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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Вещество в скоплении Пуля](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/08/24/0001229277/bullet_cluster_c60w.preview.jpg)
24.08.2006
The matter in galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, fondly known as the "bullet cluster", is shown in this composite image. A mere 3.4 billion light-years away, the bullet cluster's individual galaxies are seen...
![Гипотетические песчаные гейзеры на Марсе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/23/0001215353/marsandjets_miller.preview.jpg)
23.08.2006
What's causing seasonal dark spots on Mars? Every spring, strange dark spots appear near the Martian poles, and then vanish a few months later. These spots typically span 50 meters across and appear fan shaped. Recent observations made with THEMIS instrument onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey, currently orbiting Marscarbon dioxide (CO2) ice beneath them.
![Дымовой ангел](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/24/0001215392/smokeangel_usaf.preview.jpg)
22.08.2006
What type of cloud is that? It is not a naturally occurring one. Looking perhaps a bit like a gigantic owl monster, the cloud pictured above resulted from a series of flares released by an air force jet over the Atlantic Ocean in May.
![Церера: астероид или планета](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/23/0001215344/ceres_hst.preview.jpg)
21.08.2006
Is Ceres an asteroid or a planet? Although a trivial designation to some, the recent suggestion by the Planet Definition Committee of the International Astronomical Union would have Ceres reclassified from asteroid to planet. A change in taxonomy might lead to more notoriety for the frequently overlooked world.
![Карта астероида Веста](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/21/0001215300/vesta1_hst.preview.jpg)
20.08.2006
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits out past Mars. In 1997, the above map of Vesta created using the Hubble Space Telescope was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid.
!["Это не метеор"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/22/0001215318/notmeteor_laveder_f72.preview.jpg)
19.08.2006
To paraphrase Magritte, "This is not a meteor". It's not a picture of a meteor either, but it was taken during last weekend's peak of the Perseid Meteor shower. Skywatching with friends...
![Туманность Ориона в телескоп Спицера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/18/0001215257/orion_spitzer_c15.preview.jpg)
18.08.2006
Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away. Also known as M42, the nebula is visible to the unaided eye, but this stunning...
![Кометная пыль над Колорадскими горами](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/21/0001215290/perseidcolorado_vsoske_c82.preview.jpg)
17.08.2006
The rock formation in the foreground of this night view was recorded on August 10, illuminated by light from a waning gibbous Moon. Even though the sky above also scatters the bright moonlight, a brilliant meteor was captured as it flashed across the scene during the 30 second long exposure.
![Туманности: Северная Америка и Пеликан](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/16/0001215244/northamerica_outters.preview.jpg)
16.08.2006
Here are some familiar shapes in unfamiliar locations. This emission nebula on the left is famous partly because it resembles Earth's continent of North America. To the right of the North America Nebula, cataloged as NGC 7000, is a less luminous nebula that resembles a pelican dubbed the Pelican Nebula.
![IC 410, NGC 1893](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/15/0001215237/ic410_leshin_c50.preview.jpg)
15.08.2006
A faint, dusty rose of the northern sky, emission nebula IC 410 lies about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893.
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