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The Ghosts of Gamma Cas

Сб, Октябрь 28, 2023 - 8:31

Gamma Cassiopeiae shines high in northern autumn evening skies. It's the brightest spiky star in this telescopic field of view toward the constellation Cassiopeia. Gamma Cas shares the ethereal-looking scene with ghostly interstellar..

Encke and the Tadpoles

Пт, Октябрь 27, 2023 - 8:30

History's second known periodic comet is Comet Encke (2P/Encke). As it swings through the inner Solar System, Encke's orbit takes it from an aphelion, its greatest distance from the Sun, inside the orbit of Jupiter to a perihelion just..

Orionids in Taurus

Чт, Октябрь 26, 2023 - 8:30

History's first known periodic comet, Comet Halley (1P/Halley), returns to the inner Solar System every 76 years or so. The famous comet made its last appearance to the naked-eye in 1986. But dusty...

Астрономическая неделя с 30 октября по 5 ноября 2023 года

Ср, Октябрь 25, 2023 - 12:15

На данной неделе 30 октября - Луна (Ф= 0,98-) проходит севернее Урана, а 3 ноября Юпитер вступит в противостояние с Солнцем

APOD: 2023 October 25 Б Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset

Ср, Октябрь 25, 2023 - 8:30

In 60 seconds, this setting Sun will turn green. Actually, the top of the Sun already appears not only green, but wavey -- along with all of its edges. The Sun itself is unchanged -- both effects are caused by looking along hot and..

APOD: 2023 October 24 Б Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble

Вт, Октябрь 24, 2023 - 8:30

This dance is to the death. As these two large galaxies duel, a cosmic bridge of stars, gas, and dust currently stretches over 75,000 light-years and joins them. The bridge itself is strong evidence that these two immense star systems..

APOD: 2023 October 23 Б Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno

Пн, Октябрь 23, 2023 - 7:30

There goes another one! Volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io keep erupting. To investigate, NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft has begun a series of visits to this very strange moon. Io is about...

APOD: 2023 October 22 Б Ghost Aurora over Canada

Вс, Октябрь 22, 2023 - 7:30

What does this aurora look like to you? While braving the cold to watch the skies above northern Canada early one morning in 2013, a most unusual aurora appeared. The aurora definitely appeared to be shaped like something, but what?

Quarter Moons

Сб, Октябрь 21, 2023 - 8:30

Half way between New Moon and Full Moon is the Moon's first quarter phase. That's a quarter of the way around its moonthly orbit. At the first quarter phase, half the Moon's visible side is illuminated by sunlight.

Catalog of Multi-Mode Radially Pulsating Variables: I

Пт, Октябрь 20, 2023 - 13:31

I present a catalog of newly detected Multi-Mode Radially Pulsating (MMRP) variable stars that pulsate in the fundamental, first, second, or third-overtone modes. This catalog includes 50 double- and multi-mode stars. Among..

Galaxies and a Comet

Пт, Октябрь 20, 2023 - 8:30

Galaxies abound in this sharp telescopic image recorded on October 12 in dark skies over June Lake, California. The celestial scene spans nearly 2 degrees within the boundaries of the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici.

A Sunrise at Sunset Point

Чт, Октябрь 19, 2023 - 7:30

This timelapse series captured on October 14 is set against the sunrise view from Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon, planet Earth. Of course on that date the New Moon caught up with the Sun in the canyon's morning skies.