Lila - desyataya planeta Solnechnoi sistemy?
30.07.2005 11:53 | O. S. Bartunov/GAISh, Moskva

Planeta, kotoraya poka nazvana kak 2003UB313, byla otkryta astronomami Maikom Braunom (Mike Brown, Kalteh), Chadom Truhil'o (Chad Trujillo, observatoriya Gemini) i Devidom Rabinovichem (David Rabinowitz, 'el') vo vremya obzora, kotoryi provoditsya na avtomaticheskom 48" (122 sm) teleskope Samuelya Oschina (Samuel Oschin) observatorii Palomar.

M106 v Gonchih Psah
30.07.2005 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Nedaleko ot Bol'shoi Medvedicy v okruzhenii zvezd sozvezdiya Gonchih Psov pritailas' eta nebesnaya tumannost', otkrytaya v 1781 godu francuzskim astronomom-nablyudatelem P'erom Meshenom . Pozdnee, tumannost' byla dobavlena v katalog ego druga i kollegi Sharlya Mess'e...