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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Маленькая планета Тень](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/24/0001294960/Enzo_De_Bernardini_Belt_of_Venus_tinyplanet.preview.jpg)
24.10.2013
Warm shades and subtle colors come to the sky in the fading sunlight after shadowrise on this little planet. Of course the little planet is planet Earth, and this nadir-to-zenith, around-the-horizon mosaic maps the view from a small airfield near the town of Intendente Alvear, La Pampa province, Argentina.
![Северное небесное дерево](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/23/0001294929/NCPtreeLosada950.preview.jpg)
23.10.2013
If you climbed this magnificent tree, it looks like you could reach out and touch the North Celestial Pole at the center of all the star trail arcs. The well-composed image was recorded over a period of nearly 2 hours as a series of 30 second long, consecutive exposures on the night of October 5.
![Массивная звезда в NGC 6357](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/22/0001294871/ngc6357_hubble_960.preview.jpg)
22.10.2013
For reasons unknown, NGC 6357 is forming some of the most massive stars ever discovered. One such massive star, near the center of NGC 6357, is framed above carving out its own interstellar castle with its energetic light from surrounding gas and dust.
![Сатурн сверху](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/21/0001294813/saturnmosaic_cassini_960.preview.jpg)
21.10.2013
This image of Saturn could not have been taken from Earth. No Earth based picture could possibly view the night side of Saturn and the corresponding shadow cast across Saturn's rings. Since Earth is much closer to the Sun than Saturn, only the day side of the ringed planet is visible from the Earth.
![Три галактики и комета](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/21/0001294812/cometmcnaught_druckmuller_960.preview.jpg)
20.10.2013
Diffuse starlight and dark nebulae along the southern Milky Way arc over the horizon and sprawl diagonally through this gorgeous nightscape. The breath-taking mosaic spans a wide 100 degrees, with the rugged terrain of the Patagonia, Argentina region in the foreground.
![Sh2 155: туманность Пещера](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/21/0001294811/CaveFinalWalker950c.preview.jpg)
19.10.2013
This colorful skyscape features the dusty, reddish glow of Sharpless catalog emission region Sh2-155, the Cave Nebula. About 2,400 light-years away, the scene lies along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus.
![Венера, зодиакальный свет и центр Галактики](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/18/0001294659/galcentre_venus_jschmoll900.preview.jpg)
18.10.2013
The bulging center of our Milky Way Galaxy rests on a pillar of light in this luminous skyscape. Recorded on September 22nd in dark South African skies, rivers of dust seem to flow downward from the galactic center towards Antares, yellowish alpha star of the constellation Scorpius, near the top of the scene.
![Комета ISON, Марс и Регул](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/17/0001294582/20131015_IRM_LawrenceIMG4471-Crop900.preview.jpg)
17.10.2013
In order top to bottom this celestial snapshot features Comet ISON, planet Mars, and Regulus, alpha star of the constellation Leo, in the same frame. The scene spans about 2 degrees near the eastern horizon in early morning skies of October 15.
![Три галактики в Драконе](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/16/0001294533/NGC5982_LRGB_leshin_950.preview.jpg)
16.10.2013
This intriguing trio of galaxies is sometimes called the Draco Group, located in the northern constellation of (you guessed it) Draco. From left to right are edge-on spiral NGC 5981, elliptical galaxy NGC 5982...
![Большая туманность Киля](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/10/15/0001294468/carina_fenyes_960.preview.jpg)
15.10.2013
A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years, one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions. Like the smaller, more northerly Great...
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