Winter 2019

"Zvaigžņotā Debess" The Starry Sky Winter 2019/20 (246) CONTENTS

ACTUALITIES

The news briefly. Ilgonis Vilks. Page 2.

Astronomy news in Latvia. Ilgonis Vilks, Ilgmārs Eglītis. Page 5.

EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE

Active galaxy nuclei with the “tail”. Artjoms Suharevs. Page 8.

EXOPLANET FOR LATVIA

Latvia chooses the name for the star and the exoplanet. Mārtiņš Gills. Page 14.

SOLAR SYSTEM

The first mole on Mars. Anna Gintere. Page 18.

SPACEFLIGHT

A step closer to the Moon and a half-step closer to the Mars. Raitis Misa. Page 20.

Spaceflight legend Alexei Leonov. Ints Ķešāns. Page 28.

OLYMPIC CHALLENGE

Computer hard disk. Prepared by Inese Dudareva. Page 34.

ASTROSITE

A planetarium in a Siberian metropolis. Mārtiņš Gills. Page 36.

PHOTO STORY

Milky Way in the Atakama desert. Ilgonis Vilks. Page 38.

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY

Spectacular show of nature in Chile. Agnese Zalcmane. Page 40.

Thirty years in the sign of the Eagle. Māris Krastiņš. Page 49.

Starparty No. 22. We are united by the journey. Anna Gintere. Page 52.

NEW BOOK

Zvirbulis. Space. Watercolors. Iveta Gudakovska. Page 54.

ASK US

Answer to the reader. Ilgonis Vilks. Page 57.

OVERVIEW OF THE SKY

Celestial bodies in the winter of 2019/20. Juris Kauliņš. Page 58.

MOBILE APP

Let’s catch the satellites! Mārtiņš Gills. Page 64.