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Шлем Тора

Вт, Декабрь 20, 2022 - 8:30

У Тора есть не только собственный день недели – четверг (Thor – Thursday), но и шлем в небесах. NGC 2359 – имеющее форму шлема космическое..

Thor not only has his own day (Thursday), but a helmet in the heavens. Popularly called Thor's Helmet, NGC 2359 is a hat-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about..

Four High-amplitude delta Scuti Stars from the ZTF Survey

Пн, Декабрь 19, 2022 - 16:38

We report the results of our CCD photometry of several variable stars. As a result, we are able to confirm that four stars from the ZTF survey that were classified uncertainly are indeed high-amplitude delta Scuti stars. Periods, epochs of

Газ и пыль в туманности Головастик

Пн, Декабрь 19, 2022 - 8:30

Почему в туманности Головастик царит такой беспорядок? Из-за звездообразования. Светящееся газопылевое облако – туманность..

The Tadpole Nebula in Gas and Dust

Пн, Декабрь 19, 2022 - 7:30

What's causing the commotion in the Tadpole Nebula? Star formation. Dusty emission in the Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga).

The 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky

Вс, Декабрь 18, 2022 - 8:30

Do you know the names of some of the brightest stars? It's likely that you do, even though some bright stars have names so old they date back to near the beginning of written language.

Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph

Сб, Декабрь 17, 2022 - 7:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo scene from Taurus-Littrow valley on the Moon! The color anaglyph features a detailed 3D view of Apollo 17's Lunar Rover in the foreground -- behind it lies the Lunar Module and distant..

Астрономическая неделя с 19 по 25 декабря 2022 года

Пт, Декабрь 16, 2022 - 9:35

На данной неделе 20 декабря Луна (Ф= 0,15-) окажется в нисходящем узле своей орбиты, а 21 декабря Меркурий достигнет максимальной восточной..

The Geminid

Пт, Декабрь 16, 2022 - 8:30

Returning from beyond the Moon, on December 11 the Orion spacecraft entered Earth's atmosphere at almost 11 kilometers per second. That's half the speed of the grain of dust that created this long fireball meteor when it entered the..

Полная Луна, полный Марс

Чт, Декабрь 15, 2022 - 8:30

8 декабря полная Луна и полный Марс на небе планеты Земля были яркими, находились около противоположной Солнцу точки и близко друг от..

Full Moon, Full Mars

Чт, Декабрь 15, 2022 - 8:30

On December 8 a full Moon and a full Mars were close, both bright and opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. In fact Mars was occulted, passing behind the Moon when viewed from some locations across Europe and North America.

Lunar Dust and Duct Tape

Ср, Декабрь 14, 2022 - 8:30

Why is the Moon so dusty? On Earth, rocks are weathered by wind and water, creating soil and sand. On the Moon, the history of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil..