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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Спиральная галактика NGC 253 почти сбоку](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189415/ngc253_aat.preview.gif)
2.11.1996
NGC 253 is a normal spiral galaxy seen here almost sideways. It is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest group to our own Local Group of Galaxies.
![Спиральная галактика NGC 3628 сбоку](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189414/ngc3628_aat.preview.gif)
1.11.1996
This is what a spiral galaxy looks like sideways. This view of NGC 3628 nearly resembles our own Milky Way Galaxy, which is also known to be a spiral. The dark band across the center is absorbed starlight caused by the galaxy's own interstellar dust.
![Безжизненная Луна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189386/copernicus_ap17_big.preview.jpg)
31.10.1996
The above photo, taken as the Apollo 17 astronauts orbited the Moon in 1972, depicts the stark lunar surface around the Eratosthenes and Copernicus craters. Many similar images of a Moon devoid of life are familiar to denizens of the space age.
![Великолепный рисунок спиральной галактики NGC 2997](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189387/ngc2997_aat_big.preview.gif)
30.10.1996
NGC 2997 is a grand design spiral galaxy. Its small nucleus and sprawling spiral arms give it a type "Sc" designation. NGC 2997 is speeding away from us at about 1100 kilometers...
![Лицо Ио](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189388/iofullface_gal_big.preview.jpg)
29.10.1996
Io is a colorful place. The closest large moon of Jupiter, Io is the most volcanic moon in the Solar System with its surface being completely buried in volcanic lava every few thousand years.
![Погода на Нептуне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189389/neptune1_hst_big.preview.jpg)
28.10.1996
Today's weather on Neptune will be typical. Highs in the upper atmosphere will be about -150 Centigrade, with winds ranging about 900 miles per hour near the equator. Much was learned recently about Neptune's weather by the release last week of time-lapse pictures of the most distant gas giant in our Solar System.
![Активные вулканы на Ио](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189390/iohotspots_gal_big.preview.jpg)
27.10.1996
Why is Io green at night? In this just-released nighttime picture of Jupiter's moon Io, the red spots clearly show Io's current volcanically active regions. But what is causing the global green sheen? This telling picture was taken by the automated Galileo spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter while Io was in Jupiter's shadow.
!["Мир" над Новой Зеландией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189391/mirnewzea_sts79_big.preview.jpg)
26.10.1996
The Russian space station Mir was photographed last month high above New Zealand. Before returning with record-breaking astronaut Shannon Lucid, the space shuttle Atlantis crew took this breathtaking view from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis had just undocked from Mir and was preparing to return to Earth.
![Пролет над Ганимедом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189392/ganysurf_gal_big.preview.jpg)
25.10.1996
This is what it would look like to fly over the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo recently approached only 6000 miles from this frozen ice-ball of a moon. The above image is a digital reconstruction from two images taken during this flyby.
![Рождение звезд в туманности Лагуна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/23/0001189393/lagoon_umich_big.preview.gif)
24.10.1996
Stars are forming even today in the Lagoon Nebula. This bright nebula is visible in the constellation of Sagittarius with binoculars. The above photo is the result of a new sensitive camera being attached to one of the world's largest telescopes.
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