NGC 1309: spiral'naya galaktika i ee druz'ya
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NGC 1309 – velikolepnaya spiral'naya galaktika, udalennaya ot nas na 100 millionov svetovyh let, nahoditsya na beregu nebesnoi reki – sozvezdiya Eridana. Diametr NGC 1309 – okolo 30 tysyach svetovyh let, ona v tri raza men'she nashei Galaktiki Mlechnyi Put'.

Solnechnyi balet
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Inogda kazhetsya, chto Solnce tancuet. Kak raz pod Novyi God obrashayushiisya vokrug Solnca kosmicheskii apparat NASA Observatoriya solnechnoi dinamiki zapechatlel vpechatlyayushii protuberanec, otryvayushiisya ot poverhnosti Solnca. Effektnyi vzryv pokazan v ul'trafioletovom svete v etom videofil'me, ohvatyvayushem chetyre chasa.