Новости из категории: astronet

Movie: Approaching Light Speed

Вт, Октябрь 18, 2011 - 7:30

What would it look like to travel near the speed of light? Strange visual effects would appear as documented in the above relativistically-accurate animation. First of all, relativistic aberration would cause objects to appear to bunch..

MACS 1206: A Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Len

Пн, Октябрь 17, 2011 - 7:30

It is difficult to hide a galaxy behind a cluster of galaxies. The closer cluster's gravity will act like a huge lens, pulling images of the distant galaxy around the sides and greatly distorting them.

A Picturesque Venus Transit

Вс, Октябрь 16, 2011 - 7:30

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,..

NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

Сб, Октябрь 15, 2011 - 7:30

Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed

Общемосковский семинар астрофизиков (ГАИШ МГУ)

Сб, Октябрь 15, 2011 - 1:00

1. Новости. 2. Дискуссия по теме "Сверхсветовые" нейтрино. 3. В.М.Липунов. История открытия космологического ускорения.

Семинар НИИЯФ МГУ “Астрофизика космических лучей и физика космоса”

Сб, Октябрь 15, 2011 - 1:00

А.Д.Панов (НИИЯФ МГУ). Прямые измерения космических лучей - по материалам конференции в Пекине. http://www.sinp.msu.ru/science.php3?sec=sem&ref=21

Астрономическая неделя с 17 по 23 октября 2011 года

Пт, Октябрь 14, 2011 - 20:35

На данной неделе наступит максимум действия метеорного потока Ориониды, видимость которого более благоприятна, чем у Драконид ввиду..

MAGIC Star Trails

Пт, Октябрь 14, 2011 - 7:30

Colorful star trails arc across the night in this surreal timelapse skyscape from the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the Canary island of La Palma. A reflection of the Earth's daily rotation on its axis, the star trails are also..

The Color of IC 1795

Чт, Октябрь 13, 2011 - 7:30

This sharp cosmic portrait features glowing gas and obscuring dust clouds in IC 1795, a star forming region in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. Also cataloged as NGC 896, the nebula's remarkable details, shown...

Saturn: Shadows of a Seasonal Sundial

Ср, Октябрь 12, 2011 - 7:30

Saturn's rings form one of the larger sundials known. This sundial, however, determines only the season of Saturn, not the time of day. In 2009, during Saturn's last equinox, Saturn's thin rings threw almost no shadows onto Saturn,..

NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula

Вт, Октябрь 11, 2011 - 7:30

It's the bubble versus the cloud. NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, is being pushed out by the stellar wind of massive central star BD+602522. Next door, though, lives a giant molecular cloud, visible to the right. At this place in..

A Strange Sunrise Over Argentina

Пн, Октябрь 10, 2011 - 7:30

Why would a rising Sun look so strange? No one is yet sure. What is clear is that the above unusual sunrise was captured last month from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The body of water in the foreground is Rio de La Plata, considered by..