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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..

Астрономическая неделя с 17 по 23 ноября 2014 года

Пт, Ноябрь 14, 2014 - 18:09

На данной неделе в первый день Марс пройдет в 2 градусах южнее звезды пи Стрельца (2,9m), а на следующий день метеорный поток Леониды..

Welcome to a Comet

Пт, Ноябрь 14, 2014 - 8:30

The Rosetta Mission lander is safely on a comet. One of Philae's feet appears at the bottom left of this spectacular image of the surface of C67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Still a happy lander, Philae...

Descent to a Comet

Чт, Ноябрь 13, 2014 - 9:30

Yesterday, the first soft landing on a comet took place some 500 million kilometers from planet Earth as the Rosetta mission lander Philae settled on the nucleus of C67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The landing site, dubbed Agilkia, is located..

Philae Attempts Comet Nucleus Landing

Ср, Ноябрь 12, 2014 - 9:30

Today humanity will make its first attempt to land a probe on the nucleus of a comet. As the day progresses, the Philae (fee-LAY) lander will separate from the Rosetta spacecraft and head down...

Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars

Вт, Ноябрь 11, 2014 - 8:30

The constellation of Orion holds much more than three stars in a row. A deep exposure shows everything from dark nebula to star clusters, all embedded in an extended patch of gaseous wisps in the greater Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

The Protoplanetary Disk of HL Tauri from ALMA

Пн, Ноябрь 10, 2014 - 8:30

Why does this giant disk have gaps? The exciting and probable answer is: planets. A mystery is how planets massive enough to create these gaps formed so quickly, since the HL Tauri star system is only about one million years old.

Туманность Кошачий глаз от телескопа имени Хаббла

Вс, Ноябрь 09, 2014 - 8:30

Некоторым это может показаться похожим на кошачий глаз. Однако Землю и прекрасную туманность Кошачий глаз разделяют три тысячи..

The Cat’s Eye Nebula from Hubble

Вс, Ноябрь 09, 2014 - 8:30

To some, it may look like a cat's eye. The alluring Cat's Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand light-years from Earth across interstellar space. A classic planetary nebula, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

Сб, Ноябрь 08, 2014 - 8:30

NGC 660 is featured in this cosmic snapshot, a sharp composite of broad and narrow band filter image data from the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea. Over 20 million light-years away and swimming within the boundaries of the