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Noctilucent Clouds Over Edmonton

Ср, Июль 20, 2011 - 7:30

Sometimes it's night on the ground but day in the air. As the Earth rotates to eclipse the Sun, sunset rises up from the ground. Therefore, at sunset on the ground, sunlight still shines on clouds above.

Vesta Vista

Вт, Июль 19, 2011 - 7:30

What does the surface of asteroid Vesta look like? The brightest asteroid in the Solar System and the object which takes up about 10 percent of the entire mass of the main asteroid belt had never been seen up close before.

A Busy Space Walk at the Space Station

Пн, Июль 18, 2011 - 7:30

What's that astronaut doing? Unloading a space shuttle -- for the last time. After the space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mike Fossum underwent a long spacewalk that included carrying a Robotics Refueling Mission (RRM) payload from..

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 июля 2011 года

Вс, Июль 17, 2011 - 22:43

На данной неделе 20 июля Меркурий достигнет вечерней элонгации....

Lewins Challenge: 360 Degree Star Trails

Вс, Июль 17, 2011 - 7:30

You could be the first person ever to take a real single-exposure image like this. The above image from Vienna, Austria is not real in the sense that the 360 degree star trails in the sky appear only because of a digital trick.

Starry Night over Dubai

Сб, Июль 16, 2011 - 18:28

A starry night over the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is really not so starry. In fact, the Moon is the only celestial beacon to come close to competing with city lights in this night skyscape, a situation all too familiar to..

NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap

Сб, Июль 16, 2011 - 18:28

NGC 3314 is actually two large spiral galaxies which just happen to almost exactly line up. The foreground spiral is viewed nearly face-on, its pinwheel shape defined by young bright star clusters. But against the glow of the background..

Нептун: один раз вокруг Солнца

Чт, Июль 14, 2011 - 7:30

Нептун делает один оборот вокруг своей оси почти за 16 часов. Поэтому эти 4 фотографии самого далёкого газового гиганта Солнечной..

Neptune: Once Around

Чт, Июль 14, 2011 - 7:30

Neptune rotates once on its axis in about 16 hours. So, spaced about 4 hours apart these 4 images of the solar system's most distant gas giant cover one Neptune day. Recorded...

New Variable Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 7129

Ср, Июль 13, 2011 - 12:37

Atlantis Last Approach

Ср, Июль 13, 2011 - 7:30

For the last time, the US Space Shuttle has approached the International Space Station (ISS). Following a dramatic launch from Cape Canaveral last week that was witnessed by an estimated one million people, Space Shuttle Atlantis..

The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies

Вт, Июль 12, 2011 - 7:30

Here is one of the largest objects that anyone will ever see on the sky. Each of these fuzzy blobs is a galaxy, together making up the Perseus Cluster, one of the closest clusters of galaxies. The cluster is seen through a foreground of..