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Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 мая 2017 года

Пт, Апрель 28, 2017 - 20:25

На данной неделе долгопериодическая переменная звезда R Льва достигнет максимума блеска (5m). 2 мая Меркурий меняет движение с попятного..

Exploring the Antennae

Пт, Апрель 28, 2017 - 8:30

Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. Stars in the two galaxies, cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, very rarely collide in the course of the ponderous cataclysm that

Lyrids in Southern Skies

Чт, Апрель 27, 2017 - 7:30

Earth's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked before dawn on April 22nd, as our fair planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet Thatcher. Seen from the high, dark, and dry Atacama desert a waning crescent Moon and brilliant..

Mt. Etna Lava Plume

Ср, Апрель 26, 2017 - 7:30

Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. Located in Sicily, Italy, the volcano produces lava fountains over one kilometer high. Mt. Etna is not only one of the most active...

A Split Ion Tail for Comet Lovejoy E4

Вт, Апрель 25, 2017 - 8:30

What's happened to Comet Lovejoy? In the pictured image, a processed composite, the comet was captured early this month after brightening unexpectedly and sporting a long and intricate ion tail. Remarkably, the typically...

Курсы дополнительного образования «Астрономия в современной школе»

Пн, Апрель 24, 2017 - 19:33

A White Battle in the Black Sea

Пн, Апрель 24, 2017 - 7:30

Trillions have died in the Earth's seas. Calcified shields of the dead already make up the white cliffs of Dover. The battle between ball-shaped light-colored single-celled plants -- phytoplankton called coccolithophores -- and even..

The Holographic Principle

Вс, Апрель 23, 2017 - 8:30

Is this picture worth a thousand words? According to the Holographic Principle, the most information you can get from this image is about 3 x 10 65 bits for a normal sized computer monitor.

The Holographic Principle

Вс, Апрель 23, 2017 - 8:30

Is this picture worth a thousand words? According to the Holographic Principle, the most information you can get from this image is about 3 x 10 65 bits for a normal sized computer monitor.

Between the Rings

Сб, Апрель 22, 2017 - 7:30

On April 12, as the Sun was blocked by the disk of Saturn the Cassini spacecraft camera looked toward the inner Solar System and the gas giant's backlit rings. At the top of the mosaicked view is the A ring with its broader Encke and..

Астрономическая неделя с 24 по 30 апреля 2017 года

Пт, Апрель 21, 2017 - 21:51

На данной неделе Луна сблизится с Венерой, Меркурием, Ураном и Марсом, а 27 апреля при фазе 0,05+ пройдет перигей орбиты (359325 км от центра..

NGC 4302 and NGC 4298

Пт, Апрель 21, 2017 - 8:30

Seen edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 4302 (left) lies about 55 million light-years away in the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. A member of the large Virgo Galaxy Cluster, it spans some 87,000 light-years, a little smaller than our own..