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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Туманности в Возничем](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/12/01/0001349667/AEaurigae_Hemmerich_960.preview.jpg)
30.11.2015
Rich in star clusters and nebulae, the ancient constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga) rides high in northern winter night skies. Composed from narrow and broadband filter data and spanning nearly 8 Full Moons (4 degrees) on the sky, this deep telescopic view shows off some of Auriga's celestial bounty.
![В центре спиральной галактики NGC 3521](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/30/0001349554/ngc3521_hstGendler_960.preview.jpg)
29.11.2015
This huge swirling mass of stars, gas, and dust occurs near the center of a nearby spiral galaxy. Gorgeous spiral NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years distant, toward the constellation Leo. Spanning some 50,000 light-years, its central region is shown in this dramatic image, constructed from data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
![Каскады из темного песка на Марсе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/30/0001349527/almosttrees_mro_960.preview.jpg)
28.11.2015
They might look like trees on Mars, but they're not. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost. The above image was taken in 2008 April near the North Pole of Mars.
![Розетта и улетающая комета](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/29/0001349493/67p_sepnov_dp_600h.preview.jpg)
27.11.2015
Not a bright comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko now sweeps slowly through planet Earth's predawn skies near the line-up of planets along the ecliptic. Still, this composite of telescopic images follows the comet's progress as it moves away from the Sun beyond the orbit of Mars, from late September (left) through late November (far right).
![Усмешка гравитации](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/27/0001349329/cheshirecat_chandra_comp1024c.preview.jpg)
26.11.2015
Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, published 100 years ago this month, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And that's what gives these distant galaxies such a whimsical appearance, seen through the looking glass of X-ray and optical image data from the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes.
![Утренние планеты](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/27/0001349278/planet_zodiac_beletsky.preview.jpg)
25.11.2015
Planet Earth's horizon stretches across this recent Solar System group portrait, seen from the southern hemisphere's Las Campanas Observatory. Taken before dawn it traces the ecliptic with a line-up familiar to November's early morning risers.
![На Плутоне открыты необычные ямы](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/25/0001349126/PlutoPits_NewHorizons_960.preview.jpg)
24.11.2015
Why are there unusual pits on Pluto? The indentations were discovered during the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby of the dwarf planet in July. The largest pits span a kilometer across and dip tens...
![Северное сияние над облаками](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/25/0001349050/AuroraClouds_Boffelli_1080.preview.jpg)
23.11.2015
Auroras usually occur high above the clouds. The auroral glow is created when fast-moving particles ejected from the Sun impact the Earth's magnetosphere, from which charged particles spiral along the Earth's magnetic field to strike atoms and molecules high in the Earth's atmosphere.
![Орион с выдержкой 212 часов](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/03/29/0001359592/Orion212_Volskiy_960.preview.jpg)
22.11.2015
The constellation of Orion is much more than three stars in a row. It is a direction in space that is rich with impressive nebulas. To better appreciate this well-known swath of sky, an extremely long exposure was taken over many clear nights in 2013 and 2014.
![Фобос: обреченный спутник Марса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/23/0001348956/Phobos_MRO_960.preview.jpg)
21.11.2015
This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic. These...
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