Новости из категории: astronet

APOD: 2024 March 12 Б A Galaxy Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral

Вт, Март 12, 2024 - 7:30

What's that over the horizon? What may look like a strangely nearby galaxy is actually a normal rocket's exhaust plume -- but unusually backlit. Although the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from...

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 марта 2024 года

Пн, Март 11, 2024 - 11:29

На данной неделе 19 марта Венера достигнет афелия своей орбиты, а 20 марта наступит весеннее равноденствие

APOD: 2024 March 11 Б A Full Plankton Moon

Пн, Март 11, 2024 - 7:30

What glows in the night? This night featured a combination of usual and unusual glows. Perhaps the most usual glow was from the Moon, a potentially familiar object. The full Moon's nearly vertical descent results from the observer being..

APOD: 2024 March 10 Б A Total Eclipse at the End of the World

Вс, Март 10, 2024 - 9:30

Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If you did, would you be surprised to find someone else there already? In 2003, the Sun, the Moon, Antarctica, and two photographers all lined up in Antarctica..

Comet 12P/Pons Brooks in Northern Spring

Сб, Март 09, 2024 - 8:30

As spring approaches for northern skygazers Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is growing brighter. Currently visible with small telescopes and binoculars the Halley-type comet could reach naked eye visibility in the coming weeks. Seen despite a..

Comet 12P/Pons Brooks in Northern Spring

Сб, Март 09, 2024 - 8:30

The Tarantula Zone

Пт, Март 08, 2024 - 8:30

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 180 thousand light-years away, it's the largest,

The Crew 8 Nebula

Чт, Март 07, 2024 - 9:30

Not the James Webb Space Telescope's latest view of a distant galactic nebula, this cloud of gas and dust dazzled spacecoast skygazers on March 3. The telephoto snapshot was taken minutes after the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on the SpaceX..

APOD: 2024 March 6 Б M102: Edge on Disk Galaxy

Ср, Март 06, 2024 - 14:30

What kind of celestial object is this? A relatively normal galaxy -- but seen from its edge. Many disk galaxies are actually just as thin as NGC 5866, the Spindle galaxy, pictured here, but are not seen edge-on from our vantage point...

APOD: 2024 March 5 Б NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art

Вт, Март 05, 2024 - 8:30

Is this a painting or a photograph? In this celestial abstract art composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170, also known as the Angel Nebula, shines just above the image center. Reflecting...