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Eclipsed in Southern Skies

Чт, Октябрь 01, 2015 - 8:30

This stunning panorama in southern skies was recorded on the colorful night of September 27/28 from Carngegie Las Campanas Observatory. A diffuse glow and dark rifts of the central Milky Way hang over domes of the twin 6.5 meter Magellan..

Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent Flowing Water on Mars

Ср, Сентябрь 30, 2015 - 8:30

What creates these changing streaks on Mars? Called Recurring Slope Linea (RSL), these dark features start on the slopes of hills and craters but don't usually extend to the bottom. What's even...

Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse and Lightning Storm

Вт, Сентябрь 29, 2015 - 8:30

What's more rare than a supermoon total lunar eclipse? How about a supermoon total lunar eclipse over a lightning storm. Such an electrifying sequence was captured yesterday from Ibiza, an island in southeastern Spain.

Total Lunar Eclipse over Waterton Lake

Пн, Сентябрь 28, 2015 - 8:30

Recorded in 2014 April, this total lunar eclipse sequence looks south down icy Waterton Lake from the Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, planet Earth. The most distant horizon includes peaks in Glacier National Park, USA.

Сегодня ночью: затмение суперлуны

Вс, Сентябрь 27, 2015 - 8:30

Сегодня ночью яркая полная Луна потемнеет и покраснеет. Этой ночью Луна будет особенно яркой, потому что она достигнет фазы..

Tonight: A Supermoon Lunar Eclipse

Вс, Сентябрь 27, 2015 - 8:30

Tonight a bright full Moon will fade to red. Tonight's moon will be particularly bright because it is reaching its fully lit phase when it is relatively close to the Earth in its elliptical orbit.

M31 versus M33

Сб, Сентябрь 26, 2015 - 8:30

Separated by about 14 degrees (28 Full Moons) in planet Earth's sky, spiral galaxies M31 at left, and M33 are both large members of the Local Group, along with our own Milky Way galaxy.

Календарь наблюдателя на октябрь 2015 года

Пт, Сентябрь 25, 2015 - 21:13

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника Календарь наблюдателя расскажет об основных явлениях..

Астрономическая неделя с 28 сентября по 4 октября 2015 года

Пт, Сентябрь 25, 2015 - 18:18

На данной неделе полное лунное затмение затмит своей зрелищностью все остальные явления описываемого периода, хотя и они достойны..

Pluto s Snakeskin Terrain

Пт, Сентябрь 25, 2015 - 8:30

A mountainous region informally known as Tartarus Dorsa sprawls some 530 kilometers (330 miles) across this Plutonian landscape. Recently downloaded from New Horizons, it combines blue, red, and infrared image data in an extended color..

New Double-Mode RR Lyrae Variables III

Чт, Сентябрь 24, 2015 - 15:41

We present a new study of 123 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 online public archives using the..

LDN 988 and Friends

Чт, Сентябрь 24, 2015 - 8:30

Stars are forming in dark, dusty molecular cloud LDN 988. Seen near picture center some 2,000 light-years distant, LDN 988 and other nearby dark nebulae were cataloged by Beverly T. Lynds in 1962 using Palomar Observatory Sky Survey..