2019 July 13 The Eagle Rises Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA – Stereo Image Copyright: John Kaufmann (ALSJ) Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view from lunar orbit. The 3D anaglyph was created from two photographs (AS11-44-6633, AS11-44-6634) taken by astronaut […]
2019 July 12 Magellanic Galaxy NGC 55 Image Credit & Copyright: Acquisition – Eric Benson, Processing – Dietmar Hager Explanation: Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the LMC is about 180,000 light-years away and a well-know
2019 July 10 4000 Exoplanets Video Credit: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida); Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive Explanation: Over 4000 planets are now known to exist outside our Solar System. Known as exoplanets, this milestone was passed last month, as recorded by NASA’s Exoplanet Archive. T
2019 July 9 Birds During a Total Solar Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Leonardo Caldas Explanation: What do birds do during a total solar eclipse? Darkness descends more quickly in a total eclipse than during sunset, but returns just as quickly — and perhaps unexpectedly to the avians &#
2019 July 8 The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT Image Credit: MeerKAT, SARAO Explanation: What’s happening at the center of our galaxy? It’s hard to tell with optical telescopes since visible light is blocked by intervening interstellar dust. In other bands of light, though, such a
2019 July 7 Crescent Saturn Image Credit: NASA, ESA, SSI, Cassini Imaging Team Explanation: Saturn never shows a crescent phase — from Earth. But when viewed from beyond, the majestic giant planet can show an unfamiliar diminutive sliver. This image of crescent Saturn in natural color was take
2019 July 6 持续8分30秒的日全食 影像提供与版权: Bob Minor 说明: 在7月2日的日食期间，全食阶段最长约可持续4分30秒。能见到这个最长全食的地点，在地球表面·复活岛北方大约1,100公里的南太平洋面上。不过，如果位在和月食交错，离地表11,277公尺的包机上，月亮完全遮住太阳的期间可拉长到8分30秒。当时位在食甚拦截点的这部飞机，在顺风相助之下，大约以900公里的时速沿着全食带追月。摄影者从云层上方的飞机向阳靠窗坐位，拍下这幅的壮观大视野影像，并记录了悬在机翼上方的全食日和荧荧日冕。 8 Minute and 30 Second Eclipse Image Cred
2019 July 5 拉西亚天文台的日食系列影像 影像提供与版权: Petr Horálek 说明: 前往峰顶拉西亚天文台的引道，恰好也在7月2日全食的全食带上，所以看似指向全食日。这个寻常的日食序列，中心点在月球的暗影，恰好盖住数部地球数部最大型望远镜之瞬间。事实上，拉西亚天文台在全食带中心线偏北一点的位置。因此，这片异常澄澈的天空，右侧（北方）的区域较为明亮。这个梦境般的景观，西眺落日与全食带月影飞掠而来的方向。 La Silla Eclipse Sequence Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek Explanation: The ro
2019 July 4 站在月球的影子里 影像提供与版权: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN) 说明: 在2019年7月2日的南美洲日全食期间，地球的住民可伫足在月球黝黑的本影里。月球本影和地面的初始接触点，在纽西兰东方的太平洋面，然后沿狭窄的路径向东飞掠，当太阳低垂在西方地平线上空时，本影恰好切过智利的太平洋岸。在上面这幅影像里，在食甚之前的瞬间，最后一丝漏过的阳光，曳出了前景的长长影子。而转瞬将进入全食阶段的太阳，在幽暗明澈的天空中，形似美丽的钻石环。太阳边缘的绕射芒，则是由相机镜头的光圈所造成的。 In the
