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An Unusual Venusian Oval

Пн, Февраль 13, 2012 - 7:30

Why would Venus appear oval? Venus has been seen countless times from the surface of the Earth, and every time the Earth's atmosphere has dispersed its light to some degree. When...

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.