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Saturn at Night

Сб, Декабрь 22, 2012 - 8:30

Splendors seldom seen are revealed in this glorious picture from Saturn's shadow. Imaged by Cassini on October 17, 2012 during its 174th orbit, the ringed planet's night side is viewed from...

Астрономическая неделя с 24 по 30 декабря 2012 года

Пт, Декабрь 21, 2012 - 11:54

На данной неделе, практически завершающей 2012 год, небо приготовило любителям астрономии несколько новогодних подарков, а новогодним..

Welcome to the December solstice, a day the world does not end ... even according to the Mayan Calendar. To celebrate, consider this dramatic picture of Orion rising over El Castillo, the central pyramid at Chichén Itzá, one of the great..

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

Чт, Декабрь 20, 2012 - 8:30

The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in..

Семинар института космических исследований

Чт, Декабрь 20, 2012 - 1:00

М.Мальков (Университет Сан-Диего). Механизмы ускорения космических лучей. http://www.iki.rssi.ru/galeev/seminar.htm

NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula

Ср, Декабрь 19, 2012 - 8:30

Why is this nebula so complex? When a star like our Sun is dying, it will cast off its outer layers, usually into a simple overall shape. Sometimes this shape is a sphere, sometimes a double lobe, and sometimes a ring or a helix.

Light Elements for Five Eclipsing Variables from the NSV Catalog

Вт, Декабрь 18, 2012 - 10:54

Санкт-Петербургская астрономическая олимпиада

Вт, Декабрь 18, 2012 - 10:25

Уважаемые друзья! Наступил новый Олимпиадный Год! Мы приглашаем Вас и ваших товарищей принять участие в Санкт-Петербургской..

A Sun Pillar Over Sweden

Вт, Декабрь 18, 2012 - 8:30

Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light. Ice sometimes forms flat, six-sided shaped crystals as it..

NGC 922: Collisional Ring Galaxy

Пн, Декабрь 17, 2012 - 8:30

Why does this galaxy have so many big black holes? No one is sure. What is sure is that NGC 922 is a ring galaxy created by the collision of a large and small galaxy about 300 million years ago.

MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula

Вс, Декабрь 16, 2012 - 8:30

What could cause a nebula to appear square? No one is quite sure. The hot star system known as MWC 922, however, appears to be embedded in a nebula with just such a shape. The above image combines infrared exposures from the Hale..