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Пятница, 28 Ноября 2014 г. 18:30 + в цитатник

Thomas Bergersen - Sun
музыка из блога Fractus Somnus

Comet Lovejoy rounds the Sun, photographed by STEREO, December 2011.
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) enters the frame at bottom right, hooks around the Sun inside the corona (some tail visible at top left), then exits the frame again at bottom right. The loops of the 2 gifs might get out of synch, though.
Notice that the comet is just starting to show a tail as it leaves the frame - the tail still points away from the Sun, even though the comet is now moving in the opposite direction.
42 images each from STEREO B’s corona camera, taken 20 minutes apart across 15th-16th December. The Sun is masked out to avoid damaging the instrument.
Image credit: NASA/STEREO. Animation: AgeOfDestruction.
http://ageofdestruction.tumblr.com/post/1036690499...-duet-comet-lovejoy-rounds-the

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2012/03/St..._Earth_seen_from_Space_Station
Stars and Earth seen from Space Station

Introducing “Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way”, ESO’s first #fulldome planetarium mini-show produced in-house.
http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann14088/
Credit: ESO Astronomy

Deep Sky Colors
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