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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Загадочная туманность Конус](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/07/0001174010/cone_gendler.preview.jpg)
7.01.2002
Sometimes the simplest shapes are the hardest to explain. For example, the origin of the mysterious cone-shaped region seen on the far left remains a mystery. The interstellar formation, dubbed the Cone Nebula, is located about 2700 light years away.
![M2-9: Крылья Туманности Бабочка](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/06/0001199811/m2-9_hst.preview.jpg)
6.01.2002
Are stars better appreciated for their art after they die? Actually, stars usually create their most artistic displays as they die. In the case of low-mass stars like our Sun and M2-9 pictured above, the stars transform themselves from normal stars to white dwarfs by casting off their outer gaseous envelopes.
![Лунный катер Аполлона-17](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/06/0001199812/challenger_apollo17.preview.jpg)
5.01.2002
Awkward and angular looking, Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger was designed for flight in the vacuum of space. This sharp picture from the command module America, shows Challenger's ascent stage in lunar orbit.
![M16: Поиски инфракрасных звезд](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/17/0001174302/m16c1_eso.preview.jpg)
4.01.2002
The head of an interstellar gas and dust cloud is shown here in false-color, a near-infrared view recorded by astronomers hunting for stars within M16's Eagle Nebula. Made famous in a 1995 Hubble...
![M16: Звезды, столбы и орлиные яйца](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/03/0001173947/m16w1_eso.preview.jpg)
3.01.2002
The Hubble Space Telescope's 1995 image of pillars of dust and gas, light-years long, within the Eagle Nebula (M16) was sensational. The three prominent pillars in that close-up visible light picture also appear...
![Международная космическая станция над Землей](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/03/0001173943/iss_sts108.preview.jpg)
2.01.2002
High above a cloudy Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) orbits silently. The Space Shuttle Endeavor Crew took the above picture as they departed the space station in mid-December. Endeavor brought up three...
![Тайна Черного Полярного сияния](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/19/0001174330/blackaurora_curtis.preview.jpg)
1.01.2002
What causes black aurora? These gaps in normal bright aurora are frequently recorded but rarely questioned. Recent research using data from four Cluster spacecraft orbiting the Earth has now likely found the secret: black auroras are actually anti-auroras.
![Год темной космологии](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/18/0001174321/kecksunset_mko.preview.jpg)
31.12.2001
We live in the exciting time when humanity discovers the nature of our entire universe. During this year, in particular, however, the quest for cosmological understanding appears to have astronomers groping in the dark.
![Колонны и струи Трехрaздельной туманности](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/17/0001174300/trifid_hst.preview.jpg)
30.12.2001
Dust pillars are like interstellar mountains. They survive because they are more dense than their surroundings, but they are being slowly eroded away by a hostile environment. Visible in the above picture...
!["Аннотированный" центр Галактики](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/07/09/0001235477/galcen_wk.preview.gif)
29.12.2001
The sky toward the center of our Galaxy is filled with a wide variety of celestial wonders. Many are easily visible with binoculars. Constellations near the galactic center include Sagittarius, Libra, Scorpius, Scutum, and Ophiuchus. Nebulae include Messier Objects M8, M16, M17, M20 and the Pipe Nebula.
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