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Saturn at Equinox

Вс, Сентябрь 21, 2014 - 8:30

How would Saturn look if its ring plane pointed right at the Sun? Before August 2009, nobody knew. Every 15 years, as seen from Earth, Saturn's rings point toward the Earth and appear to disappear.

Календарь наблюдателя на октябрь 2014 года

Сб, Сентябрь 20, 2014 - 11:45

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

Shoreline of the Universe

Сб, Сентябрь 20, 2014 - 8:30

Against dark rifts of interstellar dust, the ebb and flow of starlight along the Milky Way looks like waves breaking on a cosmic shore in this night skyscape. Taken with a digital camera from...

Астрономическая неделя с 22 по 28 сентября 2014 года

Пт, Сентябрь 19, 2014 - 12:52

На данной неделе (насыщенной редкими явлениями) Меркурий достигнет вечерней (восточной) элонгации 26,5 гр. (22 сентября), наступит осеннее..

For astrobiologists, these may be the four most tantalizing moons in our Solar System. Shown at the same scale, their exploration by interplanetary spacecraft has launched the idea that moons, not just planets, could have environments..

Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

Чт, Сентябрь 18, 2014 - 8:30

In this crowded starfield covering over 2 degrees within the high flying constellation Cygnus, the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula. A compact star forming region, the cosmic Cocoon punctuates a long trail of obscuring interstellar dust..

Aurora over Maine

Ср, Сентябрь 17, 2014 - 7:30

It has been a good week for auroras. Earlier this month active sunspot region 2158 rotated into view and unleashed a series of flares and plasma ejections into the Solar System during its journey across the Sun's disk.

Milky Way above Atacama Salt Lagoon

Вт, Сентябрь 16, 2014 - 8:30

Galaxies, stars, and a serene reflecting pool combine to create this memorable land and skyscape. The featured panorama is a 12-image mosaic taken last month from the Salar de Atacama salt flat in northern Chile. The calm water is

Milky Way above Atacama Salt Lagoon

Вт, Сентябрь 16, 2014 - 8:30

62 Kilometers above Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko

Пн, Сентябрь 15, 2014 - 8:30

Spacecraft Rosetta continues to approach, circle, and map Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Crossing the inner Solar System for ten years to reach the vicinity of the comet last month, the robotic spacecraft continues to image the unusual

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Вс, Сентябрь 14, 2014 - 7:30

The first hint of what will become of our Sun was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets.

Median Mashup: Hubble s Top 100

Сб, Сентябрь 13, 2014 - 8:30

Now, as you sip your cosmic latte you can view 100 Hubble Space Telescope images at the same time. The popular scenes of the cosmos as captured from low Earth orbit are all combined into this single digital presentation. To make it,