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You entered: Canis Major
![Горы Альборца в лунном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/02/12/0001220753/alborzmountains_tafreshi_63.preview.jpg)
2.02.2007
On January 25th, light from a first quarter Moon illuminated this dreamlike landscape looking across the rugged, snow-covered peaks of the Alborz Mountain Range in northern Iran. The stunning sky is filled with stars, including the yellow-tinged Betelgeuse at the shoulder of Orion.
![Восход Ориона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/06/29/0001315979/iss040e017069_1024.preview.jpg)
28.06.2014
Orion's belt runs just along the horizon, seen through Earth's atmosphere and rising in this starry snapshot from low Earth orbit on board the International Space Station. The belt stars, Alnitak, Alnilam...
![Туманность Чайка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/03/13/0001922899/Seagull_Lacroce_1080.preview.jpg)
12.03.2024
A broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presents a bird-like visage to astronomers from planet Earth, suggesting its popular moniker: the Seagull Nebula. This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6-degree...
![Метеор Леонид из Сириуса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/12/0001217645/siriusleonid98_pacholka.preview.jpg)
17.11.1999
In the sky or on the web, did you watch this year's Leonid meteor shower? If you did, meteors flashing through the night sky should be a familiar sight. Recorded last year during...
![Млечный Путь над Пойнт-Рейес](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/03/12/0001819378/PointReyesMilkyWayDanZafra1024.preview.jpg)
11.03.2022
Northern winter constellations and a long arc of the Milky Way are setting in this night skyscape looking toward the Pacific Ocean from Point Reyes on planet Earth's California coast. Sirius, alpha star of Canis Major, is prominent below the starry arc toward the left.
![Изумрудный Шлем Тора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/01/17/0001225629/NGC2359_gendler_rc800.preview.jpg)
16.01.2008
This helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages is popularly called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet is actually...
![Туманность Чайка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/01/11/0001298489/IC2177v4_miller950.preview.jpg)
11.01.2014
A broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presents a bird-like visage to astronomers from planet Earth, suggesting its popular moniker - The Seagull Nebula. This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6 degree wide swath across the plane of the Milky Way, near the direction of Sirius, alpha star of the constellation Canis Major.
![Венера у озера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/04/14/0001221561/LakeVenusM45_tezel720.preview.jpg)
14.04.2007
Finding Venus in the night sky is not too hard these days. Now appearing as the evening star, Venus rules as the brightest celestial beacon in west just after sunset. And if you can find Venus tonight, you can also easily find the lovely Pleiades star cluster (aka M45) close by.
![Туманность Чайка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/01/12/0001249181/SeaGullLHaRGB_sidonio800.preview.jpg)
11.01.2011
This broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presents a bird-like visage to astronomers from planet Earth, suggesting its popular moniker - The Seagull Nebula. This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6 degree wide swath across the plane of the Milky Way, near the direction of Sirius, alpha star of the constellation Canis Major.
![NGC 2359: Шлем Тора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/02/15/0001300841/Ngc2359FeraRc900.preview.jpg)
15.02.2014
This helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages is popularly called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet is more...
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