保护地球，探索宇宙，发现文明
2023年5月24日 Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter Image Credit & Copyright: Rick Whitacre; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego) Explanation: Sometimes we witness the Moon moving directly in front of — called occulting — one of the planets in our Solar System. Earlier this month that planet was Jupiter. Captured here was the momen...
5月份的天空会发生什么？月球与行星的合影，我们到达了“金星的顶峰”，以及南半球的天空有什么不同呢？
2023年4月26日 The Moon through the Arc de Triomphe Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano Zanarello Explanation: Was this a lucky shot? Although many amazing photographs are taken by someone who just happened to be in the right place at the right time, this image took skill and careful planning. First was the angular scale: if you shoot too close to the famous ...
4月份的天空会发生什么？水星高升，本月的月亮和行星配对，以及天琴座流星雨。
2023年2月25日 Crescent Moon Occultation Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier Explanation: On February 22, a young Moon shared the western sky at sunset with bright planets Venus and Jupiter along the ecliptic plane. The beautiful celestial conjunction was visible around planet Earth. But from some locations Jupiter hid for a while, occulted by the cresce...
2023年1月16日 Moon Enhanced Image Credit & Copyright: Darya Kawa Mirza Explanation: Our Moon doesn’t really look like this. Earth’s Moon, Luna, doesn’t naturally show this rich texture, and its colors are more subtle. But this digital creation is based on reality. The featured image is a composite of multiple images and enhanced to bring ...
11月的天空会发生什么？月食，月球和行星，以及狮子座流星雨。
2022年10月10日 A Double Lunar Analemma over Turkey Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy Explanation: An analemma is that figure-8 curve you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day for one year. But the trick to imaging an analemma of the Moon is to wait bit longer. On average the Moon returns to the same position in the sky a...
十月份的天空会发生什么？夜晚有巨行星，火星改变方向，来自猎户座的流星。
2022年10月1日 Lunation Matrix Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (TWAN) Explanation: Observe the Moon every night and you’ll see its visible sunlit portion gradually change. In phases progressing from New Moon to Full Moon to New Moon again, a lunar cycle or lunation is completed in about 29.5 days. Top left to bottom right, this 7×4 matrix of...