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Portrait of NGC 281

Пт, Ноябрь 28, 2014 - 9:30

Look through the cosmic cloud cataloged as NGC 281 and you might miss the stars of open cluster IC 1590. But, formed within the nebula, that cluster's young, massive stars ultimately power the pervasive nebular glow.

Galileo s Europa Remastered

Чт, Ноябрь 27, 2014 - 9:30

Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean. Galileo...

Io and Callisto Mutual Event

Ср, Ноябрь 26, 2014 - 8:30

A 24 minute sequence from top to bottom, this intriguing series of telescopic frames tracks the occultation of Io by Callisto, two of Jupiter's Galilean moons, from San Pietro Polesine, Italy, planet Earth. A challenging observational..

The Creature from the Red Lagoon

Вт, Ноябрь 25, 2014 - 9:30

What creature lurks near the red Lagoon nebula? Mars. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph has captured the red planet passing below two notable nebulae -- cataloged by the 18th century cosmic registrar Charles Messier as M8 and M20.

Soaring over Titan

Пн, Ноябрь 24, 2014 - 9:30

What would it look like to fly over Titan? Radar images from NASA's robotic Cassini satellite in orbit around Saturn have been digitally compiled to simulate such a flight. Cassini has swooped past Saturn's cloudiest moon several..

Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas

Вс, Ноябрь 23, 2014 - 8:30

The scene might have been considered serene if it weren't for the tornado. During 2004 in Kansas, storm chaser Eric Nguyen photographed this budding twister in a different light -- the light of a rainbow. Featured here, a white tornado..

Solar Flare from a Sharper Sun

Сб, Ноябрь 22, 2014 - 9:30

Solar active region AR2192 was the largest recorded sunspot group of the last 24 years. Before rotating off the Earth-facing side of the Sun at the end of October, it produced a whopping six energetic X-class flares.

Астрономическая неделя с 24 по 30 ноября 2014 года

Сб, Ноябрь 22, 2014 - 3:51

На данной неделе Сатурн появится на утреннем небе, а Меркурий закончит утреннюю видимость (26 ноября планета пройдет в полутора..

M1: The Crab Nebula

Пт, Ноябрь 21, 2014 - 8:30

The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier's famous 18th century list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, debris from the death explosion of a massive star,..

LDN 988: Dark Nebula in Cygnus

Чт, Ноябрь 20, 2014 - 9:30

Obscuring the rich starfields of northern Cygnus, dark nebula LDN 988 lies near the center of this cosmic skyscape. Composed with telescope and camera, the scene is some 2 degrees across. That corresponds to 70 light-years at the estimated..

Bright Spiral Galaxy M81

Ср, Ноябрь 19, 2014 - 8:30

One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful M81. This grand spiral galaxy can be found toward the northern constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).

Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula

Вт, Ноябрь 18, 2014 - 9:30

Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga. The cloud of glowing gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open..