Новости из категории: astronet

Game: Super Planet Crash

Вс, Июнь 19, 2022 - 7:30

Can you create a planetary system that lasts for 1000 years? Super Planet Crash, the featured game, allows you to try. To create up to ten planets, just click anywhere near the central star.

Supergiant star Gamma Cygni is at the center of the Northern Cross. Near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, that famous asterism flies high in northern summer night skies in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.

Астрономическая неделя с 20 по 26 июня 2022 года

Пт, Июнь 17, 2022 - 8:02

На данной неделе 20 июня Луна (Ф= 0,55-) пройдет близ Нептуна. 21 июня наступит летнее солнцестояние, а Луна (Ф= 0,46-) пройдет близ Юпитера. 22..

Good Morning Planets from Chile

Пт, Июнь 17, 2022 - 7:30

On June 15, innermost planet Mercury had wandered about as far from the Sun as it ever gets in planet Earth's sky. Near the eastern horizon just before sunrise it stands over distant Andes mountain peaks in this predawn snapshot from the..

Strawberry Supermoon from China

Чт, Июнь 16, 2022 - 8:30

There are four Full Supermoons in 2022. Using the definition of a supermoon as a Full Moon near perigee, that is within at least 90% of its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit, the year's Full Supermoon dates are May 16, June 14, July..

In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster

Ср, Июнь 15, 2022 - 7:30

The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies is the closest cluster of galaxies to our Milky Way Galaxy. The Virgo Cluster is so close that it spans more than 5 degrees on the sky - about 10 times the angle made by a full Moon.

A Study of Double-mode High-amplitude delta Scuti Variable Stars Pulsating in the Fundamental and Fi

Вт, Июнь 14, 2022 - 12:07

I present a detection of 44 new double-mode high-amplitude delta Scuti variable stars, HADS(B) type, pulsating in the fundamental and first overtone modes. We analyzed all observations available for these stars in the ASAS-SN online public..

Satellites Behind Pinnacles

Вт, Июнь 14, 2022 - 8:30

What are all those streaks across the background? Satellite trails. First, the foreground features picturesque rock mounds known as Pinnacles. Found in the Nambung National Park in Western Australia, these human-sized spires are made..

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble

Пн, Июнь 13, 2022 - 7:30

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky.

Find the Man in the Moon

Вс, Июнь 12, 2022 - 8:30

Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia -- imagining familiar icons where they don't actually exist. The textured surface...

The Road and the Milky Way

Сб, Июнь 11, 2022 - 7:30

At night you can follow this road as it passes through the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve not too far from Alentejo, Portugal. Or you could stop, look up, and follow the Milky Way through the sky. Both stretch from horizon to horizon in this

Arp 286: Trio in Virgo

Пт, Июнь 10, 2022 - 18:30

This colorful telescopic field of view features a trio of interacting galaxies almost 90 million light-years away, toward the constellation Virgo. On the right two spiky, foreground Milky Way stars echo the extragalactic hues, a reminder..