Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 1996
APOD, May 1996
31 entries from May 1996: 31 images and 0 videos. 8 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
May 1, 1996 Comet Hyakutake and a Cactus
Credit: Rick Scott and Joe Orman, near Florence Junction, Arizona, Courtesy Night of the Comet
May 2, 1996 · Copyrighted The Tails of Comet Hyakutake
Credit and Copyright: Vic Winter, Courtesy ICSTARS
May 3, 1996 · Copyrighted The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross
Credit and Copyright: Greg Bock, Courtesy Southern Astronomical Society
May 4, 1996 Astro 1 In Orbit
Credit: STS-35 Crew, NASA
May 5, 1996 Planet Near a Galaxy Core
Credit: J. Gitlin (Space Telescope Science Institute), NASA
May 6, 1996 Southern Lights and Shuttle Glow
Credit: STS-39 Crew, NASA
May 7, 1996 The Clouds of Neptune
Credit: H. Hammel (MIT) and NASA
May 8, 1996 Neptune's Great Dark Spot: Gone But Not Forgotten
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, and NASA
May 9, 1996 Supernova Remnant: Cooking Elements In The LMC
Credit: J. Morse (STScI) and NASA
May 10, 1996 · Copyrighted Henize 70: A SuperBubble In The LMC
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
May 11, 1996 Sunlight Through Saturn's Rings
Credit: P. Nicholson (Cornell), S. Larson (Univ. Arizona), and, NASA
May 12, 1996 Tracking Saturn's Moons
Credit: P. Nicholson (Cornell) and NASA
May 13, 1996 Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (I)
Credit W. Freedman (Carnegie Observatories), HST Key Project Team, and NASA
May 14, 1996 Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (II)
Credit A. Sandage (Carnegie Observatories) et. al. and NASA
May 15, 1996 · Copyrighted The Milky Way Near the Northern Cross
Credit and Copyright: Andy Steere
May 16, 1996 Comet Hyakutake Passes the Sun
Credit: G. Brueckner and the LASCO Team, SOHO, ESA, NASA
May 17, 1996 Comet Hyakutake and a Solar Flare
Credit: G. Brueckner and the LASCO Team, SOHO, ESA, NASA
May 18, 1996 The Sun Today
Credit: Space Environment Center, NOAA
May 19, 1996 · Copyrighted Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo I
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
May 20, 1996 Helios Helium
Credit: EIT Consortium, SOHO project, ESA, NASA
May 21, 1996 The Iron Sun
Credit: EIT Consortium, SOHO project, ESA, NASA
May 22, 1996 Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula
Credit: P. Seitzer (U. Michigan), Curtis Schmidt Telescope, CTIO, Chile
May 23, 1996 · Copyrighted Stellar Violence in 30 Doradus
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
May 24, 1996 In the Center of 30 Doradus
Credit: WFPC 2, Hubble Space Telescope
May 25, 1996 The Shuttle Launches an Inflatable Antenna
Credit: STS-77 Crew, Space Shuttle Endeavor, NASA
May 26, 1996 · Copyrighted Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
Credit and Copyright: STSci Digitized Sky Survey, Anglo-Australian Observatory
May 27, 1996 Aurora Crown the Earth
Credit: G. E. Parks ( University of Washington) and the UVI Team, Polar, NASA
May 28, 1996 · Copyrighted The Pipe Dark Nebula
Credit and Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss
May 29, 1996 The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky
Credit: The COMPTEL Collaboration, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, NASA
May 30, 1996 Sunshine, Earthshine at the Lunar Limb
Credit: The Clementine Project
May 31, 1996 The Pulsar Powered Crab
Credit: J. Hester and P. Scowen (ASU), NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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