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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Ночной запуск космического челнока Индевор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/09/0001238429/sts30nightlaunch_nasa.preview.jpg)
9.02.2010
Sometimes, the space shuttle launches at night. Pictured above, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off in yesterday's early morning hours from Launch Pad 39A in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
![Солнечное гало над Камбоджей](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/08/0001238411/sunhalo_attila.preview.jpg)
8.02.2010
Have you ever seen a halo around the Sun? This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals cover much of the sky. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens.
![Гравитационная линза "Крест Эйнштейна"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/07/0001238408/qso2237_wiyn.preview.jpg)
7.02.2010
Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar.
![Небо над Гонконгом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/08/0001238412/2010hongkongsky_lau_1_900.preview.jpg)
6.02.2010
This remarkable scene combines multiple exposures recorded on the evening of January 18th from a waterside perspective in Hong Kong, China. It follows a young crescent Moon, with brilliant planet Jupiter to its left, as they set together in the western sky. Their two luminous trails are faintly paralleled by trails of background stars.
![Пылевая буря на Марсе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/05/0001238382/MarsDust_picdumidi_c740.preview.jpg)
5.02.2010
It's spring for the northern hemisphere of Mars and spring on Mars usually means dust storms. So the dramatic brown swath of dust (top) marking the otherwise white north polar cap in this picture of the Red Planet is not really surprising.
![Звездная пыль в Персее](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/04/0001238367/NGC1333ruiz900.preview.jpg)
4.02.2010
This cosmic expanse of dust, gas, and stars covers close to 3 degrees on the sky in the heroic constellation Perseus. Right of center in the gorgeous skyscape is the dusty blue reflection nebula NGC 1333, about 1,000 light-years away. At that estimated distance, the field of view is about 50 light-years across.
![P2010 A2: необычный хвост астероида – последствия сильного столкновения?](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/04/0001238369/p2010a2_hst.preview.jpg)
3.02.2010
What is this strange object? First discovered on ground based LINEAR images on January 6, the object appeared unusual enough to investigate further with the Hubble Space Telescope last week. Pictured above, what Hubble saw indicates that P/2010 A2 is unlike any object ever seen before.
![Марс и красочная лунная туманная радуга](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/02/0001238330/marsbow_pacholka.preview.jpg)
2.02.2010
Even from the top of a volcanic crater, this vista was unusual. For one reason, Mars was dazzlingly bright two weeks ago, when this picture was taken, as it was nearing its brightest time of the entire year. Mars, on the far upper left, is the brightest object in the above picture.
![Спутник-"пастух" Прометей](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/01/0001238307/prometheus_cassini.preview.jpg)
1.02.2010
Another moon of Saturn has been imaged in detail by the Cassini spacecraft. Orbiting Saturn since 2004, the robotic Cassini got its closest look yet at Saturn's small moon Prometheus last week. Visible...
![Загадочная рукопись Войнича](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/21/0001277889/voynich_schaefer.preview.jpg)
31.01.2010
The ancient text has no known title, no known author, and is written in no known language: what does it say and why does it have many astronomy illustrations? The mysterious book was once bought by an emperor, forgotten on a library shelf, sold for thousands of dollars, and later donated to Yale.
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