NGC 2264: zvezdy, pyl', i gaz
24.04.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Tumannost', okruzhayushaya yarkuyu zvezdu S Mon, zapolnena temnoi pyl'yu i svetyashimsya gazom. Strannye formy, naselyayushie etu oblast' zvezdoobrazovaniya, voznikayut blagodarya tonkoi mezhzvezdnoi pyli, kotoraya ves'ma slozhno reagiruet na energichnoe izluchenie i potoki goryachego gaza, ispuskaemye molodymi zvezdami.

Iridium nad Zvenigorodom i nad Moskvoi.
24.04.2001 14:43 | M. E. Prohorov/GAISh, Moskva

"Solnechnye zaichiki" ot antenn sputnikov svyazi Iridium okazyvayutsya ochen' interesnymi novymi ob'ektami dlya nablyudeniya.