Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 1996
APOD, April 1996
30 entries from April 1996: 30 images and 0 videos. 8 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
April 1, 1996 · Copyrighted Hyakutake, Big Dipper, and Observatory Dome
Credit and Copyright: Vic Winter, Courtesy ICSTARS
April 2, 1996 Atlantis Approaches Mir
Credit: NASA, STS-76 Crew
April 3, 1996 · Copyrighted A Lucky Lunar Eclipse
Credit and Copyright: Andy Steere
April 4, 1996 · Copyrighted The Keyhole Nebula Near Eta Carinae
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
April 5, 1996 · Copyrighted The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
Credit: Digitized Sky Survey (ROE), SkyView Copyright: STScI, AAO, UK-PPARC, ROE
April 6, 1996 Andromeda Nebula: Var!
Credit: Mount Wilson Observatory Historical Archive
April 7, 1996 Uranus's Moon Umbriel: A Mysterious Dark World
Credit:
April 8, 1996 Uranus's Moon Oberon: Impact World
Credit:
April 9, 1996 A Spiral Galaxy Gallery
Credit: NASA, UIT
April 10, 1996 · Copyrighted Comet Hyakutake and a Tree
Credit and Copyright: Nick James, Martin Mobberley and Glyn Marsh, The Astronomer Online
April 11, 1996 Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake
Credit: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE)
April 12, 1996 Man Enters Space
Credit: Courtesy MSFC Historical Archive
April 13, 1996 The Compton Observatory Turns Five
Credit: NASA, STS-37, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
April 14, 1996 The Rotating Jets of Comet Hyakutake
Credit: James A DeYoung (USNO), USNO’s 24-inch Telescope
April 15, 1996 NASA Mission to MAP the Universe
Credit: MAP Team, NASA
April 16, 1996 Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
Credit: R. O’Dell and K. Handron (Rice University), NASA
April 17, 1996 · Copyrighted NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
April 18, 1996 · Copyrighted Hyakutake, Venus, Orion, and Pond
Credit and Copyright: Vic Winter, Courtesy ICSTARS
April 19, 1996 The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter
Credit: R. Mushotzky and S. Snowden LHEA/ GSFC, ROSAT
April 20, 1996 Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation
Credit: Apollo 17, NASA
April 21, 1996 A Supernova in the Whirlpool
Credit: R. Kirshner (CfA), NASA
April 22, 1996 At the Edge of the Helix
Credit: R. O’Dell and K. Handron (Rice University), NASA
April 23, 1996 · Copyrighted Comet Hyakutake on a Starry Night
Credit and Copyright: Vic Winter, Courtesy ICSTARS
April 24, 1996 Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images
Credit: W.N. Colley and E. Turner (Princeton University), J.A. Tyson (AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), Hubble Space Telescope, and NASA
April 25, 1996 In the Center of the Whirlpool
Credit: N. Panagia (STScI, ESA), NASA
April 26, 1996 A Giant Globular Cluster in M31
Credit: Michael Rich, Kenneth Mighell, and James D. Neill (Columbia University), and Wendy Freedman (Carnegie Observatories), Hubble Space Telescope, and NASA
April 27, 1996 Apollo 14: Rickshaw Tracks Across the Moon
Credit: Apollo 14, NASA
April 28, 1996 The Sun Sets on Comet Hyakutake
Credit: Casper ter Kuile and Robert Haas, Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, Courtesy JPL
April 29, 1996 Saturn's Rings Seen Sideways
Credit: Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Lab) and NASA
April 30, 1996 Uranus' Ring System
Credit: Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Lab) and NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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