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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Пылевой и ионный хвосты кометы Хейла-Боппа](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/23/0001205875/halebopp_gleason.preview.jpg)
22.05.2005
In 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp's intrinsic brightness exceeded any comet since 1811. Since it peaked on the other side of the Earth's orbit, however, the comet appeared only brighter than any comet in two decades. Visible above are the two tails shed by Comet Hale-Bopp.
![Змея в темноте](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/23/0001205876/b72neb_stevens_c1.preview.jpg)
21.05.2005
Dark nebulae snake across a gorgeous expanse of stars in this wide-field view toward the pronounceable constellation Ophiucus and the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. In fact, the central S-shape seen here is well known as the Snake Nebula.
![Северное сияние в Айове](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/20/0001205851/aurora_051505_richard_c90.preview.jpg)
20.05.2005
Early last Sunday morning stars were not the only lights in Iowa skies. The northern lights also shone from the heavens, extending across the midwestern USA and other locations not often graced with auroral displays.
![Рентгеновские звезды в туманности Ориона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/19/0001205846/orion_cxo_fc.preview.jpg)
19.05.2005
When our middle-aged Sun was just a few million years old it was thousands of times brighter in x-rays. In fact, it was likely similar to some of the stars found in this false-color x-ray composite of the Orion Nebula region from the Chandra Observatory.
![На высоте три километра над Титаном](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/18/0001205829/titan_huygens.preview.jpg)
18.05.2005
What did the Huygens probe see as it descended toward Saturn's Moon Titan? In January the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn released a probe through the dense cloud decks of one of the Solar System's most mysterious moons.
![Панорама Марса с высоты Larry's Lookout](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/17/0001205817/larryslookout_spirit.preview.jpg)
17.05.2005
Scroll right to see a breathtaking panorama of Mars from Larry's Lookout. The lookout occurs near the peak of Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills. The summit of Husband Hill is visible 200 meters in the distance toward the center of the 360-degree near-true-color picture.
![Космический аппарат Deep Impact летит навстречу комете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/16/0001205813/art1_deepimpact.preview.jpg)
16.05.2005
What happens when you crash into a comet? That was a question considered by astronomers when they designed the Deep Impact mission, launched in January. This coming July 4, the Deep Impact spaceship will reach its target - Comet Tempel 1 -- and release an impactor over five times the mass of a person toward its surface.
![О происхождении золота](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/15/0001205803/nscollide_ukff.preview.png)
15.05.2005
Where did the gold in your jewelry originate? No one is completely sure. The relative average abundance in our Solar System appears higher than can be made in the early universe, in stars, and even in typical supernova explosions.
![NGC 3370: более четкий вид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/14/0001205792/ngc3370_hst_c1.preview.jpg)
14.05.2005
Similar in size and grand design to our own Milky Way, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation Leo. Recorded here in exquisite detail by the Hubble Space...
![Когда Луна была молодая](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/13/0001205781/YoungMoon0_seip_f62.preview.jpg)
13.05.2005
Remember when the Moon was young? It was just last Monday. On May 9th, this slender crescent Moon was recorded at a tender age of 34 hours and 18 minutes. Well, OK ... when calculating...
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