Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 1996
APOD, August 1996
31 entries from August 1996: 31 images and 0 videos. 8 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
August 1, 1996 · Copyrighted The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
Credit: Digitized Sky Survey (ROE), SkyView Copyright: STScI, AAO, UK-PPARC, ROE
August 2, 1996 Galileo, Cassini, and the Great Red Spot
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, and NASA
August 3, 1996 Jupiter's Colorful Clouds
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, and NASA
August 4, 1996 NGC 3393: A Super Spiral?
Credit: M. Malkan (UCLA), HST, NASA
August 5, 1996 Erupting Volcanoes on Io
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, and NASA
August 6, 1996 Europa: Oceans of Life?
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, and NASA
August 7, 1996 Early Microscopic Life on Mars?
Credit: courtesy NASA
August 8, 1996 Pictured: An Ancient Martian?
Credit: D. McKay (NASA /JSC), K. Thomas-Keprta (Lockheed-Martin), R. Zare (Stanford), NASA
August 9, 1996 The Perseid Meteor Shower
Credit: Sirko Molau, IMO, Archenhold-Sternwarte
August 10, 1996 · Copyrighted Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
August 11, 1996 · Copyrighted The Snake Nebula in Ophiuchus
Credit and Copyright: B. Wallis and R. Provin
August 12, 1996 · Copyrighted Leo Triplet Spiral Galaxy M65
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
August 13, 1996 · Copyrighted Europa's Surface
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA, Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton
August 14, 1996 Galileo Explores Europa
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
August 15, 1996 Galileo Views Io Eruption
Credit: The Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
August 16, 1996 NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery in M33
Credit: H. Yang (UIUC), J. Hester (ASU), NASA
August 17, 1996 A Meteorite From Mars
Credit: JSC, NASA
August 18, 1996 A Milestone Quasar
Credit: C. Steidel (Caltech), HST, NASA
August 19, 1996 Welcome to Planet Earth
Credit: Apollo 17 Crew, NASA
August 20, 1996 A Close-Up of the Lagoon Nebula
Credit: J. Trauger (JPL /Caltech), HST, STSci, NASA
August 21, 1996 A Close-Up of the Lagoon's Hourglass
Credit: J. Trauger (JPL /Caltech), HST, STSci, NASA
August 22, 1996 Arp 230: Two Spirals in One?
Credit: J. A. Westphal (Caltech), HST, STSci, NASA
August 23, 1996 · Copyrighted NGC 3293: A Bright Young Open Cluster
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
August 24, 1996 Why is QSO 1229+204 so Bright?
Credit: J. Hutchings (DAO), NASA
August 25, 1996 Luna 9: First Soft Lander
Credit: Unknown
August 26, 1996 · Copyrighted A Wolf-Rayet Star Bubble
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
August 27, 1996 Galileo Zooms in on Jupiter's Red Spot
Credit: The Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
August 28, 1996 NGC 5882: A Small Planetary Nebula
Credit: H. Bond, HST, STSci, NASA
August 29, 1996 · Copyrighted M17: The Majestic Swan Nebula
Credit and Copyright: B. Wallis and R. Provin
August 30, 1996 Galileo Demonstrates the Telescope
August 31, 1996 Kepler Discovers How Planets Move
Credit: Johnnes Kepler Gesammelte Werke , C. H. Beck, 1937Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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