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A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas

Вт, Май 22, 2012 - 8:30

It was a typical Texas sunset except that most of the Sun was missing. The location of the missing piece of the Sun was not a mystery -- it was behind the Moon. Sunday night's partial eclipse of the Sun by the Moon turned into one of..

A Close Pass of Saturns Moon Dione

Пн, Май 21, 2012 - 8:30

What's that past Dione? When making its closest pass yet of Saturn's moon Dione late last year, the robotic Cassini spacecraft snapped this far-ranging picture featuring Dione, Saturn's rings, and the two small moons Epimetheus and

Календарь наблюдателя на июнь 2012 года

Вс, Май 20, 2012 - 13:55

Основными астрономическими событиями месяца являются: 4 июня - частное лунное затмение, 4 июня - Нептун в стоянии по прямому..

A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay

Вс, Май 20, 2012 - 8:30

What's happened to the setting Sun? An eclipse! In early 2009, the Moon eclipsed part of the Sun as visible from parts of Africa, Australia, and Asia. In particular the above image, taken from the Mall of Asia seawall, caught a..

Прохождение Венеры по диску Солнца 6 июня 2012 года

Сб, Май 19, 2012 - 16:17

Прохождение Венеры по диску Солнца 6 июня 2012 года - единственный шанс в нынешнем столетии пронаблюдать это редкое и интересное явление...

Annular Solar Eclipse

Сб, Май 19, 2012 - 8:30

Tomorrow, May 20, the Moon's shadow will race across planet Earth. Observers within the 240-300 kilometer wide shadow track will be able to witness an annular solar eclipse as the Moon's apparent size is presently too small to completely..

Астрономическая неделя с 21 по 27 мая 2012 года

Пт, Май 18, 2012 - 18:32

На данной неделе в утренние часы 21 мая в восточной половине России будут наблюдаться частные фазы кольцеобразного солнечного..

GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy

Пт, Май 18, 2012 - 7:30

A mere 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy really is just next door as large galaxy's go. So close, and spanning some 260,000 light-years, it took 11 different image fields from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)..

Herschel s Cygnus X

Чт, Май 17, 2012 - 7:30

The Herschel Space Observatory's infrared view of Cygnus X spans some 6x2 degrees across one of the closest, massive star forming regions in the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. In fact, the rich stellar nursery already holds the massive star..

Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula

Ср, Май 16, 2012 - 7:30

The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Were the Tarantula Nebula at the distance of the Orion Nebula -- a local star..