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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Луна в перигее и апогее](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217596/twomoon.preview.jpg)
22.12.1999
Tonight, those blessed with clear skies can enjoy a glorious full moon, the last full moon of the "Y1.9K"s. In fact, tonight's moon will be a full-perigee-solstice moon, reaching its full phase and perigee (the closest point in its orbit) on the solstice, the first day of northern hemisphere winter.
![XMM запущен!](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217597/xmm_esa_big.preview.jpg)
21.12.1999
X-ray astronomy entered a golden age earlier this month with the successful launch of the X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) satellite. XMM's three huge telescope barrels each hold 58 concentric cylindrical mirrors, together totaling a surface area rivaling a tennis court.
![Лавовые фонтаны на Ио](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217598/iolava_gal_big.preview.jpg)
20.12.1999
A lava fountain shooting over a kilometer high has been discovered on Jupiter's moon Io. The robot Galileo spacecraft orbiting Jupiter photographed the volcanic eruption during its close flyby of the moon late last month. The fountain is visible in the above mosaic of images from the flyby.
![Аккреционный диск двойной системы](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217599/accretiondisk_hst_big.preview.gif)
19.12.1999
Our Sun is unusual in that it is alone - most stars occur in multiple or binary systems. In a binary system, the higher mass star will evolve faster and will eventually become a compact object - either a white dwarf star, a neutron star, or black hole.
![Неправильная галактика Секстант А](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217600/sexaubv_hunter.preview.jpg)
18.12.1999
Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory. Their newly formed, bright, blue star clusters found along beautiful, symmetric spiral arms are guaranteed to attract attention. But small irregular galaxies form stars too, like this lovely, gumdrop-shaped galaxy, Sextans A.
![Горячий газ в скоплении Гидра А](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217602/hydraa_csx_big.preview.jpg)
17.12.1999
The Hydra A galaxy cluster is really big. In fact, such clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally bound objects in the Universe. But individual galaxies are too cool to be recorded in this false-color Chandra Observatory X-ray image which shows only the 40 million degree gas that permeates the Hydra A cluster.
![Остаток сверхновой в M82](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217603/m82snr_vlbi_big.preview.gif)
16.12.1999
This false-color radio wavelength picture of an expanding stellar debris cloud is the product of one of the largest radio astronomy experiments ever. Combining the output of 20 radio telescopes scattered around planet Earth...
![Новая в Орле](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217604/naql2_credner_big.preview.jpg)
15.12.1999
On December 1st, experienced observers patroling the night sky with binoculars noticed what seemed to be a new star in the constellation of Aquila (The Eagle). It wasn't really a new star though.
![Высокоскоростные облака и Млечный Путь](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217605/cloudstream_hst_big.preview.jpg)
14.12.1999
Where are these gas clouds going so quickly? High velocity clouds (HVCs) of gas have been seen for decades but their origins and destinations have remained mysterious. Recent measurements have now placed at least...
![Звездное поле Большого Магелланова Облака](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/11/0001217606/lmcstarfield_hst_big.preview.jpg)
13.12.1999
Stars of many types and colors are visible in this Hubble Space Telescope vista of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Over 10,000 stars are visible -- the brightest of which are giant stars. Were our Sun 170,000 light-years distant and among these stars, it would hardly be discernable.
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