NGC 206 i zvezdnye oblaka Andromedy
25.09.2014 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Bol'shaya zvezdnaya associaciya, zanesennaya v katalog kak NGC 206, raspolozhilas' v pylevyh rukavah sosednei spiral'noi galaktiki Andromedy (M31), udalennoi na 2.5 millionov svetovyh let. Yarkie golubye zvezdy NGC 206 svidetel'stvuyut o ee molodosti. Oni vidny okolo centra etogo velikolepnogo vida krupnym planom na yugo-zapadnuyu chast' diska galaktiki Andromedy.

MAVEN okolo Marsa
26.09.2014 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Zapushennyi 18 noyabrya 2013 goda kosmicheskii apparat MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN – Evolyuciya marsianskoi atmosfery i letuchih veshestv) zavershil svoe mezhplanetnoe puteshestvie i vyshel na vysokuyu ellipticheskuyu orbitu Marsa 21-go sentyabrya. Ul'trafioletovyi spektrograf apparata MAVEN uzhe nachal zaplanirovannye issledovaniya verhnei atmosfery Krasnoi planety, Eti izobrazheniya byli polucheny s vysoty 36500 kilometrov.