"ASCA" ob'yavlena poteryanoi
22.09.2000 5:00 | Russkii Pereplet

Predstaviteli yaponskogo instituta kosmicheskih issledovanii (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, ISAS) ob'yavili, chto prekrashayut popytki vosstanovit' rabotu kosmicheskoi rentgenovskoi observatorii "ASCA" ("Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics"), kotoraya v iyule nyneshnego goda pereshla v bezopasnyi rezhim poleta. Kak polagayut, problemy na bortu kosmicheskogo apparata stali sledstviem

Sharovoe zvezdnoe skoplenie
22.09.2000 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Pyat'desyat pyatyi ob'ekt v kataloge Mess'e -- M55 -- eto simpatichnoe sharovoe skoplenie, naschityvayushee okolo 100 000 zvezd. Raspolozhennoe v sozvezdii Strel'ca na rasstoyanii vsego v 20 000 svetovyh let ot Solnca, skoplenie M55 vyglyadit kak krug razmerom primerno 2/3 diska polnoi Luny.