Астрономическая картинка дня (APOD)

APOD: 2026 September 23 Б A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin
23.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

A once-in-a-lifetime crater has appeared on the Moon! A comet or asteroid roughly the size of a humpback whale (approximately 10-20 meters, 30-60 feet) crashed into the Moon sometime between April and May of 2024.

Случайное тройное совмещение: самолет, космическая станция, Солнце
22.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

На снимке запечатлен неожиданный силуэт. Что это? Это не солнечные пятна – маленькие темные области, в которых концентрация магнитных полей понижает яркость, делая их видимыми на фоне яркого диска Солнца. Солнечные пятна обычно существуют несколько недель, они были видны раньше и не были неожиданными.

Широкое поле вокруг туманности Кокон
21.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Когда туманность выглядит похожей на комету? В этом богатом звездами поле, охватывающем на небе более двух градусов в высоко летящем созвездии Лебедя, привлекает внимание туманность Кокон. Космический Кокон – это компактная область звездообразования, яркая эмиссионная и отражательная туманность, которая видна внизу справа.

APOD: 2026 September 20 Б Analemma over the Callanish Stones
20.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

If you went outside at the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun's position change? A visual answer to that question is an analemma, a composite image taken from the same spot at the same time over the course of a year.

APOD: 2026 September 19 Б A Zodiacal Night
19.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Also known as the false dawn, a luminous band of zodiacal light is captured in this dark night skyscape. The serene view was recorded just before the beginning of astronomical twilight during September's star party at the remote Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, Ladakh, India, planet Earth.

APOD: 2026 September 18 Б Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy
18.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, Messier 33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way.

A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
17.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

This treasure chest is full of stars. The featured image was obtained with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and shows a dust pilar in the Carina Nebula inside our Galaxy, roughly 7500 light-years away.

APOD: 2026 September 16 Б Webb's View of M64
16.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Sometimes where Hubble finds darkness, Webb sees light. An example is todayБs composite images of Messier 64 (M64), a nearby spiral galaxy of many names. The dark band of dust partially blocking its bright core earned it the moniker Бthe Black Eye Galaxy.

APOD: 2026 September 15 Б A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus
15.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

There was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy, France. But soon, it was not only the Moon. As expected, a bright dot suddenly appeared from behind the Moon -- the planet Venus far in the distance.

APOD: 2026 September 14 Б Where Your Elements Came From
14.09.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen.