Space February 2013 (review of the events of the month)

A magnificent halo in the sky over Norwegian Tromsø, February 19.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (Chris Hadfield) continues to please his fans with gifts in the form of photos from the ISS. A snapshot of the cloud and its shadows over the Sahara desert, February 17.

The trail of a meteorite that fell in Chelyabinsk. A single-digit news hit of February, the 15th day of the month.

The supernova W49B is considered one of the youngest in the Milky Way galaxy. Photo of the Chandra Observatory, February 26.

A valentine in the form of a star formation W5.

Alexander Samokutyaev trains in the Star City. The Russian cosmonaut is preparing to go to the ISS in October 2014.

A picture of comet Panstars, which is as close as possible to the Earth on April 17 this year.

Another eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily. Photo of the satellite EO-1, February 19.

Self-portrait of Mars rover Curiosity & raquo; before the drilling of the surface of the red planet, February 3.

Mysterious photo in the Sahara, photo from the ISS, February 20.

Oleg Kononenko (left) and Anton Shkaplerov (right) work for the ISS, February 16.

The color image of Mercury from NASA was published on February 22 and demonstrates color differences on the surface of the planet, depending on the mineralogical differences of the soil.

Magnetic loops (coronal mass ejections) over the surface of the Sun. Photo of the event last summer was published on February 20.

Siberia in the air. Photos of the ISS on 26 February. It seems that Lake Baikal is in the center of the lens.

About 500 amateur astronomers and professionals gathered on February 4 in Scout Qu, Florida, USA. It is very convenient to look at the stars, and even visible to the ISS.

Clouds over the coast of China, February 9. Photo from the ISS.

The complex structure of the Chaika Nebula (ІС 2177). Gas clouds form the likeness of the wings of a bird. Photo of the European Southern Observatory, February 4.

Aida to the Moon. Photo over the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, February 24.

One of the brightest and closest spiral galaxies M106 is located at a distance of about 20 million light years from Earth. The photo was taken by Hubble & raquo ;, with corrections by astronomers Robert Gendler and Jay GaBani.

Approaching the snow storm to North America, February 8.

Launch of the Atlas V rocket with Landsat satellite, which will study the Earth's landscape, US Landenberg base, California, USA, February 11.

The North Pole of Saturn. Spring came. A photograph of the spacecraft & la Cassini & raquo ;. The picture was taken from a distance of 650 thousand kilometers.

So we saw the cosmic February of 2013.

UPD: For those who missed the passing of the asteroid's Earth & 2012 DA14, we propose to look at the retrospective of the events.