Чт, Февраль 19, 2015 - 8:30

Palomar 12 was not born here. The stars of the globular cluster, first identified in the Palomar Sky Survey, are younger than those in other globular star clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Palomar 12

Чт, Февраль 19, 2015 - 8:30

Dark Craters and Bright Spots Revealed on Asteroid Ceres

Ср, Февраль 18, 2015 - 8:30

What are those bright spots on asteroid Ceres? As the robotic spacecraft Dawn approaches the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, the puzzle only deepens. Sharper new images taken last week and released yesterday...

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» №1, 2015

Вт, Февраль 17, 2015 - 13:01

Fibrils Flower on the Sun

Вт, Февраль 17, 2015 - 8:30

When does the Sun look like a flower? In a specific color of red light emitted by hydrogen, as featured here, some regions of the solar chromosphere may resemble a rose. The color-inverted image was taken in 2014 October and shows

Прямая трансляция северного сияния из Гренландии в рамках проекта GLORIA

Пн, Февраль 16, 2015 - 21:27

New Double-Mode RR Lyrae Variables II

Пн, Февраль 16, 2015 - 14:38

We present a new study of 56 known RR Lyrae variable stars from the Catalina surveys periodic variable star catalog. We analyzed all observations available for these stars in the Catalina Surveys and SuperWASP online public archives using the..

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center

Пн, Февраль 16, 2015 - 9:30

What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas, M106's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and red dust lanes near the nucleus, as shown in the featured image.

Two Hours Before Neptune

Вс, Февраль 15, 2015 - 8:30

Two hours before closest approach to Neptune in 1989, the Voyager 2 robot spacecraft snapped this picture. Clearly visible for the first time were long light-colored cirrus-type clouds floating high in Neptune's atmosphere. Shadows of..