What a new bright star. What was it? An unusually bright star appeared in the sky
The Urals are puzzled: an unexpectedly large and bright Star.
According to an NDNews.ru correspondent, a bright source of light is visible above the western horizon around 21:00 local time. It is much larger than the rest of the stars visible to the naked eye during this period.
According to the astronomical calendar, on March 17, the long-period variable stars S Virgo and R Andromeda reached their maximum brightness (6m). In addition, Venus, Mars and Jupiter can be observed in the evening sky without special instruments, but Mars is visible only above the southwestern horizon, Jupiter in the sky as the brightest yellowish star and it rises above the southern horizon closer to midnight.
The GoSkyWatchP app for iOS recognizes the glowing dot above the western horizon as Venus.
Note that for aircraft bright dot moves too slowly: it seems to the average observer that the “star” is standing still, but when photographing at a slow shutter speed, its shift to the north is noticeable; for the planet, the object moves too fast: in 40 minutes of non-professional observations, it moved significantly north and down.
The photo was taken at 21:05, after 40 minutes the point completely disappeared behind the house
Japanese Koichi Itagaki discovered a "new" star in the constellation Dolphin on August 14, 2013. Previously, a very faint star (about the 17th magnitude) was in place of the Nova, but during the outbreak, its luminosity increased by more than 25 thousand times! The star was named Nova Del 2013. It is available for observation even with the naked eye (near the maximum brightness) near the border of three constellations - Dolphin, Chanterelle and Arrow. If you observe this star every night, you can trace the change in the brightness of the New Dolphin.
Now Nova has reached its maximum brightness (magnitude 4.5). In the coming days, the star will gradually "extinguish" in the sky, and by the end of the month it will return to its original brightness, i.e. will become invisible to non-professional astronomers, since the outbreaks of new stars are short-lived. This star is about 32,000 light years away from Earth.
For comparison, below are the images of the star taken with the Russian robotic telescope MASTER-Kislovodsk, before and during the outburst:
Finding the New Dolphin 2013 in the sky will not be difficult. The constellation Dolphin is located below and to the left of the Summer Triangle (formed by three bright stars Vega-Deneb-Altair) and is a kind of "diamond on a stick". A little above the "dolphin's nose" there is a dim star 29 Vul, and already a little to the side another dim star, near which the New one lit up. The constellation Arrow, located to the right of this Nova, also points to it.
Summer Triangle and New Dolphin (we observe at 23-24 hours above the southern horizon)
How to find the New Star in the constellation Dolphin:
Panoramic shot of the sky of the surroundings of New Dolphin from the balcony of a city apartment.
Equipment: Canon 500D, f=34mm, F=5.6, iso800, 15 sec.
Falling on the surface of a white dwarf, hydrogen accumulates until a thermonuclear reaction begins at a certain temperature and pressure. As a result white dwarf suddenly significantly increases its brightness, and we see how a new star lit up in the sky, which did not seem to exist before. "A star full of fresh hydrogen" scatters excess matter in different directions with a powerful stream of energy released during a thermonuclear explosion. In such explosions, the stars are not destroyed, and after the outburst, the flow of matter to the white dwarf resumes again, which leads to the next outburst. It happens there many times until the red giant's supply runs out.
It should be remembered that New Stars (Nova) should not be confused with Supernovae, when the star as a result colossal explosion virtually destroyed "to the ground".
Many in November are asking the question: what is the bright star seen in the east in the morning? She really very bright: other stars pale in comparison. It is still easily distinguishable even when here, in the southeast, the dawn is already in full swing, washing away other stars from the sky. And then, almost until sunrise, this star remains completely alone.
I want to congratulate you - you are observing the planet Venus, The brightest luminary in our sky after the Sun and the Moon!
Venus is only visible in the morning or evening sky- you will never see her late at night in the south. Her time is the pre-dawn or twilight evening hours, when she literally reigns in the sky.
Check yourself if you are really observing Venus.
- November and December 2018 Venus is visible in the morning in the east rising 4 hours before sunrise. She is visible for two hours dark sky, and another hour - against the background of the morning dawn.
- The color of Venus is white, may be slightly yellowish near the horizon.
- Venus doesn't flicker that is, it does not blink, does not tremble, but shines powerfully, evenly and calmly.
- Venus is so bright that it no longer looks like a star, but like a searchlight of an airplane flying towards. It has long been noticed that the bright white light of the planet is capable of cast clear shadows on the snow; the easiest way to check this is outside the city on a moonless night, where the light of Venus is not interfered with by lanterns. By the way, according to Russian astronomers, about 30% of reports of UFOs in our country fall on the ascending or setting Venus.
Venus is still bright and visible against the background of the dawn, although the stars are almost invisible at this time. Pattern: stellarium
In November 2018 - slightly to the right of the planet. Please note: Spica is one of the twenty brightest stars in the entire sky, but next to Venus it simply fades! Another bright star, Arcturus, is above and to the left of Spica. Arcturus has a characteristic reddish color. So, Venus is much brighter and Arcturus, and even more so Spica!
Observe these luminaries for a few minutes and compare them appearance with Venus. Notice how much more bright stars twinkle than Venus. Spica can even overflow different colors! Try also to remember the brightness of Venus in comparison with the brightest stars- and you will never confuse it with anything else.
Few things can match the beauty of Venus in the sky! The planet looks especially beautiful against the backdrop of a rising dawn. Beautiful celestial pictures are obtained when the crescent moon is next to Venus. The next such meeting will take place on the morning of December 3 and 4, 2018. Do not miss!
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We are stating a fact: a new star has been lit in the Ukrainian political sky. a star? We'll see. Our media paid some attention to this fact, but we will try to look at all this from a slightly different angle.
In general, the Greeks are to blame for the situation. Isn't it amazing? Not us, Russians, but Greeks! And also a fact. But let's go in order.
Here is the Ukrainian underground. Well, not underground, caches. brave people, despite all the measures taken by the Poroshenko government to destroy them, they are working!
And don't think that we are talking about Donbass, alas, no. There is another heroism. And instead of caches, trenches. Here is the enemy. Around you. And our cause is right. Somehow the hero of Papanov once said so in the "Belarusian Station". Better in war.
And here we are talking about the fight "synchronous". We can say about the partisan struggle. In the rear! Here's how you would describe such a flyer:
"You must become hunters of dishonesty, hunters of irresponsibility, hunters of corruption, hunters of the archaic desire to hold on to everything bad. You must become hunters and must feel the fear of this victim that you hunt. Because nothing inspires, does not success to the hunter is like the fear of the prey. Let them know that you know that they are afraid of you. Let them know that you know that they must leave."(The style of the original is preserved. - Ed. "VO".)
Oh, if not for the Greeks ...
Say that the leaflet does not contain "Death to the fascist occupiers!" and "Victory will be ours!"? Agree. But this is Ukraine. There is even a kind of heroism here. You can not quote the "dictator" Stalin.
Yes, and how to quote him, if he destroyed the Ukrainians with the Holodomor, his generals paid for the victories of as many as 3 with tens, even hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives Ukrainian fronts. Russians, Kazakhs, Tatars shore, and Ukrainians ...
You can, of course, now say that this is not a leaflet at all. It's just that the huntsman compiled instructions for visiting rich loafers who decided to "play around with a gun." And what? Any dunce who gets a hunting rifle into his hands will definitely immediately classify himself as a hunter. "We hunters don't kill. We get it!.."
Can not! This is a real call for the overthrow of power! You just have to read to the end. All officials must be expelled! All to one. And representatives of the people will come in their place!
It's cool. Just like in the tribe of ancient ukrov. Gathered. They knocked on the skulls of saber-toothed tigers with the help of mammoths and chose, for example, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the president there.
Oh, if not for the Greeks ...
"You, as hunters against the system, must get into it and destroy it so that it never again corrodes, like a cancerous tumor, this long-suffering country that deserves completely different things. This talented people suffered so much, this talented people used so much , this talented people has been manipulated so many times that it's time to say: enough is enough.
That will be democracy. Have chosen. Thieved - kicked out. The other one was chosen. Do you represent the court? As in the 18th. "Guided by the revolutionary sense of justice" ... And the broads in the forehead. And let some "navel of the earth" try to say something against the will of the people!
Oh, if not for the Greeks ...
Of course, it would be nice to arrange the same in Russia. Not with such special effects, but it could be.
I won’t say how, but it turned out to figure out the author of such a combat leaflet. I will not describe the "opening of the system of conspiracy" by the author. More precisely, there is nothing to describe there. I typed a piece of text on a computer search engine. He poked the input. And this domestic SBU officer immediately betrays not only the author, but also the place where these thoughts, terrible for the Ukrainian authorities, were voiced.
So, what did the SBU officer say? Graduate of Lvov national university. Concurrently, the son of the rector of the same university. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Just like: “So, we meet!”
The leader of the group "Ocean Elzy" Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.
While the typical fate of a musician. He studied, but then he felt something inside and now, after "radically changed his fate", he entertains people on the stage. It's not interesting. What is "OE", we all know very well. And here's where it gets more interesting...
In 2015, Vakarchuk graduated from the American Yale University under the program: "Building a network of world leaders." Moreover, Svyatoslav's success in America impressed the local eggheads so much that in 2017 he was invited to study and (!) teach at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
So, where did such a great musician say that? The SBU officer knows this too. At the prom! And not in any high school. At the Ukrainian Academy of Leadership! The leader showed the other leaders where the leader must go in order for Ukraine to take a leading position among world leaders.
And you probably thought that this was one of the PR moves of Vakarchuk's election campaign?
Correctly thought.
Oh, if not for the Greeks ...
In fact, we all understand perfectly well what elections are. Especially in totalitarian countries such as Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Where I would like to vote not for who, but there is no choice.
Ukrainian surprise...
And what a sober view of the situation in the country. To those in power. Not a look, but an x-ray.
"What characterizes this system? The word fear. She is afraid of everything in the world. She is afraid of her voters, she is afraid of losing money that was stolen, she is afraid of international organizations - the IMF or the World Bank, she is afraid of America, Russia, China, the European Union, she afraid of everyone."
Oh, if not for the Greeks ...
Do you think that Vakarchuk does not know the answers to even the most difficult questions? For example, about the Crimea? Knows.
"There may be options that complement this strategy, but without this we will never return either Crimea or Donbass, so today our task is to make sure that the territory we control begins to grow rich, the strength of the Ukrainian army grows, so that Ukraine becomes serve as an example of success. This will allow us to return our territories much faster, easier and most importantly - this is a realistic scenario that I believe in."
The attentive reader already has a completely legitimate question. Author, what about the Greeks?
Vakarchuk is Ukrainian. We are talking about the Ukrainian election campaign. "Okean Elzy" does not even sing songs in Greek. Why did you take up arms against these worthy people (Greeks, in the sense)?
For language! Not in the sense of long or chatty there. I mean Greek! Who gave them the right to invent terms? Not the USA. Not even the EU. And world terms come up.
OK. Invented democracy. Beautiful fairy tale. People power! This same power to the people and the spirit is not needed. But the illusion of power, the phantom of power, must always be present. "We choose", "the people took to the streets and forced the government", "people's representatives". Well, and other common stamps. Garbage, in general, worthless, but nice.
In a sense, it's nice to feel like not a trembling creature, but having the right!
And what Vakarchuk calls for, the Greeks called by another word. Ochlocracy! The Greeks took and replaced the people with the crowd. As if the crowd does not consist of the people. And such a replacement completely changed the essence of power. Let's even say more: she gave an explanation of the essence of the Kyiv authorities today.
"Ochlocracy (ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία from ὄχλος - "crowd" + κράτος - "power") is a degenerate form of democracy based on the changing whims of the crowd, constantly falling under the influence of demagogues.
Someone, but demagogues today in Ukraine through the roof. And everyone knows everything about everything. The further you go, the more the crowd will become more aggressive. And they do, by the way. All these radical youth and veteran organizations are no longer afraid of the authorities. Further, this phenomenon will only intensify.
And what is the easiest way to manage this crowd? No wonder the candidate of physical and mathematical sciences studied in the USA. Oh, not in vain. Scene, unlike other politicians, the musicians daily. And supporters across the country. Campaign, study requests, fall in love with yourself ...
Although Svyatoslav already has all this. Still a top group. And there is love, and adoration, and thousands of fans.
And, you say, “fi, actorish ...” Well, firstly, Ronnie and Arnie have already proved that actors who are trying to manage are not alien to a democratic society.
And secondly, if in Russia the same Kinchev, for example, decides? Few fans will follow him? When a person at the first stage knows how to voice his thoughts, this is not bad in our time. And "Shoot!" it can compete with “We are together!”
Vakarchuk knows how. And it has an audience.
Shoot! Tell me why are you afraid
Decide on the last step?
It's strange, the song is not about that, but who will go to dissuade the atomists? The anthem…actually.
Get up, show everyone where to put the first step.
Your land awaits: to the West or to the East?
From West to East, from West to East.
Well, it's pretty, isn't it? Yes. And delicious. And you don’t need to invent anything, the technologies for this have long existed. Moreover, the love won from some group of young people in the future, with age, is preserved. Watch concerts of idols of the 80s and 90s. Adult uncles and aunts jump no worse than grandchildren to the music of gray-haired artists ...
To whom there is a prison, to whom - Dolce Vita.
Hey, do not be silent with a righteous dream,
Better nowhere than under the table.
They will hear, they will think it out, whoever does not think it out will be explained to him.
When you find it difficult to breathe, it means that you are very high.
When you feel cramped, there are more of us in the square than before.
When it's stuffy for you, spring will come soon and it won't be so slippery.
Don't you believe? Look, the truth is really so close.
Did someone tell you it would be easy?
But how can you live without a purpose?
So laughter with laughter, but here it is, the new political reality. Away from political squabbles, economic scandals and bloody events Donbass.
Pure romantic reality, singing the same songs on both Maidans.
I'm sure he'll still sing. Why not sing? After all, the main thing here is to convey your thoughts to the audience. Can Vakarchuk do it? Oh yeah. Quite. Plus, preparation will definitely not be superfluous.
It remains only to recognize the fact of the appearance new reality in the political arena of Ukraine. It’s too early to think about how “ours” (or not) it is. Although it is clear that it is not. Not for this, the red berry was taught in the States.
A romantic ochlocratic leader with a virtually clean reputation. And what a good choice for Ukraine ...
And if we add on the fact that Vakarchuk (as they say) is very good relations through Soros with Viktor Pinchuk (son-in-law of ex-president Kuchma, one of the richest and most influential people in Ukraine), then in general everything looks good like that.
Yes, Pinchuk is no longer the same, ¾ of his fortune has been lost with Crimea and Donbass, but there is still $1.5 billion. That is, enough to promote a candidate like Vakarchuk.
Well, if we add Akhmetov to this pair, who muddied things with Pinchuk and also does not mind improving his financial situation by removing Poroshenko ...
We are clearly waiting for interesting events.
Shoot, Svyatoslav, shoot...