Kolem severního pólu Saturnu vykreslily atmosférické proudy téměř dokonalý šestiúhelník. A sonda Cassini nám v prosinci loňského roku pořídila jeho zatím nejostřejší záběr – ve viditelném i infračerveném světle. BARVY jsou tedy UMĚLÉ. Oko centrálního hurikánu má asi 50krát větší průměr než oka pozemských hurikánů. Světlý vír vpravo dole má přibližný průměr 3500 km. Zdroj: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Hampton University

Comet Lovejoy through Mörby Castle Ruins

Canadarm2 Up Close! | International Space Station
You can even see the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) logo!
The Mobile Servicing System (MSS), better known by its primary component Canadarm2, is a robotic system and associated
equipment on the International Space Station (ISS). Launched to the ISS in 2001, it plays a key role in station assembly
and maintenance; it moves equipment and supplies around the station, supports astronauts working in space, and services
instruments and other payloads attached to the ISS. Astronauts receive specialized training to enable them to perform
these functions with the various systems of the MSS. The MSS is composed of the actual arm called Space Station Remote
Manipulator System (SSRMS), the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS) and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
(SPDM, also known as Dextre or Canada hand). The system can move along rails on the Integrated Truss Structure on top of
the US provided Mobile Transporter cart which hosts the MRS Base System. The system's control software was written in
the Ada 95 programming language.

COMET ISON viewed from Mars by the Curiosity Rover in October 2013

The comet ISON survives at its closest approach to the Sun ...
Image captured by Lasco C2 / SOHO / NASA.

NECROMAN: a nebo ze by ISON prezil?

Procházím fotoarchív a nemůžu se na tuto fotku vynadívat. Poslední nejdelší úplné zatmění Slunce v tomto století z r. 2009.
Na některých místech zakryl měsíční kotouč Slunce až na necelých sedm minut! Další srovnatelné úplné zatmění nastane
podle České astronomické společnosti (ČAS) až v srpnu 2027 v Egyptě, kde potrvá 6 minut a 23 sekund.
Bude to druhé nejdelší totální zastínění Slunce v tomto století.

UPDATE: New ISON and Encke Movie | Comet ISON Observing Campaign
http://www.isoncampaign.org/karl/updated-ison-encke-movie

z gifů..

14/11 2013, Bruce Gary

An animation of Jupiter using the images from Voyager 1 (1979) and Cassini (2000)

This might look like the start of a scene from Gravity, but you're actually looking at three nanosatellites—known as Cubesats—which have just been released in space.

They were deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm aboard the ISS. CubeSats are cute little things: they have a volume of exactly one liter, and weigh no more than 1.33 kilograms. They use pretty standard kit tied together to perform a variety of activities—from communications to weather measurement. These Cubesats were deployed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Včerejší úplněk a Atlas V:

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Universe: From Heaven into Hell (music by Hecq) - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDjwYSXYVjQ

Ancient Stars at Milky Way's Center

A cavalcade of ancient stars circling the center of the Milky Way, the globular cluster Messier 15 was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in a picture released November 14.

More than 100,000 stars gather in the cluster, which lies some 35,000 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. Astronomers suspect a large black hole hides at the center of the star cluster.