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Календарь наблюдателя на февраль 2013 года

Чт, Январь 24, 2013 - 20:19

Основными астрономическими событиями месяца являются: 2 февраля покрытие Луной звезды 68 Девы (5,3m), 4 февраля - Веста проходит в 3 гр...

ISS and the Summer Milky Way

Чт, Январь 24, 2013 - 8:30

Clouds on a summer night frame this sea and skyscape, recorded earlier this month near Buenos Aires, Argentina. But planet Earth's clouds are not the only clouds on the scene. Starry clouds...

Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its own dusty disk, young blue star clusters, and pink star forming regions..

AstroEnglish: Вместо введения

Вт, Январь 22, 2013 - 10:37

Вводная статья серии "AstroEnglish" Натальи Орловой

The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation

Вт, Январь 22, 2013 - 7:30

The North America nebula on the sky can do what the North America continent on Earth cannot -- form stars. Specifically, in analogy to the Earth-confined continent, the bright part that appears as Central America and Mexico is actually..

Huygens: Titan Descent Movie

Пн, Январь 21, 2013 - 7:30

What would it look like to land on Saturn's moon Titan? The European Space Agency's Huygens probe set down on the Solar System's cloudiest moon in 2005, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created.

The Antikythera Mechanism

Вс, Январь 20, 2013 - 8:30

What is it? It was found at the bottom of the sea aboard an ancient Greek ship. Its seeming complexity has prompted decades of study, although some of its functions remained unknown. X-ray images of the device have confirmed the..

Barnard Stares at NGC 2170

Сб, Январь 19, 2013 - 8:30

A gaze across a cosmic skyscape, this telescopic mosaic reveals the continuous beauty of things that are. The evocative scene spans some 6 degrees or 12 Full Moons in planet Earth's sky. At the left, folds of red, glowing gas are a small..

Barnard Stares at NGC 2170

Сб, Январь 19, 2013 - 7:30

Астрономическая неделя с 21 по 27 января 2013 года

Пт, Январь 18, 2013 - 11:28

На данной неделе Луна покроет звезду омега 1 Тельца с блеском 5,5m, а астероид Веста сменит движение с попятного на прямое....

Stickney Crater

Пт, Январь 18, 2013 - 8:30

Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877.

Cas A: Optical and X ray

Чт, Январь 17, 2013 - 7:30

The aftermath of a cosmic cataclysm, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cas A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth just 330 years ago.