Astronomicheskii kalendar' na 2008 god
14.12.2007 10:40 | Aleksandr Kozlovskii

Vyshel v svet Astronomicheskii kalendar' na 2008 god(4 vypusk v serii "Astrobiblioteka", prilozhenie k zhurnalu "Nebosvod"). Eto ezhegodnik, soderzhashii opisanie osnovnyh astronomicheskih yavlenii, kotorye dolzhny proizoiti v 2008 godu. Kalendar' soderzhit efemeridy Solnca, Luny, bol'shih planet, komet i asteroidov, dostupnyh dlya nablyudenii lyubitel'skimi sredstvami.

Apollon-17: panorama kratera Shorti
14.12.2007 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

V dekabre 1972 goda astronavty Apollona-17 Yudzhin Sernan i Harrison Shmitt probyli okolo 75 chasov na Lune, v doline Taurus-Littrov, a ih kollega Ronal'd Evans v eto vremya nahodilsya na okololunnoi orbite. Eta chetkaya panorama - cifrovoi montazh iz fotografii, snyatyh Sernanom, kogda on i Shmitt puteshestvovali po dnu doliny.