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Quadrantids of the North

Чт, Январь 11, 2024 - 8:30

Named for a forgotten constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower puts on an annual show for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. The shower's radiant on the sky lies within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation Quadrans..

The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Ср, Январь 10, 2024 - 8:30

This colorful skyscape spans about three full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the royal northern constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of the region's massive...

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 января 2024 года

Вт, Январь 09, 2024 - 13:29

На данной неделе 15 января Луна (Ф= 0,25+) пройдет южнее Нептуна (покрытие при видимости в Южной Америке), а 20 января Луна (Ф= 0,76+) будет..

APOD: 2024 January 9 Б Thors Helmet

Вт, Январь 09, 2024 - 8:30

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..

APOD: 2024 January 8 Б The Phases of Venus

Пн, Январь 08, 2024 - 8:30

Venus goes through phases. Just like our Moon, Venus can appear as a full circular disk, a thin crescent, or anything in between. Venus, frequently the brightest object in the post-sunset or pre-sunrise sky, appears so small,

APOD: 2024 January 7 Б The Cats Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray

Вс, Январь 07, 2024 - 7:30

To some it looks like a cat's eye. To others, perhaps like a giant cosmic conch shell. It is actually one of the brightest and most highly detailed planetary nebula known, composed of gas expelled in the brief yet glorious phase..

The Snows of Churyumov Gerasimenko

Сб, Январь 06, 2024 - 8:30

You couldn't really be caught in this blizzard while standing by a cliff on periodic comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Orbiting the comet in June of 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft's narrow angle camera did record...

Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion

Пт, Январь 05, 2024 - 8:30

Near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait, at the heart of the Orion Nebula, are four hot, massive stars known as the Trapezium. Gathered within a region about 1.5 light-years in radius, they dominate the core of the dense Orion Nebula..

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

Чт, Январь 04, 2024 - 7:30

Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Zeta Ophiuchi produces the arcing interstellar bow wave or bow shock seen in this stunning infrared portrait. In the false-color view, bluish Zeta...

APOD: 2024 January 3 Б A SAR Arc from New Zealand

Ср, Январь 03, 2024 - 8:30

What is that unusual red halo surrounding this aurora? It is a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc. SAR arcs are rare and have only been acknowledged and studied since 1954. The featured wide-angle photograph...

APOD: 2024 January 2 Б Rocket Transits Rippling Moon

Вт, Январь 02, 2024 - 7:30

Can a rocket make the Moon ripple? No, but it can make a background moon appear wavy. The rocket, in this case, was a SpaceX Falcon Heavy that blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center last week.

APOD: 2024 January 1 Б NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Пн, Январь 01, 2024 - 7:30

Galaxies are fascinating not only for what is visible, but for what is invisible. Grand spiral galaxy NGC 1232, captured in detail by one of the Very Large Telescopes, is a good example.