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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..

The Double Dust Disks of HD 95086

Пн, Ноябрь 17, 2014 - 8:30

What do other star systems look like? To help find out, astronomers are carrying out detailed observations of nearby stars in infrared light to see which have dust disks that might be forming planets.

Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita

Вс, Ноябрь 16, 2014 - 9:30

Leonids Meteor Shower came to an impressive crescendo in 1999. Observers in Europe saw a sharp peak in the number of meteors visible around 0210 UTC during the early morning hours of November 18. Meteor counts then exceeded 1000 per hour..

Тюльпан в Лебеде

Сб, Ноябрь 15, 2014 - 9:30

Этот вид в телескоп, запечатлевший яркую эмиссионную область, показывает плоскость нашей Галактики Млечный Путь в направлении на..

The Tulip in the Swan

Сб, Ноябрь 15, 2014 - 8:30

Framing a bright emission region this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula the glowing cloud of interstellar gas and dust..