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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Комета и болид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/20/0001795135/LeonardMeteor_Poole_960.preview.jpg)
20.12.2021
This picture was supposed to feature a comet. Specifically, a series of images of the brightest comet of 2021 were being captured: Comet Leonard. But the universe had other plans. Within a fraction of a second, a meteor so bright it could be called a fireball streaked through just below the comet.
![Построение планет над Италией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/19/0001794999/PlanetsAligned_Finazzi_1080.preview.jpg)
19.12.2021
It is not a coincidence that planets line up. That's because all of the planets orbit the Sun in (nearly) a single sheet called the plane of the ecliptic. When viewed from inside that plane -- as Earth dwellers are likely to do -- the planets all appear confined to a single band.
![Квинтет Стефана](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/18/0001794774/HUBBLE_NGC7318_PS2_CROP_INSIGHT1024.preview.jpg)
18.12.2021
The first identified compact galaxy group, Stephan's Quintet is featured in this eye-catching image constructed with data drawn from the extensive Hubble Legacy Archive. About 300 million light-years away, only four of these five galaxies are actually locked in a cosmic dance of repeated close encounters.
![Геминиды на севере](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/17/0001794394/GeminidFireball_AlvinWu1024c.preview.jpg)
17.12.2021
An arid expanse of the Tengger Desert in north-central China, planet Earth fills the foreground of this starry scene. A widefield panoramic view, it was recorded shortly after moonset in the local predawn hours of December 14. Pictured in the still dark sky, stars of the northern winter hexagon surround a luminous Milky Way.
![Геминиды на юге](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/16/0001794027/geminids_2021_fefo_bouvier1024.preview.jpg)
16.12.2021
Fireflies flash along a moonlit countryside in this scene taken on the night of December 13/14 from southern Uruguay, planet Earth. On that night meteors fell in the partly cloudy skies above during the annual Geminid meteor shower.
![Комета Леонарда из космоса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/15/0001793712/LeonardSpace_Yangwang1_960_annotated.preview.jpg)
15.12.2021
What does Comet Leonard look like from space? Today's featured image from Origin.Space's Yangwang-1 space telescope shows not only the currently bright comet -- but several other space delights as well. Taken...
![HH 666: пылевой столб с джетом в Киле](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/14/0001793397/HH666_HubbleOzsarac_960.preview.jpg)
14.12.2021
To some, it may look like a beehive. In reality, the featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a cosmic pillar of dust, over two-light years long, inside of which is Herbig-Haro 666 -- a young star emitting powerful jets.
![Метеоры и северное сияние над Исландией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/13/0001793066/auroraemeteors_boardman_1080.preview.jpg)
13.12.2021
What's going on behind that mountain? Quite a bit. First of all, the mountain itself, named Kirkjufell, is quite old and located in western Iceland near the town of Grundarfjцrцur. In front...
![Комета Леонарда перед звездным скоплением M3](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/12/0001792885/M3Leonard_Bartlett_960.preview.jpg)
12.12.2021
Comet Leonard is now visible to the unaided eye -- but just barely. Passing nearest to the Earth today, the comet is best seen this week soon after sunset, toward the west, low on the horizon.
![Открытка с южного полюса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/11/0001792592/eclipse_apod1024.preview.jpg)
11.12.2021
From this vantage point about three quarters of a mile from planet Earth's geographic South Pole, the December 4 eclipse of the Sun was seen as a partial eclipse. At maximum eclipse the New Moon blocked 90 percent of the solar disk.
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