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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Панорама холма Матиевич](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/27/0001278517/OpportunityMarsPIA16703_600h.preview.jpg)
25.01.2013
On January 25 (UT) 2004, the Opportunity rover fell to Mars, making today the 9th anniversary of its landing. After more than 3,200 sols (Mars solar days) the golf cart-sized robot from Earth is still actively exploring the Red Planet, though its original mission plan was for three months.
![МКС и летний Млечный Путь](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/24/0001278154/ISSMW_argerichMG_5234_16h900.preview.jpg)
24.01.2013
Clouds on a summer night frame this sea and skyscape, recorded earlier this month near Buenos Aires, Argentina. But planet Earth's clouds are not the only clouds on the scene. Starry clouds...
![Близкая спиральная галактика NGC 4945](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/24/0001278104/NGC4945_Master23h600.preview.jpg)
23.01.2013
Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its own dusty disk, young blue star clusters, and pink star forming regions standout in the sharp, colorful telescopic image.
![Стена звездообразования в Лебеде](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/22/0001278012/cygnuswall_pavelchak_960.preview.jpg)
22.01.2013
The North America nebula on the sky can do what the North America continent on Earth cannot -- form stars. Specifically, in analogy to the Earth-confined continent, the bright part that appears as Central America and Mexico is actually a hot bed of gas, dust, and newly formed stars known as the Cygnus Wall.
![Гюйгенс: фильм о посадке на Титан](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/22/0001277970/titan.preview.jpg)
21.01.2013
What would it look like to land on Saturn's moon Titan? The European Space Agency's Huygens probe set down on the Solar System's cloudiest moon in 2005, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created.
![Антикитерский механизм](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/21/0001277886/antikythera_wikipedia_960.preview.jpg)
20.01.2013
What is it? It was found at the bottom of the sea aboard an ancient Greek ship. Its seeming complexity has prompted decades of study, although some of its functions remained unknown. X-ray images of the device have confirmed the nature of the Antikythera mechanism, and discovered several surprising functions.
![Барнард смотрит на NGC 2170](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/20/0001277858/NGC2170Barnard_Davis900.preview.jpg)
19.01.2013
A gaze across a cosmic skyscape, this telescopic mosaic reveals the continuous beauty of things that are. The evocative scene spans some 6 degrees or 12 Full Moons in planet Earth's sky. At the left, folds of red, glowing gas are a small part of an immense, 300 light-year wide arc.
![Кратер Стикни](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/18/0001277616/PSP_007769_9010_IRB_Stickney900.preview.jpg)
18.01.2013
Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877.
![Кассиопея A в оптике и в рентгене](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/17/0001277561/CasA_Xray_KC950.preview.jpg)
17.01.2013
The aftermath of a cosmic cataclysm, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cas A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth just 330 years ago.
![NGC 1309: спиральная галактика и ее друзья](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/01/16/0001277470/NGC1309_HLA_Pugh_960.preview.jpg)
16.01.2013
A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way galaxy.
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