Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya (APOD)

APOD: 2025 July 29 B A Helix Nebula Deep Field
29.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Is the Helix Nebula looking at you? No, not in any biological sense, but it does look quite like an eye. The Helix Nebula is so named because it also appears that you are looking down the axis of a helix.

APOD: 2025 July 27 B Lightning over the Volcano of Water
27.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Have you ever watched a lightning storm in awe? You're not alone. Details of what causes lightning are still being researched, but it is known that inside some clouds, internal updrafts cause collisions between ice and snow that slowly separate charges between cloud tops and bottoms.

Sharovoe skoplenie ω Centavra
26.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Sharovoe zvezdnoe skoplenie ω Centavra, takzhe izvestnoe kak NGC 5139, udaleno ot nas na 15 tysyach svetovyh let. V etom skoplenii v oblasti s diametrom okolo 150 svetovyh let nahoditsya primerno 10 millionov zvezd, kazhdaya iz kotoryh gorazdo starshe Solnca.

APOD: 2025 July 25 B Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids
25.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Meteors from the Kappa Cygnid meteor shower are captured in this time-lapse composite skyscape. The minor meteor shower, with a radiant not far from its eponymous star Kappa Cygni, peaks in mid-August, almost at the same time as the much better-known and better-observed Perseid meteor shower.

APOD: 2025 July 24 B Titan Shadow Transit
24.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Every 15 years or so, Saturn's rings are tilted edge-on to our line of sight. As the bright, beautiful ring system grows narrower and fainter it becomes increasingly difficult to see for denizens of planet Earth.

APOD: 2025 July 23 B Fireball over Cape San Blas
23.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Have you ever seen a fireball? In astronomy, a fireball is a very bright meteor -- one at least as bright as Venus and possibly brighter than even a full Moon. Fireballs are rare -- if you see one you are likely to remember it for your whole life.

Sverhnovaya s dvoinoi detonaciei
22.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Mogut li nekotorye sverhnovye vzryvat'sya dva raza? Da, esli pervyi vzryv sluzhit detonatorom dlya vtorogo. Eto samaya veroyatnaya gipoteza proishozhdeniya ostatka sverhnovoi SNR 0509-67

Tumannost' Koshach'ya Lapa ot teleskopa "Dzheims Vebb"
21.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Vozmozhno, tumannosti stanovyatsya izvestnymi, esli oni pohozhi na znakomye predmety, takzhe kak koshki izvestny svoei sposobnost'yu sozdavat' nepriyatnosti. Odnako ni odna iz izvestnyh koshek ne smogla by sozdat' ogromnuyu tumannost' Koshach'ya Lapa, kotoraya vidna v sozvezdii Skorpiona.

Vidimaya storona Luny
20.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Dlya togo, chtoby sostavit' etot zamechatel'nyi portret horosho znakomoi nam vidimoi storony Luny, apparatu Lunnyi orbital'nyi razvedchik (LRO) ponadobilos' sdelat' okolo 1300 snimkov shirokougol'noi kameroi. No pochemu my vsegda vidim tol'ko odnu storonu Luny?

Mess'e 6
19.07.2025 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Shestoi ob'ekt v znamenitom kataloge "ne komet" Sharlya Mess'e, Mess'e 6 – galakticheskoe ili rasseyannoe zvezdnoe skoplenie. V skoplenie M6 vhodit okolo 100 zvezd s vozrastom primerno 100 millionov let, ono udaleno ot nas na 1600 svetovyh let i raspolozheno v central'noi chasti Mlechnogo Puti, v sozvezdii Skorpiona.