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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Спиральная галактика M90](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179245/m90_keel.preview.gif)
15.03.1996
Spiral galaxy M90 is near the center of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies - the closest cluster of galaxies to the our own Milky Way Galaxy. Also dubbed NGC 4569, this galaxy has a very compact and bright nucleus.
![Солнечная обсерватория МакМата-Пирса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179244/mcmath_bk.preview.gif)
14.03.1996
This odd-looking structure silhouetted in the foreground houses the three largest solar telescopes in the world. Located in Kitt Peak, Arizona, the largest telescope inside the McMath-Pierce Facility is 1.6-meters in diameter and contains only mirrors. The telescope contains no windows or lenses because focusing bright sunlight would overheat them.
![Орбита кометы Хиякутаке](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179235/hyakutake_sep_big.preview.gif)
13.03.1996
Where did Comet Hyakutake come from? The orbits of the Earth and this brightening comet are shown in the above diagram. The blue disk is bounded by the circular orbit of the Earth about the central Sun. The comet's path outlines the green shape.
![К нам летит комета Хиякутаке](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179238/hyakutake_eso_big.preview.gif)
12.03.1996
The reaction of ancient peoples to the appearance of bright comets has toppled empires, de-throned kings, and been taken as a sign of great things to come. Probably some of these comets did not get as bright as Comet Hyakutake ("hyah-koo-tah-kay") will in the next two weeks.
![Разноцветные облака около ро Змееносца](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179240/rho_uks.preview.gif)
11.03.1996
The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the star rho Ophiuchi and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light.
![Космический телескоп исследует Плутон](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/01/0001193479/pluto4_hst_big.preview.gif)
10.03.1996
No spacecraft from Earth has yet explored Pluto but astronomers have found ways of mapping its surface. A stunning map of this distant, diminutive planet, the first based on direct images, was revealed late last week in a Hubble Space Telescope press release.
!["Миру" 10 лет](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/01/0001193481/mir_sts74_big.preview.gif)
9.03.1996
The first module of the Russian Space Agency's Mir Space Station was launched into orbit 10 years ago (on February 20, 1986). Mir has since been substantially expanded in orbit by adding additional modules including the Kvant Astrophysics Module (1987) and recently a docking module.
![Аресибо: Крупнейший телескоп](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/17/0001174270/arecibo_naic_big.preview.gif)
8.03.1996
The Arecibo radio telescope is currently the largest single-dish telescope in the world. First opening in 1963, this 305 meter (1000 foot) radio telescope resides in a natural valley of Puerto Rico. The Arecibo...
![76-метровый радиотелескоп им. Ловелла](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/01/0001193484/lovell_jod_big.preview.gif)
7.03.1996
Jodrell Bank in England is the home of the Lovell Telescope one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. Completed in 1957 under the direction of Bernard Lovell, the 250 ft. diameter dish was the largest steerable radio telescope.
![Неистовые фронты туманности "Вуаль"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179239/veil_hst_big.preview.gif)
6.03.1996
A supernova explosion of a high-mass star results in fast moving blast waves. At the front of the waves shown above, ionized gas in the Veil Supernova Remnant rushes out from the explosion, sweeps up material, and breaks up many atoms into constituent ions and electrons.
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