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Календарь наблюдателя за май 2012 года

Сб, Май 05, 2012 - 2:01

Основными астрономическими событиями месяца являются: 5 мая - максимум действия метеорного потока эта-Аквариды, 13 мая - Юпитер в..

Астрономическая неделя с 7 по 13 мая 2012 года

Сб, Май 05, 2012 - 1:47

На данной неделе Юпитер вступит в соединение с Солнцем (13 мая)....

Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar s Path

Пт, Май 04, 2012 - 8:30

Exploring the cosmos at extreme energies, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits planet Earth every 95 minutes. By design, it rocks to the north and then to the south on alternate orbits in order to survey the sky with its Large Area..

M106 Close Up

Чт, Май 03, 2012 - 8:30

Close to the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and surrounded by the stars of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici), this celestial wonder was discovered in 1781 by the metric French astronomer Pierre Mechain. Later, it was added to the catalog of his..

Saturns Moon Helene in Color

Ср, Май 02, 2012 - 8:30

Although its colors may be subtle, Saturn's moon Helene is an enigma in any light. The moon was imaged in unprecedented detail last June as the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn swooped to within a single Earth diameter of the..

Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon

Вт, Май 01, 2012 - 7:30

What is all this fuss about the Higgs boson? The physics community is abuzz that a fundamental particle expected by the largely successful Standard Model of particle physics may be soon be found by the huge Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN..

Астрономическая неделя c 30 апреля по 6 мая 2012 года

Пн, Апрель 30, 2012 - 19:45

На данной неделе наступит максимум действия метеорного потока эта-Аквариды....

Aurora Over RaufarhЖfn

Пн, Апрель 30, 2012 - 17:30

It was all lined up even without the colorful aurora exploding overhead. If you follow the apex line of the recently deployed monuments of Arctic Henge in RaufarhЖfn in northern Iceland from this vantage point, you will see that they point..

A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d

Вс, Апрель 29, 2012 - 8:30

On planet Gliese 876d, sunrises might be dangerous. Although nobody really knows what conditions are like on this close-in planet orbiting variable red dwarf star Gliese 876, the above artistic illustration gives one impression.

Sutter s Mill Meteorite

Сб, Апрель 28, 2012 - 7:30

Last Sunday's bright fireball meteor falling through skies over California and Nevada produced sonic booms over a broad area around 7:21 am. Estimates indicate the meteor was about the size of a minivan.

Jupiter and the Moons of Earth

Пт, Апрель 27, 2012 - 8:30

Planet Earth has many moons. Its largest artifical moon, the International Space Station, streaks through this lovely skyview with clouds in silhouette against the fading light of a sunset. Captured from Stuttgart, Germany last Sunday,

Morning, Moon, and Mercury

Чт, Апрель 26, 2012 - 8:30

Last week Mercury wandered far to the west of the Sun. As the solar system's innermost planet neared its greatest elongation or greatest angle from the Sun (for this apparition about 27 degrees) it was joined by an old crescent Moon.