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V838 Light Echo: The Movie

Вт, Июнь 17, 2014 - 7:30

What caused this outburst of V838 Mon? For reasons unknown, star V838 Mon suddenly became one of the brightest stars in the entire Milky Way Galaxy. Then, just a few months later, it faded.

The first APOD appeared 19 years ago today. To help celebrate, APOD brings you today an all-sky heatmap of (nearly) 19 years of APOD entries. The brighter a region appears on the above heatmap, the more APODs that occur in that region.

Журнал “Небосвод” за июнь 2014 года

Пн, Июнь 16, 2014 - 1:11

Июньский номер журнала расскажет от новых открытиях во вселенной,содержит сведения по истории астрономии, о явлениях месяца и..

CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe

Вс, Июнь 15, 2014 - 7:30

Our Earth is not at rest. The Earth moves around the Sun. The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy orbits in the Local Group of Galaxies. The Local Group falls toward the Virgo Cluster of..

New York to London Milky Way

Сб, Июнь 14, 2014 - 7:30

Bright stars of Sagittarius and the center of our Milky Way Galaxy lie just off the wing of a Boeing 747 in this astronomical travel photo. The stratospheric scene was captured earlier this month during a flight from New York to London,

Астрономическая неделя с 16 по 22 июня 2014 года

Пт, Июнь 13, 2014 - 17:31

На данной неделе ночное небо становится все светлее в виду дня летнего солнцестояния, которое наступит 21 июня. В этот день Солнце..

Астрономическая неделя с 16 по 22 июня 2014 года

Пт, Июнь 13, 2014 - 17:31

A Strawberry Moon

Пт, Июнь 13, 2014 - 7:30

June's Full Moon (full phase on June 13, 0411 UT) is traditionally known as the Strawberry Moon or Rose Moon. Of course those names might also describe the appearance of this Full Moon, rising last month over the small Swedish village of..

The Tarantula Zone

Чт, Июнь 12, 2014 - 8:30

The Tarantula Nebula is more than 1,000 light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). That cosmic arachnid lies toward the upper left in this deep and colorful

Three Galaxies over New Zealand

Ср, Июнь 11, 2014 - 7:30

No, radio dishes cannot broadcast galaxies. Although they can detect them, the above image features a photogenic superposition during a dark night in New Zealand about two weeks ago. As pictured above, the central part of our

M51: X Rays from the Whirlpool

Вт, Июнь 10, 2014 - 8:30

What if we X-rayed an entire spiral galaxy? This was done (again) recently by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory for the nearby interacting galaxies known as the Whirlpool (M51). Hundreds of glittering x-ray stars are present in the

How to Identify that Light in the Sky

Пн, Июнь 09, 2014 - 8:30

What is that light in the sky? Perhaps one of humanity's more common questions, an answer may result from a few quick observations. For example -- is it moving or blinking?