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Barnard Stares at NGC 2170

Сб, Январь 19, 2013 - 7:30

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..

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.

NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends

Ср, Январь 16, 2013 - 8:30

A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way..

A Solar Ballet

Вт, Январь 15, 2013 - 8:30

Sometimes, the Sun itself seems to dance. On just this past New Year's Eve, for example, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressive prominence erupting from the Sun's surface. The dramatic explosion was..

NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life

Пн, Январь 14, 2013 - 8:30

In this celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines left of image center. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170 is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae, a red emission region, many..

NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life

Пн, Январь 14, 2013 - 7:30

NGC 602 and Beyond

Вс, Январь 13, 2013 - 8:30

Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image..

Ten Billion Earths

Сб, Январь 12, 2013 - 8:30

How common are Earth-sized planets? Quite common, according to extrapolations from new data taken by NASA's orbiting Kepler spacecraft. Current computer models are indicating that at least one in ten stars are orbited by an

Астрономическая неделя с 14 по 20 января 2013 года

Пт, Январь 11, 2013 - 11:57

На данной неделе Меркурий пройдет верхнее соединение с Солнцем (он появится на вечернем небе самом конце января), Луна покроет две..

The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

Пт, Январь 11, 2013 - 7:30

How do clusters of galaxies form and evolve? To help find out, astronomers continue to study the second closest cluster of galaxies to Earth: the Fornax cluster, named for the southern constellation toward which most of its galaxies can be..