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Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble

Сб, Октябрь 29, 2011 - 7:30

Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (although without the central bar), spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward the..

Календарь наблюдателя на ноябрь 2011 года

Пт, Октябрь 28, 2011 - 19:00

Основными астрономическими событиями месяца являются: максимум действия метеорного потока Леониды и частное солнечное затмение

Астрономическая неделя с 31 октября по 6 ноября 2011 года

Пт, Октябрь 28, 2011 - 18:53

На данной неделе состоится покрытие Луной звезды кси Стрельца (3,5m), Меркурий пройдет в 2 гр. южнее Венеры, а астероид Амфирита вступит в..

Six High-Amplitude Double-Mode Delta Scuti Variables

Пт, Октябрь 28, 2011 - 13:52

October Skylights

Пт, Октябрь 28, 2011 - 7:30

As northern hemisphere nights grow longer, October is a good month for spotting auroras, or even other eerie apparitions after dark. And this week the night sky did not disappoint. On October 24th a solar coronal mass ejection impacted

Young Suns of NGC 7129

Чт, Октябрь 27, 2011 - 7:30

Young suns still lie within dusty NGC 7129, some 3,000 light-years away toward the royal constellation Cepheus. While these stars are at a relatively tender age, only a few million years old, it is likely that our own Sun formed in a..

In Through and Beyond Saturns Rings

Ср, Октябрь 26, 2011 - 7:30

A fourth moon is visible on the above image if you look hard enough. First -- and furthest in the background -- is Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and one of the larger moons in the Solar System. The dark feature across the top of..

IC 1805: The Heart Nebula in HDR

Вт, Октябрь 25, 2011 - 7:30

What powers the Heart Nebula? The large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a human heart. The nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element: hydrogen. The red glow and the larger shape..

HH 222: The Waterfall Nebula

Пн, Октябрь 24, 2011 - 7:30

What created the Waterfall Nebula? No one knows. The structure seen in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex is one of the more mysterious structures yet found on the sky. Designated HH-222, the elongated..

Jupiter’s Clouds from New Horizons

Вс, Октябрь 23, 2011 - 7:30

The New Horizons spacecraft took some stunning images of Jupiter on its way out to Pluto. Famous for its Great Red Spot, Jupiter is also known for its regular, equatorial cloud bands, visible through even modest sized telescopes.

Астрономический календарь на 2012 год

Сб, Октябрь 22, 2011 - 19:28

Ежегодник, составлен на основе программы АК4.30 Кузнецова Александра (Нижний Тагил), и описывает основных астрономических явления,..

Jupiter Near Opposition

Сб, Октябрь 22, 2011 - 7:30

On October 29 (UT), Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, will be at opposition, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky, shining brightly and rising as the Sun sets. That configuration results...