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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..

A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan

Пн, Июль 11, 2011 - 7:30

If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer during the total lunar eclipse last month was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video from Tajikistan. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the Moon and the..

A Milky Way Band

Вс, Июль 10, 2011 - 7:30

Most bright stars in our Milky Way Galaxy reside in a disk. Since our Sun also resides in this disk, these stars appear to us as a diffuse band that circles the sky.

Atlantis Reflection

Сб, Июль 09, 2011 - 7:30

Space shuttle orbiter Atlantis left planet Earth on Friday, July 8, embarking on the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. The momentous launch was the final one in NASA's 30 year space shuttle program that began with the..

Астрономическая неделя с 11 по 17 июля 2011 года

Пт, Июль 08, 2011 - 19:27

На данной неделе астероид Веста достигает блеска 6,0m, и становится доступной невооруженному глазу при ясном безлунном небе....

Saturn Storm Panoramas

Пт, Июль 08, 2011 - 7:30

These tantalizing panoramas follow a remarkable giant storm encircling the northern hemisphere of ringed planet Saturn. Still active, the roiling storm clouds were captured in near-infrared images recorded by the Cassini spacecraft on..