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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

In the galaxy NGC 1365 emerge bright blue supernova


Very bright supernova lit galaxy NGC 1365, also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, visible to observers from the Southern Hemisphere. This elegant galaxy lies at a distance of approximately 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. SNe Ia, in question, was opened by Alain Klotz with the telescope of TAROT La Silla Observatory, Chile, October 27, 2012

Supernova 2012fr a vivid, deep blue star, located directly under the center of the galaxy. The author of this picture, Rolf Olsen Bullock, said November 10, 2012, this supernova was close to its maximum brightness, reaching a magnitude in the color bar R, equal to 11.90.

Garbage of detonate Russian missile threat space satellites and ISS


On the way from the International Space Station and other space vehicles that move at a relatively short distance from the Earth, a new threat - a cloud of more than 500 pieces, formed by the explosion of the Russian upper stage.

The explosion in orbit rocket engine "Breeze-M" was the third explosion engine for our country, starting in 2007; engines were left in elliptical orbits that intersect the ISS and some satellites.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

46th Week - auroras in Lofted


In the week 22 ranged Manfred Kiau up an Adwa on Sun. "The sun is something going on," it said. Now he has, Ulrich Teschke, Frank Gasparini and Elisabeth Kollner taken a Northern Lights excursion. In the period from 08 to 21.10.2012, the trip went to the Lofted Islands. This archipelago lies in the far north of the Norwegian Atlantic coast, beyond the 68th Latitude. The aim of the observer group was there to document the effects of solar activity in the terrestrial atmosphere: auroras as photogenic, best with reflections in the water.