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Milky Way over Yellowstone

Ср, Август 27, 2014 - 8:30

The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as Silex Spring and is located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Illuminated artificially, the colors are..

Flying Past Neptunes Moon Triton

Вт, Август 26, 2014 - 7:30

What would it look like to fly past Triton, the largest moon of planet Neptune? Only one spacecraft has ever done this -- and now, for the first time, images of this dramatic encounter have been gathered into a movie. On 1989 August 25,..

Arp 188 and the Tadpoles Tail

Пн, Август 25, 2014 - 8:31

Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic..

Mercurys Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun

Вс, Август 24, 2014 - 7:30

What's that dot on the Sun? If you look closely, it is almost perfectly round. The dot is the result of an unusual type of solar eclipse that occurred in 2006. Usually it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. This time,..

Календарь наблюдателя на сентябрь 2014 года

Сб, Август 23, 2014 - 9:48

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника Календарь наблюдателя расскажет вам об основных явлениях месяца,..

The Spectre of Veszprem

Сб, Август 23, 2014 - 7:30

The city of Veszprem, Hungary was only briefly haunted by this mysterious spectre. On the morning of August 11, its monstrous form hovered in the mist above municipal buildings near the town center.

Астрономическая неделя с 25 по 31 августа 2014 года

Пт, Август 22, 2014 - 17:54

На данной неделе заканчивается лето и любителям астрономии представляется отличная возможность провести наблюдения всевозможных..

Астрономическая неделя с 25 по 31 августа 2014 года

Пт, Август 22, 2014 - 16:54

Comet Jacques, Heart and Soul

Пт, Август 22, 2014 - 8:30

On July 13th, a good place to watch Comet Jacques was from Venus. Then, the recently discovered visitor (C/2014 E2) to the inner solar system passed within about 14.5 million kilometers of our sister planet.

Comet Jacques, Heart and Soul

Пт, Август 22, 2014 - 7:30

Venus and Jupiter at Dawn

Чт, Август 21, 2014 - 8:30

On Monday morning, Venus and Jupiter gathered close in dawn skies, for some separated by about half the width of a full moon. It was their closest conjunction since 2000, captured here above the eastern horizon before sunrise.

In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Ср, Август 20, 2014 - 7:30

The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and..