标签: moon

直指月亮的火箭烟尘影子

2024年2月11日 Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon Image Credit: Pat McCracken, NASA Explanation: Why would the shadow of a rocket’s launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence. First, for the space shuttle&#821...

观星指南(2024年2月)

影像来源:NASA/JPL-Caltech 翻译:灼眼的粉丝 看点: 移动的行星和螺旋星系! 就在火星恢复能观测之际,金星本月开始从清晨的天空中消失。木星和月亮在情人节成为一对可爱的情侣。把你的望远镜对准北斗七星,寻找M81,也就是“波德星系”。 二月观星亮点: 整个月——日出前,金星在东方的天空中仍然很明亮,但它每天都在下沉,所以抓紧时间观赏它! 整个月——黎明前的天空开始可以看到火星。它很低,还不是很亮,但在接下来的几个月里,它会越来越高,越来越亮。 2月6日——今天早上,当天空开始变亮的时候,金星和细长的新月一起出现在东方。 2月9日——新月。 2月14日——今晚,在日落后的西南高处,在木星附近可以看到新月。 2月22日至28日——本周,当火星和金星上升时,东南方向视野开阔的人可以近距离观测火星和金星。 ...

SLIM登陆月球

2024年1月30日 SLIM Lands on the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: JAXA, Takara Tomy, Sony Co., Doshisha U. Explanation: New landers are on the Moon. Nearly two weeks ago, Japan‘s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) released two rovers as it descended, before its main lander touched down itself. The larger of the two rovers can hop like a frog, whi...

远处所见的地球与月亮

2024年1月24日 Earth and Moon from Beyond Image Credit: NASA, Artemis I; Processing: Andy Saunders Explanation: What do the Earth and Moon look like from beyond the Moon? Although frequently photographed together, the familiar duo was captured with this unusual perspective in late 2022 by the robotic Orion spacecraft of NASA‘s Artemis I mission as it loope...

早安!月亮

2024年1月12日 Good Morning Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy, Trier Observatory, TWAN Explanation: Yesterday, the Moon was New. But on January 9, early morning risers around planet Earth were treated to the sight of an old Moon, low in the east as the sky grew bright before dawn. Above the city of Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany, ...

火箭凌越波纹月

2024年1月2日 Rocket Transits Rippling Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Madow Explanation: Can a rocket make the Moon ripple? No, but it can make a background moon appear wavy. The rocket, in this case, was a SpaceX Falcon Heavy that blasted off from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center last week. In the featured launch picture, the rocket’s exhaust ...

阿尔忒弥斯1号:任务的第13天

2023年11月30日 Artemis 1: Flight Day 13 Image Credit: NASA, Artemis I Explanation: On flight day 13 (November 28, 2022) of the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from its home world. Over 430,000 kilometers from Earth in a distant retrograde orbit, Orion surpassed the record for most distant spacecraft designed to carry humans....

白昼的月亮遇见晨星

2023年11月16日 Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star Image Credit & Copyright: Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk Explanation: Venus now appears as Earth’s brilliant morning star, shining above the southeastern horizon before dawn. For early morning risers, the silvery celestial beacon rose predawn in a close pairing with a waning crescent Moon on Thursday, November 9....