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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Галактики, звезды и пыль](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/15/0001271188/ngc7497mbm54torregrosa900.preview.jpg)
13.10.2012
Spiky stars and spooky shapes abound in this deep cosmic skyscape. Its well-composed field of view covers about 2 Full Moons on the sky toward the constellation Pegasus. Of course the brighter stars show diffraction spikes, the commonly seen effect of internal supports in reflecting telescopes, and lie well within our own Milky Way galaxy.
![Телескоп Pan STARRS и туманности](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/13/0001271112/m8m20_panstarrs900.preview.jpg)
12.10.2012
A single image from the world's most powerful survey instrument captured this spectacular skyview. Looking toward Sagittarius, the scene spans nearly 3 degrees or six times the width of the Full Moon.
![Северное сияние над планетой Земля](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/11/0001271030/ontario_vir_2012282_900.preview.jpg)
11.10.2012
North America at night is easy to recognize in this view of our fair planet from orbit, acquired by the Suomi-NPP satellite on October 8. The spectacular waves of visible light emission rolling above the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario in the upper half of the frame are the Aurora Borealis or northern lights.
![Следы звезд над маяком Носет](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/11/0001271009/nausetlight_startrails_cookphoto950.preview.jpg)
10.10.2012
In myth, Atlas holds up the heavens, but in this scene they seem to pivot around a lighthouse beacon. Photographed with a camera fixed to a tripod, the well-planned 30 minute exposure records star trails in the northern sky, reflecting the daily rotation of planet Earth.
![Симеиз 147: остаток сверхновой](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/09/0001270931/mp_2011-11_Simeis147Andreo.preview.jpg)
9.10.2012
It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed mosaic image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147 (S147). Also cataloged as Sh2-240, it covers nearly 3 degrees or 6 full moons on the sky. That's about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years.
![Сферическая планетарная туманность Эйбелл 39](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/09/0001270923/abell39_block_960.preview.jpg)
8.10.2012
Ghostly in appearance, Abell 39 is a remarkably simple, spherical nebula about five light-years across. Well within our own Milky Way galaxy, the cosmic sphere is roughly 7,000 light-years distant toward the constellation Hercules.
![Иллюзия одинаковых цветов](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/08/0001270825/greyillusion_wikipedia_960.preview.jpg)
7.10.2012
Are square A and B the same color? They are! To verify this, either run your cursor over the image or click here to see them connected. The above illusion, called the same color illusion, illustrates that purely human observations in science may be ambiguous or inaccurate.
![В сердце Ориона](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/07/0001270816/TrapMosaic-HST-Gendler-Crop900.preview.jpg)
6.10.2012
Near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait, at the heart of the Orion Nebula, are four hot, massive stars known as the Trapezium. Gathered within a region about 1.5 light-years in radius, they dominate the core of the dense Orion Nebula Star Cluster.
![Северное сияние и болид над Норвегией](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/07/0001270814/meteorviolet_salomonsen_960.preview.jpg)
5.10.2012
What's happening behind that mountain? A convergence of variable sky spectacles. One night in mid-September near TromsЬ, Norway, high red aurora could be seen shimmering through lower green aurora in a way that created a striking and somewhat unusual violet glow.
![NGC 7293: туманность Улитка](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/10/05/0001270715/Helix_BiColour_Finalpugh1022c.preview.jpg)
4.10.2012
A mere seven hundred light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius, a sun-like star is dying. Its last few thousand years have produced the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a well studied and nearby example of a Planetary Nebula, typical of this final phase of stellar evolution.
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