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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Арп 81: 100 миллионов лет спустя](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/23/0001308836/ARP81_HLA_Pugh2.preview.jpg)
23.04.2014
From planet Earth, we see this strongly distorted pair of galaxies, cataloged as Arp 81, as they were only about 100 million years after their close encounter. The havoc wreaked by their mutual gravitational...
![Массивное скопление галактик Толстяк](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/22/0001308686/elgordo_chandrahubble_960.preview.jpg)
22.04.2014
It is bigger than a bread box. In fact, it is much bigger than all bread boxes put together. Galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915 is one of the largest and most massive objects known. Dubbed...
![Близкая массивная спиральная галактика NGC 2841](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/21/0001308608/ngc2841_hstsubarugendler_960.preview.jpg)
21.04.2014
It is one of the more massive galaxies known. A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This sharp view of the gorgeous island universe shows off a striking yellow nucleus and galactic disk.
![Пепел и молния над исландским вулканом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/20/0001308594/volcano_stefnisson_960.preview.jpg)
20.04.2014
Why did a picturesque 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well-populated areas.
![Похожая на Землю планета Кеплер 186f](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/19/0001308541/kepler186f_artistconcept_0h600.preview.jpg)
19.04.2014
Planet Kepler-186f is the first known Earth-size planet to lie within the habitable zone of a star beyond the Sun. Discovered using data from the prolific planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft, the distant world orbits...
![Красная Луна и зелёный луч](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/18/0001308384/D140414_47_ApolloEclipse_AFCc_16f_950.preview.jpg)
18.04.2014
This is not a scene from a sci-fi special effects movie. The green beam of light and red lunar disk are real enough, captured in the early morning hours of April 15. Of course, the reddened lunar disk is easy to explain as the image was taken during this week's total lunar eclipse.
![Затмение над озером Уотертон](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/17/0001308299/C523-3144-8199_900c.preview.jpg)
17.04.2014
Recorded on April 15th, this total lunar eclipse sequence looks south down icy Waterton Lake from the Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, planet Earth. The most distant horizon includes peaks in Glacier National Park, USA.
![Спика, Марс и лунное затмение](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/16/0001308148/eclipse_apr15th_dp.preview.jpg)
16.04.2014
A beautiful, reddened Moon slid through dark skies on April 15, completely immersed in Earth's shadow for well over an hour. It was the year's first total lunar eclipse and was widely enjoyed over the planet's Western Hemisphere.
![Трубчатые облака над Небраской](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/15/0001308114/mammatus_olsen_960.preview.jpg)
15.04.2014
When do cloud bottoms appear like bubbles? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. This is because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a specific temperature, which usually corresponds to a very specific height. As water droplets grow, an opaque cloud forms.
![Необычная глобула в IC 1396](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/14/0001307984/ic1396a_kpno4m_960.preview.jpg)
14.04.2014
Is there a monster in IC 1396? Known to some as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, parts of gas and dust clouds of this star formation region may appear to take on foreboding forms, some nearly human. The only real monster here, however, is a bright young star too far from Earth to hurt us.
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