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Астрофизический семинар АКЦ ФИАН

Пн, Июнь 04, 2012 - 1:00

1. Новости. 2. R.Ekers (CSIRO, Австралия). The AT20G survey. http://asc-lebedev.ru/?dep=1&main=3

A Picturesque Venus Transit

Вс, Июнь 03, 2012 - 8:30

The rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2004 was one of the better-photographed events in sky history. Both scientific and artistic images flooded in from the areas that could see the transit: Europe and much of Asia, Africa,..

Журнал “Небосвод” за июнь 2012 года

Сб, Июнь 02, 2012 - 16:27

В очередном номере журнала читатели смогут прочитать статьи о прохождении Венеры по диску Солнца, о телескопах с металлическими..

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Сб, Июнь 02, 2012 - 7:30

Follow the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper's bowl until you get to the handle's last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you might find this stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the..

Астрономическая неделя с 4 по 10 июня 2012 года

Пт, Июнь 01, 2012 - 19:44

На данной неделе произойдет главное астрономическое событие года второе и последнее в нынешнем веке прохождение Венеры по диску..

A Sagittarius Triplet

Пт, Июнь 01, 2012 - 8:30

These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the..

Lantern Saturn

Чт, Май 31, 2012 - 8:30

Known for its bright ring system and many moons, gas giant Saturn looks strange and unfamiliar in this false-color view from the Cassini spacecraft. In fact, in this Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) mosaic the famous rings

Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

Ср, Май 30, 2012 - 8:30

What's that dark spot on planet Earth? It's the shadow of the Moon. The above image of Earth was taken last week by MTSAT during an annular eclipse of the Sun. The dark spot appears quite unusual as clouds are white and the oceans..

Sentinels of the Arctic

Вт, Май 29, 2012 - 8:30

Who guards the north? Judging from the above photograph, possibly giant trees covered in snow and ice. The picture was taken last winter in Finnish Lapland where weather can include sub-freezing temperatures and driving snow. Surreal..

Contemplating the Sun

Пн, Май 28, 2012 - 8:30

Have you contemplated your home star recently? Pictured above, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. The above menagerie...

Mercury Spotting

Вс, Май 27, 2012 - 8:30

Can you spot the planet? The diminutive disk of Mercury, the solar system's innermost planet, spent about five hours crossing in front of the enormous solar disk in 2003, as viewed from the general vicinity of planet Earth.

At the Edge of NGC 891

Сб, Май 26, 2012 - 8:30

This sharp cosmic portrait features NGC 891. The spiral galaxy spans about 100 thousand light-years and is seen almost exactly edge-on from our perspective. In fact, about 30 million light-years distant in the constellation Andromeda, NGC..