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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Комета Хейла-Боппа и галактика Андромеды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/23/0001191146/halebopp7_aac_big.preview.jpg)
1.04.1997
Which is closer: the comet or the galaxy? Answer: the comet. In its trek through the inner Solar System, Comet Hale-Bopp has passed nearly in front of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), seen on the lower left.
![NGC 3242: "Призрак Юпитера"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/30/0001209112/ngc3242_bb_big.preview.gif)
31.03.1997
It's a weed, it's Jupiter, no it's - actually planetary nebula NGC 3242. After a star like our Sun completes fusion in its core, it throws off its outer layers it a striking display called a planetary nebula.
![Пылевая галактика Кентавр А](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191141/cenA_ctio.preview.gif)
29.03.1997
One of the most unusual galaxies known, Centaurus A, is pictured above. Cen A is marked by dramatic dust lanes that run across the galaxy's center. These dust lanes are so thick they almost completely obscure the galaxy's center in visible light.
![Карликовая в Стрельце - ближайшая галактика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191140/Sagdwarf_not_big.preview.gif)
28.03.1997
What's the closest galaxy to our Milky Way? For many years astronomers thought it was the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But the seemingly insignificant fuzzy patch shown above turned out to be part of a galaxy that is even closer.
![Комета на небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191139/hb7_aac_big.preview.jpg)
27.03.1997
It has been suggested that Comet Hale-Bopp will become the most viewed comet in Human history. Presently, for denizens of the Earth's northern hemisphere, this bright comet is certainly a lovely and inspiring sight -- visible here crowning the sky above Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on March 20.
![Ландшафт с кометой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191138/hb_van4.preview.jpg)
26.03.1997
Moonlight illuminates the landscape and lends a painterly quality to this beautiful photograph of the Absaroka mountain range, located along the Montana-Wyoming border near the USA's Yellowstone National Park. In the foreground lies the North Fork of the Shoshone River.
![Городская комета](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191137/hb_sivo3.preview.jpg)
25.03.1997
Undaunted by the artificial glow from one of the most famous urban skylines on Earth, comet Hale-Bopp shines above the city of New York, USA. Photographed on March 23rd, this view from New Jersey...
![Комета Хейла-Боппа - самая яркая комета 20 столетия](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191136/halebopp1_aagc.preview.jpg)
24.03.1997
A comet as bright as Comet Hale-Bopp is very rare indeed. No comet has emitted or reflected this much light since possibly the Great Comet of 1811. However, since Comet Hale-Bopp is across the inner Solar System from us, it does not appear as bright as Comet West did in 1975.
![Погода на Марсе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191135/mars97_hst.preview.jpg)
23.03.1997
Would Mars be a nice place to visit? Sometimes. Much of Mars undergoes severe changes in climate during its orbit around the Sun, ranging from extreme cold to temperatures enjoyable by humans. But Mars...
![Нить жемчуга](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/22/0001191134/sl9_hst_big.preview.jpg)
22.03.1997
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, named after its co-discoverers, was often referred to as the "string of pearls" comet. It is famous for its unusual appearance as well as its collision with the planet Jupiter!
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