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Gale Crater

Пт, Июль 29, 2011 - 7:30

This sharp view from the Thermal Emission Imaging System camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter is centered on 154 kilometer (96 mile) wide Gale crater, near the martian equator. Within Gale, an impressive layered mountain rises about 5..

NGC 6188 and NGC 6164

Чт, Июль 28, 2011 - 7:30

Fantastic shapes lurk in clouds of glowing hydrogen gas in NGC 6188. The emission nebula is found near the edge of a large molecular cloud, unseen at visible wavelengths, in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away.

Introducing Comet Garradd

Ср, Июль 27, 2011 - 7:30

Another large snowball is falling toward the Sun. Comet Garradd was discovered two years ago by Gordon Garradd in Australia, and is currently visible through a small telescope at visual magnitude nine. Officially designated...

Galaxy NGC 474: Cosmic Blender

Вт, Июль 26, 2011 - 7:30

What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex and unexpected given the relatively featureless appearance of the elliptical galaxy in less deep images. The cause...

Milky Way Over Abandoned Kilns

Пн, Июль 25, 2011 - 7:30

What's that below the Milky Way? Historic kilns. Built in the 1870s in rural Nevada, USA to process local wood into charcoal, the kilns were soon abandon due to a town fire and flooding, but remain in good condition even today.

Журнал “Небосвод” за июль 2011 года

Вс, Июль 24, 2011 - 21:07

В июльском номере журнала опубликованы материалы к первому обороту планеты Нептун вокруг Солнца со времени открытия, по истории..

Астрономическая неделя с 25 по 31 июля 2011 года

Вс, Июль 24, 2011 - 11:20

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие звезды дельта Овна (4,4m), а также Марса Луной. Кроме этого наступит максимум действия метеорных..

Космический радиотелескоп раскрылся !

Вс, Июль 24, 2011 - 10:20

23 июля 2011 года космический телескоп "РадиоАстрон" раскрылся ! Поздравляем наших коллег и желаем удачного выполнения научной..

A Flight of Helios

Вс, Июль 24, 2011 - 7:30

An example of solar-powered flight, NASA's Helios aircraft flew almost one hundred years after the Wright brothers' historic flight on December 17, 1903. Pictured here at 3,000 meters in in skies northwest of Kauai, Hawaii, USA in..

NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis

Сб, Июль 23, 2011 - 7:30

Magnificent island universe NGC 2403 stands within the boundaries of the long-necked constellation Camelopardalis. Some 10 million light-years distant and about 50,000 light-years across, the spiral galaxy also seems to have more than its..

NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis

Сб, Июль 23, 2011 - 7:30

Pluto s P4

Пт, Июль 22, 2011 - 7:30

Nix and Hydra were first introduced to human eyes in Hubble Space Telescope images from May 2005, as Pluto's second and third known moons. Now Hubble images have revealed a fourth satellite for the icy, dwarf planet. Provisionally..