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Stereo Helene

Сб, Январь 05, 2013 - 7:30

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

Астрономическая неделя с 7 по 13 января 2013 года

Пт, Январь 04, 2013 - 9:55

На данной неделе небо берет своеобразные каникулы после праздничного фейерверка явлений. Самым наблюдаемым остается созвездие..

Sunrise at Tycho

Пт, Январь 04, 2013 - 8:30

Tycho crater's central peak complex casts a long, dark shadow near local sunrise in this spectacular lunarscape. The dramatic oblique view was recorded on June 10, 2011 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Shown in amazing detail, boulder..

Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158

Чт, Январь 03, 2013 - 8:30

Open clusters of stars can be near or far, young or old, and diffuse or compact. Found near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, they contain from 100 to 10,000 stars, all of which formed at nearly the same time. Bright blue stars..

Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158

Чт, Январь 03, 2013 - 8:30

The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

Ср, Январь 02, 2013 - 8:30

Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather..

A Double Star Cluster

Вт, Январь 01, 2013 - 8:30

Few star clusters are seen to be so close to each other. Some 7,000 light-years away, though, this pair of open or galactic star clusters is an easy binocular target, a lovely starfield in the northern constellation Perseus.

Новогодний подарок Пущинских астрономов

Пн, Декабрь 31, 2012 - 11:21

Замечательный новогодний подарок сделали всем астрономам наши коллеги из Пущино/ На сайте Пущинской радио-астрономической..

Saturns Rings from the Dark Side

Пн, Декабрь 31, 2012 - 8:30

What do Saturn's rings look like from the dark side? From Earth, we usually see Saturn's rings from the same side of the ring plane that the Sun illuminates them -- one might call this the bright side.

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

Сб, Декабрь 29, 2012 - 8:30

Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Zeta Ophiuchi produces the arcing interstellar bow wave or bow shock seen in this stunning infrared portrait. In the false-color view, bluish Zeta...