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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Где в Америке можно будет увидеть затмение](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/31/0001375242/EclipseClouds_MODISanderson_1080.preview.jpg)
31.01.2017
Are you planning to see the American Eclipse on August 21? A few hours after sunrise, a rare total eclipse of the Sun will be visible along a narrow path across the USA. Those only near the path will see a partial eclipse.
![Туманность Кошачий глаз от телескопа имени Хаббла](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/31/0001375227/CatsEye_HubbleVillaVerde_960.preview.jpg)
30.01.2017
To some, it may look like a cat's eye. The alluring Cat's Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand light-years from Earth across interstellar space. A classic planetary nebula, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet glorious phase in the life of a sun-like star.
![Красное полярное сияние над Австралией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/29/0001375165/redaurora_cherney_960_annotated.preview.jpg)
29.01.2017
Why would the sky glow red? Aurora. A solar storm in 2012, emanating mostly from active sunspot region 1402, showered particles on the Earth that excited oxygen atoms high in the Earth's atmosphere. As the excited element's electrons fell back to their ground state, they emitted a red glow.
![N159 в Большом Магеллановом Облаке](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/28/0001375122/potw1636aN159_HST_1024.preview.jpg)
28.01.2017
Over 150 light-years across, this cosmic maelstrom of gas and dust is not too far away. It lies south of the Tarantula Nebula in our satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud a mere 180,000 light-years distant. Massive stars have formed within.
![Венера сквозь капли воды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/27/0001375076/VenusBubbleJohnBell1024.preview.jpg)
27.01.2017
Now the brilliant "star" in planet Earth's evening skies, Venus is captured in this creative astrophotograph. Taken with a close-focusing lens on January 18 from Milton Keynes, UK, it shows multiple images of the sky above the western horizon shortly after sunset.
![GOES-16: Луна над планетой Земля](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/27/0001375054/ab_moon_from_geo_orbit_med_res_jan_15_2017_1024.preview.jpg)
26.01.2017
Launched last November 19 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the satellite now known as GOES-16 can now observe planet Earth from a geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above the equator. Its Advanced Baseline Imager captured this contrasting view of Earth and a gibbous Moon on January 15.
![Впечатляющее завершение миссии Кассини на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/26/0001375012/GrandFinale_Cassini_960.preview.jpg)
25.01.2017
Cassini is being prepared to dive into Saturn. The robotic spacecraft that has been orbiting and exploring Saturn for over a decade will end its mission in September with a spectacular atmospheric plunge. Pictured here is a diagram of Cassini's remaining orbits, each taking about one week.
![M78 и отражения в пыли Ориона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/24/0001374940/M78_Tiziano_960.preview.jpg)
24.01.2017
In the vast Orion Molecular Cloud complex, several bright blue nebulas are particularly apparent. Pictured here are two of the most prominent reflection nebulas - dust clouds lit by the reflecting light of bright embedded stars. The more famous nebula is M78, in the image center, cataloged over 200 years ago.
![Зимний шестиугольник над водохранилищем Манла](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/23/0001374885/WinterHexagon_Dai_1000_annotated.preview.jpg)
23.01.2017
If you can find Orion, you might be able to find the Winter Hexagon. The Winter Hexagon involves some of the brightest stars visible, together forming a large and easily found pattern in the winter sky of Earth's northern hemisphere.
![Запуск ракеты Фалкон-9](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/22/0001374818/SpaceXLaunch_Shortt_960.preview.jpg)
22.01.2017
Birds don't fly this high. Airplanes don't go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket bound for space is an event that inspires awe and challenges description.
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