Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya (APOD)

Grozovoe oblako superyacheika nad Montanoi
5.05.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Eto oblako ili kosmicheskii korabl'? Hotya mozhet pokazat'sya, chto eto korabl' prishel'cev, na samom dele eto vpechatlyayushee grozovoe oblako – superyacheika. Takie kolossal'nye vihrevye sistemy rozhdayutsya v mezociklonah – vrashayushihsya voshodyashih potokah, kotorye prostirayutsya na neskol'ko kilometrov. Oni prinosyat s soboi prolivnye dozhdi i sil'nye vetry, inogda dazhe tornado.

Vesennee zatmenie v Vengrii
4.05.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Na proshloi nedele posle zakata Solnca polnaya Luna vzoshla nad vesennim landshaftom v Tihani, Vengriya, na severnom beregu ozera Balaton. Podnimayas' v yasnom nebe, Luna kosnulas' temnoi teni planety Zemli – umbry. Proizoshlo pervoe v etom godu chastnoe lunnoe zatmenie. Chastnaya faza prodolzhalas' menee 27 minut.

Konskaya golova: vid s shirokim polem zreniya
3.05.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Dlya sozdaniya etogo shirokougol'nogo izobrazheniya mezhzvezdnyh okrestnostei znamenitoi tumannosti Konskaya Golova byli ob'edineny dannye, poluchennye bol'shim nazemnym teleskopom VISTA i kosmicheskim teleskopom im.Habbla. Zapechatlennoe v blizom infrakrasnom diapazone pylevoe molekulyarnoe oblako prostiraetsya po vsemu izobrazheniyu, kotoroe ohvatyvaet na nebe oblast', primerno ravnuyu po razmeru dvum tretyam diska polnoi Luny.

Uragan na Saturne
2.05.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

V konce proshlogo goda kosmicheskii apparat Kassini poluchil pervye snimki osveshennoi Solncem krainei severnoi oblasti Saturna. Kamera s uzkim uglom zreniya zapechatlela etot effektnyi vid vihrya na severnom polyuse okruzhennoi kol'cami planety. Infrakrasnoe izobrazhenie...

Omega Centavra: samoe yarkoe sharovoe skoplenie
1.05.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Etot gigantskii shar iz zvezd starshe Solnca. Zadolgo do togo, kogda nachalas' evolyuciya chelovechestva, do togo, kak po Zemle brodili dinozavry, i dazhe do togo, kak sformirovalas' planeta Zemlya, proizoshlo szhatie drevnih sgustkov zvezd, kotorye stali obrashat'sya vokrug molodoi Galaktiki Mlechnyi Put'.

Chelovechestvo issleduet Solnechnuyu sistemu
30.04.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Kakoi kosmicheskii korabl', sozdannyi chelovekom, seichas issleduet Solnechnuyu sistemu? V nastoyashee vremya vozle kazhdoi vnutrennei planety Solnechnoi sistemy nahoditsya hotya by odin avtomaticheskii issledovatel'skii korabl', neskol'ko shtuk nablyudayut za Solncem, neskol'ko apparatov sozdayut detal'nuyu kartu Luny, neskol'ko presleduyut asteroidy ili komety, odin letaet po orbite vokrug Saturna, i neskol'ko shtuk ustremilis' v glubokii kosmos.

Mlechnyi Put' i Kamennoe derevo
29.04.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chto eto ryadom s Mlechnym Putem? Eto neobychnaya skala pod nazvaniem Roke-Sinchado ili Kamennoe derevo, sformirovavshayasya estestvennym putem. Ona nahoditsya na ostrove Tenerife v ispanskom arhipelage Kanarskih ostrovov. Znamenityi siluet Roke-Sinchado obrazovalsya skoree vsego...

Moshnyi uragan na Saturne
28.04.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Eto byl odin iz samyh bol'shih i dolgozhivushih sredi vseh uraganov, kogda-libo nablyudavshihsya v nashei Solnechnoi sisteme. Vpervye zamechennaya v konce 2010 goda, eta oblachnaya struktura v severnom polusharii Saturna uzhe v samom nachale byla bol'she Zemli, a vskore rasprostranilas' vokrug vsei planety.

Stereo-Sharp
27.04.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Nadevaite vashi krasno/sinie ochki i polyubuites' vidom na dne kratera Geil na Marse. S vashei tochki zreniya na marsohode K'yuriositi gora Sharp, central'naya gora kratera vysotoi v 5 kilometrov, vozvyshaetsya nad yuzhnym gorizontom.

Odin god na Solnce
26.04.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Solnce, vybrasyvayushee v nashu Solnechnuyu sistemu yadovitye ispareniya raskalennoi plazmy, vyglyadit na segodnyashnei fotografii dovol'no ustrashayushe. Eta kartinka sostavlena iz 25 kadrov, snyatyh v zhestkih ul'trafioletovyh luchah orbital'noi Observatoriei solnechnoi dinamiki v period s 16 aprelya 2012 po 15 aprelya 2013 goda.