Gigantskaya galaktika NGC 6872
3.04.2011 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

NGC 6872 — ogromnaya spiral'naya galaktika, imeyushaya diametr bolee 400 000 svetovyh let. Ona pochti v 4 raza bol'she nashei dovol'no bol'shoi galaktiki Mlechnyi Put'. Galaktika nahoditsya na rasstoyanii okolo 200 millionov svetovyh let ot nas v napravlenii na yuzhnoe sozvezdie Pavlina.

Verona Rupes: samaya vysokaya skala v Solnechnoi sisteme
4.04.2011 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Smogli by vy vyzhit' posle pryzhka s samoi vysokoi skaly v Solnechnoi sisteme? Vpolne vozmozhno. Vysota skaly Verona Rupes na sputnike Urana Mirande — okolo 20 kilometrov, chto v desyat' raz bol'she glubiny Bol'shogo Kan'ona na Zemle.