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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Международная космическая станция над горизонтом](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/07/0001237254/iss_sts129.preview.jpg)
7.12.2009
This was home. Just over a week ago, the STS-129 crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and returned to Earth. As the shuttle departed the space station, they took the above image. Visible on the ISS are numerous modules, trusses, and long wing-like solar panels.
![Великолепный хвост кометы МакНота](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/07/0001237255/comet_mcnaught.preview.jpg)
6.12.2009
Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, was the brightest comet of the last 40 years. Its spectacular tail spread across the sky and was breathtaking to behold from dark locations for many Southern Hemisphere observers.
![Небесный пейзаж в Гималаях](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/07/0001237259/Himalaya-1Tafreshi.preview.jpg)
5.12.2009
Capella, alpha star of the constellation Auriga, rises over Mt. Everest in this panoramic view of the top of the world at night. The scene was recorded in late November near Namche Bazar, Nepal, gateway to the Himalayan mountain range.
![Двойное скопление](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/04/0001237200/DoubleCluster_cs_fleming.preview.jpg)
4.12.2009
A lovely starfield in the heroic northern constellation Perseus holds this famous pair of open or galactic star clusters, h and Chi Perseii. Also cataloged as NGC 869 (right) and NGC 884, both clusters are about 7,000 light-years away and contain stars much younger and hotter than the Sun.
![Галактика с полярным кольцом NGC 660](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/03/0001237188/NGC660Hagar0_c900.preview.jpg)
3.12.2009
NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing field of galaxies swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy.
![Скульптуры из пыли в туманности Розетка](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/02/0001237172/rosette_ebersole.preview.jpg)
2.12.2009
What creates the cosmic dust sculptures in the Rosette Nebula? Noted for the common beauty of its overall shape, parts of the Rosette Nebula, also known as NGC 2237, show beauty even when viewed up close.
![NGC 6992: волокна туманности Вуаль](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/01/0001237158/filaments_iac.preview.jpg)
1.12.2009
Wisps like this are all that remain visible of a Milky Way star. About 7,500 years ago that star exploded in a supernova leaving the Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop.
![Солнце и серп Земли с МКС](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/11/30/0001237145/sunearthpanel_sts129.preview.jpg)
30.11.2009
This was just one more breathtaking view from the International Space Station. The Sun, a crescent Earth, and the long arm of a solar panel were all visible outside a window when the Space Shuttle Atlantis visited the orbiting outpost last week. Reflections from the window and hexagonal lens flares from the camera are superposed.
![Древние слоистые холмы на Марсе](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/11/30/0001237146/marslayers_mgs.preview.jpg)
29.11.2009
Is this a picture of Mars or Earth? Oddly enough, it is a picture of Mars. What may appear to some as a terrestrial coastline is in fact a formation of ancient layered hills and wind-blown sand on Mars. The above-pictured region spans about three kilometers in Schiaparelli Crater.
![Звездные дуги над Аннапурной](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/03/0001237192/AnnapurnaStartrails_hao900.preview.jpg)
28.11.2009
In myth, Atlas holds up the heavens. But in this moonlit mountainscape, peaks of the Himalayan Annapurna Range appear to prop up the sky as seen from Ghandruk, Nepal. From left to right the three main peaks are Annapurna South (7,219 meters), Hiunchuli (6,441 metes), and Machapuchare (6,995 meters).
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