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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)

Следы звезд на северном небе Star Trails in Northern Skies
1.12.1996

As the Earth spins on its axis, the sky seems to rotate around us. This motion produces the beautiful concentric arcs traced out by the stars in this time exposure of the night sky.


За бортом полярные сияния Aurora Astern
30.11.1996

Sailing upside down, 115 nautical miles above Earth, the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour made this spectacular time exposure of the southern aurora (aurora australis) in October of 1994. The aurora, also known...


Ио: король трещин? Io: The Fissure King?
29.11.1996

Is Io the solar system's Fissure King? Well, probably not ... but it is the most active volcanic moon. Active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io were a surprise discovery of the Voyager missions of the late 1970s.


Кометообразные облака в галактике Колесо телеги Comet-like Clouds in the Cartwheel Galaxy
28.11.1996

In a cartwheel-shaped galaxy far, far away, huge comet-shaped clouds of gas have been discovered racing through the nucleus at about 700,000 miles per hour. The aptly named Cartwheel Galaxy is actually about 500 million light years distant, its suggestive shape created by a head-on collision with a smaller galaxy.


Грозовые тучи над Юпитером Storm Clouds Over Jupiter
27.11.1996

Storm clouds, similar to the familiar cumulonimbus thunderheads of Earth, appear to be present on Jupiter. The mosaic of images above shows the region near the raging edge of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, itself some 2 to 3 Earths wide, as observed by the Galileo spacecraft in June of this year.


Радионебо: настройся на 408 МГц The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz
26.11.1996

Tune your radio telescope to 408MHz (408 million cycles per second) and check out the Radio Sky! You should find that frequency on your dial somewhere between US broadcast television channels 13 and 14.


Галерея квазаров A Quasar Portrait Gallery
25.11.1996

QUASARs (QUASi-stellAR objects) lie near the edge of the observable Universe. Discovered in 1963, astronomers were astounded - to be visible at such extreme distances of billions of light-years they must emit prodigious amounts of energy. Where does the energy come from?


"Аполлон"-12 посещает "Сурвейор"-3 Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
24.11.1996

Apollo 12 was the second mission to land humans on the Moon. The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the moon three years earlier. Pictured above, Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad and Bean retrieve parts from the Surveyor.


Гамма-всплески из неизвестности Gamma Ray Bursts from the Unknown
23.11.1996

Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) pose one of the greatest mysteries of modern astronomy. About once a day, the gamma-ray sky lights up with a spectacular explosion. No one knows what causes these explosions or even how far away they are.


Флайеры вокруг туманности Голубой Снежок Fliers Around the Blue Snowball Nebula
22.11.1996

Planetary nebulae are strange. First, they are gas clouds and have nothing to do with our Solar System's planets. Next, although hundreds of planetary nebulae have been catalogued and thousands surely exist in our Galaxy, aspects of the formation process are still debated.


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