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Halley Dust and Milky Way

Пт, Май 09, 2014 - 7:30

The early morning hours of May 6 were moonless when grains of cosmic dust streaked through dark skies. Swept up as planet Earth plows through dusty debris streams left behind periodic Comet Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as the

Семинар НИИЯФ МГУ “Астрофизика космических лучей и физика космоса”

Пт, Май 09, 2014 - 1:02

1. Khodachenko, Maxim (1,2), Sasunov Yury(1), Alexeev Igor (2), Belenkaya Elena(2), Shaikhislamov Ildar(3), Lammer Helmut(1), Kislyakova Kristina(1) (1 - Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria; 2 - Institut Planetary..

The Tail of the Hamburger Galaxy

Чт, Май 08, 2014 - 7:30

Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this deep portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy.

Curiosity Inspects Mt Remarkable on Mars

Ср, Май 07, 2014 - 8:30

What has the Curiosity rover come across on Mars? Dubbed Mount Remarkable, the rolling robot has chanced upon this notable 5-meter tall mound during its continuing journey around and, eventually, up 5.5-kilometer high Mt. Sharp.

Orange Sun Sparking

Вт, Май 06, 2014 - 8:30

Our Sun has become quite a busy place. Taken only two weeks ago, the Sun was captured sporting numerous tumultuous regions including active sunspot regions AR 2036 near the image top and AR 2036 near the center.

Galaxy Cluster Magnifies Distant Supernova

Пн, Май 05, 2014 - 8:30

How do you calibrate a huge gravitational lens? In this case the lens is the galaxy cluster Abell 383, a massive conglomeration of galaxies, hot gas, and dark matter that lies about 2.5 billion light years away (redshift z=0.187).

A Scorpius Sky Spectacular

Вс, Май 04, 2014 - 7:30

If Scorpius looked this good to the unaided eye, humans might remember it better. Scorpius more typically appears as a few bright stars in a well-known but rarely pointed out zodiacal constellation. To get a spectacular image like

T Tauri and Hind s Variable Nebula

Сб, Май 03, 2014 - 7:30

The yellowish star near center in this dusty telescopic skyview is T Tauri, prototype of the class of T Tauri variable stars. Just next door is the yellow cosmic cloud historically known as Hind's Variable Nebula (NGC 1555).

Астрономическая неделя с 5 по 11 мая 2014 года

Пт, Май 02, 2014 - 16:04

На данной неделе метеорный поток эта-Аквариды достигнет максимума действия (55 метеоров в час), Меркурий проходит в 2,5 гр. южнее..

That Night over Half Dome

Пт, Май 02, 2014 - 7:30

Captured one night last May this eight frame mosaic starts on the left, down Northside Drive through Yosemite National Park. It ends thousands of light-years away though, as the arc of the Milky Way tracks toward the center of our galaxy on..

Brisbane Sunset Moonset

Чт, Май 01, 2014 - 7:30

In skies over Brisbane at the southeastern corner of Queensland, Australia, Planet Earth, the Sun and New Moon set together on April 29. There the celestial line-up, the first solar eclipse of 2014, was seen as a partial solar eclipse.

A Partially Eclipsed Setting Sun

Ср, Апрель 30, 2014 - 8:30

If you look closely, you will see something quite unusual about this setting Sun. There are birds flying to the Sun's left, but that's not so unusual. A dark sea covers the Sun's bottom, and dark clouds cover parts of the middle, but..