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APOD: 2024 June 4 Б Comet Pons Brooks Develops Opposing Tails

Вт, Июнь 04, 2024 - 8:30

Why does Comet Pons-Brooks now have tails pointing in opposite directions? The most spectacular tail is the blue-glowing ion tail that is visible flowing down the image. The ion tail is pushed directly out from the Sun by the

NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis

Пн, Июнь 03, 2024 - 8:30

Magnificent island universe NGC 2403 stands within the boundaries of the long-necked constellation Camelopardalis. Some 10 million light-years distant and about 50,000 light-years across, the spiral galaxy also seems to have more than its..

APOD: 2024 June 2 Б Rotating Moon from LRO

Вс, Июнь 02, 2024 - 8:30

No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That's because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us only one side. Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by the

APOD: 2024 June 2 Б Rotating Moon from LRO

Вс, Июнь 02, 2024 - 7:30

Stereo Helene

Сб, Июнь 01, 2024 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Helene, small, icy moon of Saturn. Appropriately named, Helene is a Trojan moon, so called because it orbits at a Lagrange point. A Lagrange point is a gravitationally stable position near..

Астрономическая неделя с 3 по 9 июня 2024 года

Пт, Май 31, 2024 - 12:37

На данной неделе 3 июня астероид Ариадна (43) вступит в противостояние с Солнцем. 4 июня Меркурий сблизится с Юпитером до 6 угловых минут, а..

The Nebulous Realm of WR 134

Пт, Май 31, 2024 - 8:30

Made with narrowband filters, this cosmic snapshot covers a field of view over twice as wide as the full Moon within the boundaries of the constellation Cygnus. It highlights the bright edge of a ring-like nebula traced by the glow of..

APOD: 2024 May 30 Б A Lunar Corona over Paris

Чт, Май 30, 2024 - 8:30

Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful? The effect, called a lunar corona, is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent..

APOD: 2024 May 29 Б Stairway to the Milky Way

Ср, Май 29, 2024 - 8:30

What happens if you ascend this stairway to the Milky Way? Before answering that, let's understand the beautiful sky you will see. Most eye-catching is the grand arch of the Milky Way Galaxy...

APOD: 2024 May 28 Б Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns

Вт, Май 28, 2024 - 8:30

It's back. The famous active region on the Sun that created auroras visible around the Earth earlier this month has survived its rotation around the far side of the Sun -- and returned. Yesterday...

Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud

Пн, Май 27, 2024 - 8:30

Dark markings and bright nebulae in this telescopic southern sky view are telltale signs of young stars and active star formation. They lie a mere 650 light-years away, at the boundary of the local bubble and the Chamaeleon molecular..

APOD: 2024 May 26 Б A Solar Filament Erupts

Вс, Май 26, 2024 - 8:30

What's happened to our Sun? Nothing very unusual -- it just threw a filament. Toward the middle of 2012, a long standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space, producing an energetic coronal mass ejection (CME).