ZhANSEN P'er Zhyul' Sezar
19.12.2007 15:08 | Lyudmila Zavadskaya/GAISh, Moskva

23.12.2007 - ispolnyaetsya sto let so dnya smerti francuzskogo astronoma - Zhansena P'era Zhyulya Sezara. P.Zh.S. Zhansen rodilsya v Parizhe. V 1852 godu okonchil Parizhskii universitet, zatem prepodaval v licee, rabotal domashnim uchitelem. V 1862 godu oborudoval sobstvennuyu nebol'shuyu observatoriyu v Parizhe, v kotoroi nachal nablyudeniya Solnca.

Zvezdy i pyl' v Okne Baade
19.12.2007 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Milliardy zvezd osveshayut napravlenie na centr nashei Galaktiki. Vozrast bol'shinstva etih zvezd - neskol'ko milliardov let, oni pochti takie zhe starye, kak i vsya Galaktika Mlechnyi Put' Vmeste s mezhzvezdnoi pyl'yu starye zvezdy sozdayut etot zheltovatyi nebesnyi peizazh.