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Keyword: angular size
![Луна над Андромедой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/08/01/0001291418/m31abtpmoon900.preview.jpg)
1.08.2013
The Great Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda (aka M31), a mere 2.5 million light-years distant, is the closest large spiral to our own Milky Way. Andromeda is visible to the unaided eye as a small...
![Микро-Луна и Супер-Луна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/01/21/0001298896/microsupermoon_sciarpetti_960.preview.jpg)
21.01.2014
Did you see the big, bright, beautiful Full Moon last Wednesday night? That was actually a Micro Moon! On that night, the smallest Full Moon of 2014 reached its full phase only a few hours from lunar apogee, the time of its the most distant point from Earth in the Moon's elliptical orbit.
![Восход Луны над Сиэттлом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/13/0001194013/seattlemoon_stephens.preview.jpg)
11.10.2003
Is the Moon larger when near the horizon? No -- as shown above, the Moon appears to be very nearly the same size no matter its location on the sky. Oddly, the cause or causes for the common Moon Illusion are still being debated.
![Изменение углового размера Марса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/07/15/0001228754/mars0708_bosman.preview.jpg)
14.07.2008
Does Mars always appear the same? No. As both Earth and Mars orbit the Sun, the apparent angular size of Mars changes as viewed from the Earth. Pictured above from Enschede, Holland, Mars was captured in 2007 and 2008 with 30 separate images, all taken with the same magnification.
![Венера и Юпитер далеко](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/07/03/0001338240/Jowisz_i_Wenus2Tomaszewski1024.preview.jpg)
3.07.2015
On June 30 Venus and Jupiter were actually far apart, but both appeared close in western skies at dusk. Near the culmination of this year's gorgeous conjunction, the two bright evening planets...
![Восход Луны над Сиэтлом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/01/31/0001174567/seattlemoon_stephens.preview.jpg)
30.01.2002
Is the Moon larger when near the horizon? No -- as shown above, the Moon appears to be very nearly the same size no matter its location on the sky. Oddly, the cause or causes for the common Moon Illusion are still being debated.
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