Новости из категории: astronet

To the Moon

Сб, Февраль 24, 2024 - 8:30

Intuitive Machines' robotic lander Odysseus has accomplished the first U.S. landing on the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Launched on a SpaceX rocket on February 15, the phone booth sized lander reached lunar orbit on the 21st..

The Pencil Nebula Supernova Shock Wave

Пт, Февраль 23, 2024 - 8:30

This supernova shock wave plows through interstellar space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour. Centered and moving upward in the sharply detailed color composite its thin, bright, braided filaments are actually long ripples in a cosmic..

A View Toward M106

Чт, Февраль 22, 2024 - 8:30

Big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 dominates this cosmic vista. The nearly two degree wide telescopic field of view looks toward the well-trained constellation Canes Venatici, near the handle of the Big Dipper. Also...

APOD: 2024 February 21 Б Seagull Nebula over Pinnacles Peak

Ср, Февраль 21, 2024 - 8:30

The bird is bigger than the peak. Nicknamed for its avian shape, the Seagull Nebula is an emission nebula on the night sky that is vast, spanning an angle over five times the diameter of the full moon and over 200 light years.

APOD: 2024 February 20 Б AM1054: Stars Form as Galaxies Collide

Вт, Февраль 20, 2024 - 8:30

When galaxies collide, how many stars are born? For AM1054-325, featured here in a recently released image by the Hubble Space Telescope, the answer is millions. Instead of stars being destroyed as galaxy AM1054-325 and a nearby..

Photometry of Transient 2023lmj, an UGSU Cataclysmic Variable Star

Пн, Февраль 19, 2024 - 14:41

I present a photometric study of the new UGSU cataclysmic variable star discovered as the transient 2023lmj. 160 V-band observations of the object were obtained on JD 2460120 - 2460142. The period of superhumps is found to be

Photometry of Transient 2023lmj, an UGSU Cataclysmic Variable Star

Пн, Февраль 19, 2024 - 14:41

Журнал “Небосвод” за апрель 2024 года

Пн, Февраль 19, 2024 - 10:53

Журнал "Небосвод" для любителей астрономии

Астрономическая неделя с 26 февраля по 3 марта 2024 года

Пн, Февраль 19, 2024 - 10:37

На данной неделе 27 февраля Луна (Ф= 0,90-) окажется в нисходящем узле своей орбиты. 28 февраля Меркурий достигнет верхнего соединения с..

APOD: 2024 February 19 Б Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe

Пн, Февраль 19, 2024 - 8:30

What's happening near the Sun? To help find out, NASA launched the robotic Parker Solar Probe (PSP) to investigate regions closer to the Sun than ever before. The PSP's looping orbit brings it nearer to the Sun each time around..

APOD: 2024 February 18 Б Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

Вс, Февраль 18, 2024 - 8:30

Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ball of..

Meteor over the Bay of Naples

Сб, Февраль 17, 2024 - 8:30

A cosmic dust grain plowing through the upper atmosphere much faster than a falling leaf created this brilliant meteor streak. In a serendipitous moment, the sublime night sky view was captured from the resort island of Capri, in the Bay of..