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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Марс в октябре](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/28/0001209053/mars102205_cook_c.preview.jpg)
28.10.2005
This October, Mars has become a bright, yellowish star in planet Earth's sky as it approaches oppositon, the period when Mars and Earth pass close as they orbit the Sun. How close is Mars? A mere 70 million kilometers or so, close enough to allow Earth-bound astronomers excellent views of the alluring Red Planet.
![Последний "Титан"](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/27/0001209041/lastTitan_vandenberg_f25.preview.jpg)
27.10.2005
On October 19th, a rocket blasted off from Vandengberg Air Force Base - the last Titan rocket. Carrying a payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office, the successful Titan IV B launch brings to a close the Titan program whose first launch was in 1959.
![4500 километров над Дионой](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/26/0001208961/dione4500_cassini.preview.jpg)
26.10.2005
What does the surface of Saturn's moon Dione look like? To find out, the robot Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn flew right past the fourth largest moon of the giant planet earlier this month. Pictured above is an image taken about 4,500 kilometers above Dione's icy surface, spanning about 23 kilometers.
![Остаток сверхновой N132D в видимом свете и рентгеновских лучах](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/25/0001208957/n132d_heritage.preview.jpg)
25.10.2005
Thousands of years after a star exploded, its expanding remnant still glows brightly across the spectrum. Such is the case with N132D, a supernova remnant located in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy. The expanding shell from this explosion now spans 80 light-years and has swept up about 600 Suns worth of mass.
![Угловатые песчинки на марсианских холмах](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/24/0001208912/angularsand_spirit_big.preview.jpg)
24.10.2005
Why isn't this sand round? The robotic Spirit rover currently rolling across Mars has found notably angular sand in the Columbia Hills on Mars. Previously, small bits of sand found in the plains of Gusev Crater were significantly more round.
![В центре Млечного Пути](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/24/0001208910/mwcentre_eso.preview.jpg)
23.10.2005
At the center of our Milky Way Galaxy lies a black hole with over 2 million times the mass of the Sun. Once a controversial claim, this astounding conclusion is now virtually inescapable and based on observations of stars orbiting very near the galactic center.
![Кольцеобразная галактика AM 0644-741 в телескоп им. Хаббла](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/22/0001208858/ringam2_hst.preview.jpg)
22.10.2005
How could a galaxy become shaped like a ring? The rim of the blue galaxy pictured on the right is an immense ring-like structure 150,000 light years in diameter composed of newly formed, extremely bright, massive stars.
![Вид в плоскости колец](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/21/0001208827/DioneRingside_cassini_c72.preview.jpg)
21.10.2005
Orbiting in the plane of Saturn's rings, Dione and the other icy saturnian moons have a perpetual ringside view of the gorgeous gas giant planet. Of course, while passing through the ring plane the Cassini spacecraft also shares their stunning perspective.
![Галактика Андромеды в инфракрасном свете](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/20/0001208813/m31red_spitzer.preview.jpg)
20.10.2005
What is the Andromeda galaxy really like? To find out, astronomers looked at our largest galactic neighbor in a different light: infrared. Astronomers trained the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope at the Messier monster (M31) for over 18 hours, creating a mosaic that incorporated 11,000 separate exposures.
![О возможности полета на Марс](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/19/0001208788/MoonVenusMars_espenak.preview.jpg)
19.10.2005
On another October 19, in 1899, a 17 year-old Robert Goddard climbed a cherry tree on a beautiful autumn afternoon in Worcester, Massachusetts. Inspired by H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and gazing...
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