近地点的粉红月

近地点的粉红月

2021年04月30日 Pink and the Perigee Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Alice Ross Explanation: On April 25 a nearly full moon rose just before sunset. Welcomed in a clear blue sky and framed by cherry blossoms, its familiar face was captured in this snapshot from Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Known to some as a Pink Moon, April’s full lunar phase occurred with the moon near perigee. That’s the closest point in its not-quite-circular orbit around planet Earth, making this Pink Moon one of the closest and brightest full moons of the year. If you missed it, don’t worry. Your next chance to see a full perigee moon will be on May 26. Known to some as a Flower Moon, May’s full moon will actually be closer to…

星舰之间的月出

星舰之间的月出

2021年02月22日 Moon Rising Between Starships Image Credit & Copyright: John Kraus Explanation: What’s that on either side of the Moon? Starships. Specifically, they are launch-and-return reusable rockets being developed by SpaceX to lift cargo and eventually humans from the Earth’s surface into space. The two rockets pictured are SN9 (Serial Number 9) and SN10 which were captured near their Boca Chica, Texas launchpad last month posing below January’s full Wolf Moon. The Starships house liquid-methane engines inside rugged stainless-steel shells. SN9 was test-launched earlier this month and did well with the exception of one internal rocket that failed to relight during powered descent. SN10 continues to undergo ground tests and may be test-launched later this month. Tomorrow’s picture: space fowl 星舰之间的月出 影像提供与版权: John Kraus 说明:…

月亮的色泽

月亮的色泽

2020年11月11日 Colors of the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside the Earth’s atmosphere, though, the moon can appear quite different. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy. A red or yellow colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon. There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes laden with fine dust. A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate…

十月观星指南(2020.10)

十月观星指南(2020.10)

十月会发生什么?,一轮秋月以及蓝月,火星通宵达旦和一场穿越银河系的旅行。 Credit:NASA JPL 翻译:莫辞莫问的莫、林子杰 不仅一个,在月初和月未,这个月将带来两个圆满月。十月一日的满月被称作收获月,收获月是满月的名字,它最接近九月春分。每年两天中的一天,白天和黑夜长度相等。大多数年的收获月在九月落下,但每隔几年,它就会转移到10月。这个名字可以追溯到美洲原住民和欧洲传统,与收获时间有关。 Credit:NASA JPL Credit:NASA JPL 十月底,三十一号,我们将享受第二次满月。当一个月内有两次满月时,第二个满月往往被称作蓝月,蓝月还有另外一个更为传统的定义,但这是最为人熟知的。请注意这是2020年仅有的两次满月。 Credit:NASA JPL 十月是观察火星的好时机,因为这颗行星现在一整晚都可以看到,而且会在午夜时分达到它的最高点,这段能见度极好的时期与被称为“对立”的事件相吻合,约每两年发生一次,当时火星正处于地球与太阳的相对侧,这也是火星和地球在轨道上最接近的时候,这意味着这颗红色行星在天空中是最亮的,所以不要错过它。 Credit:NASA JPL Credit:NASA JPL 来自几个国家的航天器目前正在前往火星的途中,包括美国宇航局的火星2020任务,预计在二月份降落在那里。最后,这个月,是尝试和发现仙女座星系的好时机,仙女座星系也被称为M31,是一个外观与我们银河系接近但大点的螺旋星系,二者都包含干亿颗恒星,但我们认为有万亿颗行星,现在我们看不到银河系的整体形状,因为我们在其中。如果你能从远处看到它,仙女座会让我们了解了我们的星系会是什么样子。 Credit:NASA JPL Credit:NASA JPL 仙女座很微弱,最好用望远镜观察。但是即使在光污染的地区,您也可以使用双筒望远镜甚至是装有好相机的手机进行观察,在非常黑暗的天空下,它几乎肉眼可见,虽然这可能有点挑战性,但亲眼看到整个银河系是值得的。 Credit:NASA JPL 为了寻找仙女座星系,我们需要等天黑后,望向夜空中的东北方向,找到代表女王仙后座的侧面的“ W”,仙后座的右边是仙女座,包括这一串明亮的恒星。向上看,在第二颗明亮的星星的左边,当你回头扫视仙后座时,你会发现一片微弱且模糊的光斑,那块模糊的地方就是位于200万光年之外的仙女座星系。如果你成功了,恭喜!你刚刚进行了一场星际漫游。 Credit:NASA JPL Credit:NASA JPL 这是十月的月相。 Credit:NASA JPL 你可以在nasa.gov了解美国宇航局探索太阳系及更远的所有任务,我是来自美国宇航局喷气推进实验室的普雷斯顿·戴奇斯,这就是这个月的情况。 来源: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1635

骑车去月亮

骑车去月亮

2020年10月02日 Biking to the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Susan Snow Explanation: As you watched October’s first Full Moon rise last night, the Full Moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox, you were probably asking yourself, “How long would it take to bike to the Moon?” Sure, Apollo 11 astronauts made the trip in 1969, from launch to Moon landing, in about 103 hours or 4.3 days. But the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away. This year, the top bike riders in planet Earth’s well-known Tour de France race covered almost 3,500 kilometers in 21 stages after about 87 hours on the road. That gives an average speed of about 40 kilometers per hour and a lunar cycling travel time of 10,000 hours, a little over…

花月东升

花月东升

2020 May 9 Full Flower Moonrise Image Credit & Copyright: Tiziano Boldrini Explanation: Rising as the Sun set, the Moon was bright and full in planet Earth skies on May 7 and known to some as a Flower Moon. Near the horizon it does seem to take on rose pink hues of reddened sunlight in this reflective twilight scene. In fact one of the brighter Full Moons of the year, this month’s full lunar phase occurred within about 32 hours of perigee. That’s the closest point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit. Flooded field and ruined church tower are near the municipality of Casaleggio Novara, Piedmont Region of northern Italy. Tomorrow’s picture: peculiar galaxies 花月东升 影像提供与版权: Tiziano Boldrini 说明: 5月7日在日落时东升的这轮明亮满月,有花月的令名。而在这幅带着倒影的暮光时分影像里,悬在地平面附近的这轮明亮,还真的有粉红的色泽。它是今年最明亮的满月之一,因为在绕行地球的椭圆轨道上,这轮明月满相时,位置离近地点约32小时。影像里的浸水问野和残存的教堂钟塔,座落在北义大利.皮埃蒙特大区的卡萨莱焦诺瓦拉村附近。 明日的图片: peculiar galaxies

月行迹

月行迹

2020 May 7 Analemma of the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Gyorgy Soponyai Explanation: An analemma is that figure-8 curve you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day for one year. But the trick to imaging an analemma of the Moon is to wait bit longer. On average the Moon returns to the same position in the sky about 50 minutes and 29 seconds later each day. So photograph the Moon 50 minutes 29 seconds later on successive days. Over one lunation or lunar month it will trace out an analemma-like curve as the Moon’s actual position wanders due to its tilted and elliptical orbit. To create this composite image of a lunar analemma, astronomer Gyorgy Soponyai…

春天的满月

春天的满月

2020 April 10 Full Moon of Spring Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) Explanation: From home this Full Moon looked bright. Around our fair planet it rose as the Sun set on April 7/8, the first Full Moon after the vernal equinox and the start of northern hemisphere spring. April’s full lunar phase was also near perigee, the closest point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit. In fact, it was nearer perigee than any other Full Moon of 2020 making it the brightest Full Moon of the year. To create the visual experience a range of exposures were blended to capture the emerging foreground foliage and bright lunar disk. The hopefull image of spring was recorded from a home garden in skies over Chongqing, China….

获月

获月

2019 September 13 A Harvest Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand Explanation: Famed in festival, story, and song the best known full moon is the Harvest Moon. For northern hemisphere dwellers that’s a traditional name of the closest full moon to the September equinox. In most North America time zones this year’s Harvest Moon will officially rise on Friday, September 13. In fact the same Harvest Moon will rise on September 14 for much of the planet though. Of course the Moon will look almost full in the surrounding days. Regardless of your time zone the Harvest Moon, like any other full moon, will rise just opposite the setting Sun. Near the horizon, the Moon Illusion might make it appear bigger and brighter to…

海神庙上空的草莓月

海神庙上空的草莓月

2019 June 18 海神庙上空的草莓月 影像来源和版权: Elias Chasiotis 说明:你昨晚看到满月了吗?如果没有,今晚的满月几乎和昨晚一样美丽。因为满月正对着太阳,所以当太阳没有出现时,满月在天空中是可见的,如果天气许可的话,应该几乎一整夜都能看到。六月的满月被昵称为草莓月,它是以那时地球北半球部分地区开始成熟的野生草莓而命名的。然而,全世界不同的文化赋予了这轮满月不同的名称,包括蜜月和玫瑰月。在这幅昨天从希腊.苏尼翁海岬拍摄的特征影像中,前景是具有2400年历史的海神庙。下个月将是人类首次登月的50周年纪念日。 Strawberry Moon over the Temple of Poseidon Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis Explanation: Did you see the full moon last night? If not, tonight’s nearly full moon should be almost as good. Because full moons are opposite the Sun, they are visible in the sky when the Sun is not — which should be nearly all night long tonight, clouds permitting. One nickname for June’s full moon is the Strawberry Moon, named for when wild strawberries start to ripen in parts of Earth’s northern hemisphere. Different cultures around the globe give this full moon different names, though, including Honey Moon and Rose Moon. In the foreground of this featured image, taken yesterday in Cape Sounion, Greece,…