Sil'viya, Romul i Rem
18.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Otkrytyi v 1866 godu asteroid 87 Sil'viya nahoditsya na rasstoyanii 3.5 astronomicheskih edinic ot Solnca, mezhdu orbitami Marsa i Yupitera - v glavnom poyase asteroidov. V poslednie gody bylo ustanovleno, chto on yavlyaetsya odnim iz mnogochislennyh dvoinyh asteroidov.

Planety nad Paranalom
17.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Na etoi kartine zakata v observatorii Paranal mozhno uvidet' ochen' yarkie planety i ochen' bol'shie teleskopy. Chetyre ogromnyh 8.2-metrovyh teleskopa observatorii nahodyatsya na vershine gory Serro Paranal vysotoi 2600 metrov v suhoi pustyne Atakama na severe Chili. Kazhdyi teleskop mozhet rabotat' otdel'no ili vmeste s ostal'nymi, kak edinyi instrument.

Meteory potoka Perseid i Mlechnyi Put'
15.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Gde poyavitsya sleduyushii meteor iz potoka Perseid? Etot vopros chasto zadavali sebe lyubiteli astronomii, nablyudavshie meteornyi dozhd' Perseid , maksimum kotorogo nablyudalsya v poslednie dni. Eto nepredskazuemoe nebesnoe yavlenie chastichno pokazano na privedennoi zdes' posledovatel'nosti...

Bolid meteornogo potoka
12.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Esli vy vyidite segodnya noch'yu na ulicu, to uvidite nebesnoe svetovoe predstavlenie. I chem pozzhe - tem luchshe. Etoi noch'yu ozhidaetsya maksimum intensivnosti nablyudayushegosya celyi mesyac meteornogo potoka Perseid . Hotya Perseidy vidny v eto vremya kazhdyi god, v etom godu oni dolzhny byt' osobenno aktivny, tak kak vo vremya maksimuma nablyudeniyam ne budet meshat' lunnyi svet.

Sil'viya: pervyi troinoi asteroid
10.08.2005 13:37 | M. E. Prohorov/GAISh, Moskva

V aguste 2005 goda poyavilos' soobshenie, chto u asteroida Sil'viya (87 Sylvia) obnaruzhen vtoroi sputnik, t.e. eto pervyi otkrytyi troinoi asteroid v Solnechnoi sisteme.

Padayushie Perseidy
6.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Kometnaya pyl' vysypalas' na planetu Zemlya v avguste proshlogo goda, vyzvav na nochnom nebe ezhegodnyi meteornyi dozhd' Perseid . Naslazhdayas' neozhidanno udachnymi nablyudatel'nymi usloviyami, astronom Fred Bryundzhes sdelal seriyu 30-sekundnyh vyderzhek v techenie shesti chasov v noch' s 11 na 12 avgusta.

HD 188753: troinoi zakat
5.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Hotya eto kazhetsya fantasticheskoi kartinoi, predstavlenie hudozhnika o zakate v chuzhom mire osnovano na fakte - nedavnem otkrytii goryachei planety razmerom s Yupiter, obrashayusheisya v troinoi zvezdnoi sisteme HD 188753. Massivnaya planeta v sisteme...

2003 UB 313: desyataya planeta?
1.08.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Neuzheli otkryta desyataya planeta? Poslednie dannye pokazyvayut, chto nedavno otkrytyi ob'ekt, oboznachennyi kak 2003 UB 313 , nahoditsya bolee chem v dva raza dal'she Plutona i mozhet byt' po krainei mere ne men'she Plutona, a vozmozhno, i bol'she ego. 2003 UB 313 ne byl otkryt ran'she iz-za svoego slabogo bleska i bol'shogo naklona orbity (44 gradusa).

Solnechnaya sistema: otkrytie tela krupnee Plutona
31.07.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Neuzheli eto desyataya planeta? Slaben'koe medlenno dvizhusheesya pyatnyshko bylo otkryto s pomosh'yu komp'yutera. Bylo ustanovleno, chto eto telo nahoditsya na okraine solnechnoi sistemy i po krainei mere ne men'she Plutona. V nastoyashee vremya ob'ekt nahoditsya na rasstoyanii okolo sta astronomicheskih edinic ot Solnca - bolee chem v dva raza dal'she Plutona.

Lila - desyataya planeta Solnechnoi sistemy?
30.07.2005 11:53 | O. S. Bartunov/GAISh, Moskva

Planeta, kotoraya poka nazvana kak 2003UB313, byla otkryta astronomami Maikom Braunom (Mike Brown, Kalteh), Chadom Truhil'o (Chad Trujillo, observatoriya Gemini) i Devidom Rabinovichem (David Rabinowitz, 'el') vo vremya obzora, kotoryi provoditsya na avtomaticheskom 48" (122 sm) teleskope Samuelya Oschina (Samuel Oschin) observatorii Palomar.