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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..

Solar System Portrait

Сб, Февраль 14, 2015 - 9:30

On another Valentine's Day 25 years ago, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back one last time to make this first ever Solar System family portrait. The complete portrait is a 60 frame mosaic made..

Журнал “Небосвод” за март 2015 года

Сб, Февраль 14, 2015 - 2:28

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии Небосвод....

Астрономическая неделя с 16 по 22 февраля 2015 года

Пт, Февраль 13, 2015 - 17:45

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие астероидом (1233) Kobresia на 3 секунды звезды TYC 0249-01552-1 (9,8 m) из созвездия Секстанта при видимости на..

Календарь наблюдателя на март 2015 года

Пт, Февраль 13, 2015 - 17:38

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника Календарь наблюдателя расскажет об основных явлениях

Aurora on Ice

Пт, Февраль 13, 2015 - 8:30

Not from a snowglobe, this expansive fisheye view of ice and sky was captured on February 1, from Jökulsárlón Beach, southeast Iceland, planet Earth. Chunks of glacial ice on the black sand beach glisten in the light of a nearly full moon..

Exploring the Antennae

Чт, Февраль 12, 2015 - 9:30

Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. The stars in the two galaxies, cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, very rarely collide in the course of the ponderous cataclysm,

Exploring the Antennae

Чт, Февраль 12, 2015 - 8:30

Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. The stars in the two galaxies, cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, very rarely collide in the course of the ponderous cataclysm,

M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Ср, Февраль 11, 2015 - 8:30

Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is a large galaxy of over 100 billion stars with well-defined spiral arms that is similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy.