... April 27, 1996 . Apollo 14: Rickshaw Tracks Across the Moon . Credit: Apollo 14 , NASA . Explanation: Brilliant sunlight glints off tracks gently winding across the the Moon's Frau Maro highlands . The tracks were made by the Apollo 14 crew's two-wheeled Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) , fondly known as the "rickshaw". ... Serving as a workbench with a place for the lunar handtools, it also carried cameras, sample containers, spare film and a Lunar Surface Penetrometer. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. May 25, 1999 . NGC 6872: A Stretched Spiral . ... Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872 is one of the largest barred spiral galaxies known. ... Of particular interest is NGC 6872's spiral arm on the upper left, as pictured above , which exhibits an unusually high amount of blue star forming regions . ...

Supernova Gallery The purpose of the Bright Supernovae web pages is to provide a place where people can find reference images of Supernovae. ... This is an RGB color image of Supernova 2003gs in NGC 936 Credit: Pablo Canadia . Used by permission. (click on image for full resolution) . ... This is an LRGB color image of Supernova 2003cg in NGC 3169 Credit: Pollux observatory . ... Credit: Nick Suntzeff Used by permission. (click on image for full resolution) . ... Credit: AURA/NOAO Image Library . ...

... ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О МЕРОПРИЯТИЯХ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО ГОДА АСТРОНОМИИ. КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ И ШКОЛЫ 2009 года. Резолюция Всероссийской конференции «Астрономия и общество», посвященной Международному году астрономии(Москва, МГУ им. М.В.Ломоносова, 25–27 марта 2009 г.). Международная конференция: “ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE: ACROSS TIME AND CONTINENTS” («Астрономия и всемирное наследие: через время и континенты») 19 – 24 августа 2009 года Россия, Казань . ...

... Отмеченная наградами АстроТоп-а . ... 1) К участию в конкурсе допускаются все российские сайты на тему астрономии и космонавтики, и все русскоязычные сайты за пределами России. ... II) Сайт года . ... Победитель: Астронет - http://www.astronet.ru/ : подано голосов экспертов - 109 (всего - 129) . ... 3-е место разделили: Астрономия и Телескопостроение - http://www.astronomer.ru/ и Лента новостей космонавтики от Железнякова - http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/hotnews/ : подано по 37 голосов; ...

... E.V. Kazarovets, N.N . Samus , O.V. Durlevich, S.V. Antipin, M.S. Frolov, N.N . Kireeva, E.N. Pastukhova Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of ... the Moscow State University ================================================================================ The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars , A.V. Kazarovets, N.N . Samus , O.V. Durlevich, S.V. Antipin, M.S.,Frolov, ... 3323 Samus, N.N., IBVS, 1997, No. ...