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Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars

Вс, Февраль 12, 2012 - 8:30

The constellation of Orion holds much more than three stars in a row. A deep exposure shows everything from dark nebula to star clusters, all embedded in an extended patch of gaseous wisps in the greater Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

A February Moon Halo

Сб, Февраль 11, 2012 - 8:30

Lighting the night last Tuesday, February's Full Moon is sometimes called the Snow Moon. But the Moon was not quite full in this mosaicked skyscape recorded on February 2 south of Budapest, Hungary, and there was no snow either.

Семинар отдела космических излучений ФИАН

Сб, Февраль 11, 2012 - 1:00

Ю.Б.Гуров. Многослойные полупроводниковые установки для спектрометрии заряженных частиц на ускорителях.

Астрономическая неделя с 13 по 19 февраля 2012 года

Пт, Февраль 10, 2012 - 20:37

На данной неделе начнется лучшая в 2012 году вечерняя видимость Меркурия, а Венера вступит в соединение с Церерой....

At the Core of NGC 6752

Пт, Февраль 10, 2012 - 8:30

This sharp Hubble Space Telescope view looks deep into NGC 6752. Some 13,000 light-years away toward the southern constellation Pavo, the globular star cluster roams the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Over...

Trees, Stars, Aurora

Чт, Февраль 09, 2012 - 8:30

Have you ever seen an aurora? Auroras are occurring again with increasing frequency. With the Sun being unusually dormant over the past four years, the amount of Sun-induced auroras has been unusually low. More recently, however, our..

Enceladus Backlit by Saturn

Ср, Февраль 08, 2012 - 7:30

This moon is shining by the light of its planet. Specifically, a large portion of Enceladus pictured above is illuminated primarily by sunlight first reflected from the planet Saturn. The result is that the normally snow-white moon..

The Belt of Venus Over Mercedes Argentina

Вт, Февраль 07, 2012 - 8:30

Although you've surely seen it, you might not have noticed it. During a cloudless twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, part of the atmosphere above the horizon appears slightly off-color, slightly pink or orange.

Dust of the Orion Nebula

Пн, Февраль 06, 2012 - 8:30

What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? In the case of the Orion Nebula -- dust. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with intricate and picturesque filaments of dust.

Когда мы были молодые

Вс, Февраль 05, 2012 - 19:52

Медаль имени Бенджамина Франклина по физике за 2012 год присуждена Рашиду Алиевичу Сюняеву. Академик Рашид Алиевич Сюняев родился 1..

Журнал “Небосвод” за февраль 2012 года

Вс, Февраль 05, 2012 - 17:53

В февральском номере журнала опубликована статья о ставшей знаменитой комете Лавджоя, рассказывается о необычных вспыхивающих..

Lunation

Вс, Февраль 05, 2012 - 8:30

Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation, a complete lunar cycle. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly..