Krabovidnaya tumannost' i planeta Saturn
9.01.2003 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

V proshlom mesyace, nahodyas' v sozvezdii Tel'ca, Saturn priblizilsya k Zemle na minimal'noe rasstoyanie. V etom protivostoyanii on razvernut k nablyudatelyam svoimi kol'cami i udoben dlya nablyudenii v nochnye chasy. 4-go i 5-go yanvarya Saturn okazalsya na luche zreniya s Krabovidnoi tumannost'yu (M1), kosmicheskim oblakom, ostavshimsya ot vzryva sverhnovoi zvezdy.