Bol'shaya parabolicheskaya antenna radioobservatorii VLA
29.11.2006 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Oni takie bol'shie, chto kazhutsya nereal'nymi. Parabolicheskie antenny Ochen' Bol'shoi cepochki (Very Large Array - VLA) radioteleskopov mogut pokazat'sya pohozhimi na strannoe sochetanie skeleta dinozavra i obychnoi "tarelki" priemnika sputnikovogo televideniya. 27 antenn cepochki, rabotaya vmeste, obespechivayut vysokuyu chuvstvitel'nost' vmeste s vysokim uglovym razresheniem.

Galo i shestiugol'niki
9.11.2006 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

V odnu iz yasnyh nochei na proshloi nedele, kogda yarkaya Luna zalila vse svoim svetom, Zhil Eskuerdo zametil i zapechatlel lunnoe galo na vershine gory Hopkins (shtat Arizona, SShA), v observatorii Vippl. Zatmevayut pryamoi svet ot Luny komponenty raspolozhennogo na perednem plane fotografii 10-metrovogo gamma-teleskopa observatorii, tak chto stalo horosho vidno galo.