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... Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula . ... Credit Copyright: WISE , IRSA , NASA ; Processing Copyright : Francesco Antonucci Explanation: Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga . The cloud of glowing gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893 . ... Publications with keywords: star formation . Publications with words: star formation . ...

Астрономический календарь 2016 Какие астрономические явления подарит нам наступающий 2016 год? Наверняка он даст обильную пищу астрологам: как же - мало того, что год високосный, так еще в аккурат на 29 февраля приходится соединение с Солнцем самой далекой официальной планеты солнечной системы - Непутна.. ... Затмения: . ... В отличие от предыдущего года , в наступающем произойдет пять затмений: два солнечных (09 марта и 01 сентября) и три лунных (23 марта, 18 августа и 16 сентября). ... март . ...

... From Mark Bailey, Armagh Observatory, and Greer Ramsey, Armagh County Museum . The National Museums Northern Ireland and the Armagh Observatory announce the launch of the exhibition "Portraits of Astronomers", at 8.00pm on Thursday 19th November at Armagh County Museum . ... Among the invited guests will be Lucinda Douglas-Menzies who took the images and whose book and exhibition is a fitting tribute to the United Nations International Year of Astronomy 2009. ... Thursday, 12 November 2009 00:16 . ...

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... В ноябре, как и в предыдущем месяце, сохраняются неблагоприятные условия для наблюдения ярких планет: Меркурий, Венера, Марс, Юпитер - все еще продолжают группироваться вокруг Солнца. ... Правда в конце месяца положение одной их этих планет станет более благоприятным - 25 ноября произойдет западная элонгация Меркурия, который удалится от Солнца на расстояние в 20 градусов, с каждым днем становясь все ярче. ... Немного скрасит скучный месяц интересное явление, которое произойдет 6 ноября . ...

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