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Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet

Чт, Февраль 28, 2013 - 8:30

The alarmingly tall inhabitants of this small, snowy planet cast long shadows in bright moonlight. Of course, the snowy planet is actually planet Earth and the wide-angle mosaic, shown as a little planet projection, was recorded on February..

Asperatus Clouds Over New Zealand

Ср, Февраль 27, 2013 - 8:30

What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might seem, do not appear to be harbingers of meteorological doom. Known informally...

Coronal Rain on the Sun

Вт, Февраль 26, 2013 - 8:30

Does it rain on the Sun? Yes, although what falls is not water but extremely hot plasma. An example occurred in mid-July 2012 after an eruption on the Sun that produced both a Coronal Mass Ejection and a moderate solar flare. What..

Астрофизический семинар АКЦ ФИАН

Вт, Февраль 26, 2013 - 1:00

1. Новости. 2. Я.Н.Истомин (ФИАН). Резонансная дисковая аккреция. http://asc-lebedev.ru/?dep=1&main=3

MACHO 118.18538.194, a Potential Eclipsing Symbiotic Binary

Пн, Февраль 25, 2013 - 15:18

Two Transiting Exoplanet Candidates in Cygnus from the MASTER Project

Пн, Февраль 25, 2013 - 13:14

We present two transiting exoplanet candidates in Cygnus discovered during a small photometric survey performed at the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory of Ural Federal University in the summer of 2012. The MASTER-1 b candidate (host..

Fly Me to the Moons

Пн, Февраль 25, 2013 - 7:30

Sometimes the Moon is a busy direction. Last week, for example, our very Moon passed in front of the planet Jupiter. While capturing this unusual spectacle from New South Wales, Australia, a quick-thinking astrophotographer...

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars

Вс, Февраль 24, 2013 - 8:30

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky.

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars

Вс, Февраль 24, 2013 - 7:30

Астрономические явления до 2050 года

Сб, Февраль 23, 2013 - 15:02

В книге приводятся сведения по основным астрономическим событиям до 2050 года в виде таблиц и схем, позволяющих определить место и..

Chelyabinsk Meteor Flash

Сб, Февраль 23, 2013 - 8:30

A meteoroid fell to Earth on February 15, streaking some 20 to 30 kilometers above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia at 9:20am local time. Initially traveling at about 20 kilometers per second, its explosive deceleration after impact with..