Astronomy Picture of the Day
    

Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)

Pul'sar, pitayushii Krabovidnuyu tumannost' The Pulsar Powered Crab
31.05.1996

In the Summer of 1054 A.D. Chinese astronomers reported that a star in the constellation of Taurus suddenly became as bright as the full Moon. Fading slowly, it remained visible for over a year.


Solnechnyi i pepel'nyi svet i lunnyi limb Sunshine, Earthshine at the Lunar Limb
30.05.1996

This dramatic image of the Moon's edge against a background of distant stars is from a perspective impossible for groundbased telescopes. It was taken by a star tracker camera onboard the Clementine spacecraft.


Teleskop "Kompton" vidit nebo v gamma-luchah The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky
29.05.1996

This premier gamma-ray view of the sky was produced by the COMPTEL instrument onboard NASA's orbiting Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The entire sky is seen projected on a coordinate system centered on our Milky Way Galaxy with the plane of the Galaxy running across the middle of the picture.


Temnaya tumannost' "Kuritel'naya trubka" The Pipe Dark Nebula
28.05.1996

The dark nebula predominant at the lower left of the above photograph is known as the Pipe Nebula. The dark clouds, suggestively shaped like smoke rising from a pipe, are caused by absorption of background starlight by dust.


Polyarnoe siyanie venchaet Zemlyu Aurora Crown the Earth
27.05.1996

What do aurora look like from space? The POLAR spacecraft answered this by photographing an auroral oval surrounding the north pole of the Earth, causing displays on both the night and day side. The auroral sub-storm, pictured in false-color above, developed within 15 minutes and may have lasted as long as on hour.


Blizhaishaya zvezdnaya sistema Al'fa Kentavra Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
26.05.1996

The closest star system to the Sun is the Alpha Centauri system. Of the three stars in the system, the dimmest -- called Proxima Centauri -- is actually the nearest star. The bright stars Alpha Centauri...


Chelnok vypuskaet naduvnuyu antennu The Shuttle Launches an Inflatable Antenna
25.05.1996

High above the Earth the Space Shuttle Endeavor launches a new type of instrument - an inflatable antenna. The officially designated Inflatable Antenna Experiment was released Monday, May 20th, as part of a Spartan satellite - which contains many scientific experiments. The antenna is roughly the size of a tennis court and is even visible from Earth.


V centre oblasti zvezdoobrazovaniya 30 Zolotoi Ryby In the Center of 30 Doradus
24.05.1996

In the center of 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known. The center of this cluster, known as R136, is boxed in the upper right portion of the above picture.


Zvezdnoe "buistvo" v oblasti zvezdoobrazovaniya 30 Zolotoi Ryby The Violent Star Cluster 30 Doradus
23.05.1996

The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the LMC. Were 30 Doradus at the distance of the Orion Nebula -- a local star forming region -- it would take up fully half the sky.


Zvezdnoe skoplenie v tumannosti Rozetka Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula
22.05.1996

Embedded in the center of the colorful and photogenic Rosette Nebula is a bright, young open cluster. The bright blue stars in this cluster, labelled NGC 2244, emit ultraviolet light that knocks electrons away from hydrogen atoms.


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