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A Summer Night s Dream

Пт, Август 05, 2011 - 7:30

Fix your digital camera to a tripod, start a long series of exposures, and you too can record star trails. The concentric arcs traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis often produce dreamlike scenes in otherwise familiar

A Dusty Iris Nebula

Чт, Август 04, 2011 - 7:30

These clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully cataloged as NGC 7023, this is not the only nebula in..

The Leo Triplet Galaxies from VST

Ср, Август 03, 2011 - 7:30

This popular group is famous as the Leo Triplet - a gathering of three magnificent galaxies in one field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, these galaxies can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (top), M66..

Астероид Веста

Вт, Август 02, 2011 - 7:30

Почему северная часть астероида Веста сильнее покрыта кратерами, чем южная? Никто пока не знает точно. Эта неожиданная загадка..

Asteroid Vesta Full Frame

Вт, Август 02, 2011 - 7:30

Why is the northern half of asteroid Vesta more heavily cratered than the south? No one is yet sure. This unexpected mystery has come to light only in the past few weeks since the robotic Dawn mission became the first spacecraft to..

Shuttle Reentry Streak from Orbit

Пн, Август 01, 2011 - 7:30

What's that strange bright streak? It is the last image ever of a space shuttle from orbit. A week and a half ago, after decoupling from the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Atlantis fired its rockets for the last time,..

Астрономическая газета - 14 выпуск 2011 года

Вс, Июль 31, 2011 - 13:21

В номере: Скопление М26, Календарь, Мессенджер - первые результаты, Путешествие вокруг Ковша, С днём рождения, Нептун, Церера и Веста в..

Календарь наблюдателя на август 2011 года

Вс, Июль 31, 2011 - 12:50

Основными астрономическими событиями месяца являются: 5 августа - астероид Веста (5,6m) в противостоянии с Солнцем, 12 августа -..

Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 августа 2011 года

Вс, Июль 31, 2011 - 12:08

На данной неделе астероид Веста (5,6m) вступит в противостоянии с Солнцем....

Metal on the Plains of Mars

Вс, Июль 31, 2011 - 7:30

What has the Opportunity rover found on Mars? While traversing a vast empty plain in 2005 in Meridiani Planum, one of Earth's rolling robots on Mars found a surprise when visiting the location of its own metallic heat shield discarded last..

A Tale of Two Hemispheres

Сб, Июль 30, 2011 - 7:30

A quest to find planet Earth's darkest night skies led to this intriguing panorama. In projection, the mosaic view sandwiches the horizons visible in all-sky images taken from the northern hemisphere's Canary Island of La Palma (top) and..