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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Созерцая ночное небо http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1248672/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Amir Taheri
Explanation:
Have you contemplated your sky recently?
Tonight will be a good one for midnight meditators at
many northerly locations as
meteors from the
Geminids meteor shower will frequently
streak through.
The Geminds meteor shower has slowly been
building to a
crescendo and should peak tonight.
Pictured above ten days ago, a group of
celestial sightseers in the
Maranjab Desert in
Iran,
were treated to a dark and wondrous pre-dawn sky that contained
the planet Venus and a
crescent Moon.
Tonight Mars and Mercury should be
visible just above the southwestern horizon at sunset,
while the first quarter Moon will set around midnight.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.