Astronomy Picture of the Day · September 1996
APOD, September 1996
30 entries from September 1996: 30 images and 0 videos. 7 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
September 1, 1996 · Copyrighted VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope
Credit and Copyright: European Southern Observatory
September 2, 1996 · Copyrighted Sirius: The Brightest Star in the Night
Credit: ROSAT, MPE, NASA, Courtesy Skyview Copyright: University of Leicester
September 3, 1996 · Copyrighted The Pleiades Star Cluster
Credit: Photograph made from plates taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope. Color photography by David Malin. Copyright: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Anglo-Australian Observatory
September 4, 1996 IRTF: Scanning the Infrared Skies
Credit: NASA, IfA (U. Hawaii), Photograph courtesy of Bill Keel (University of Alabama)
September 5, 1996 Watch Galaxies Form
Credit: S. Pascarell, R. Windhorst and S. Odewahn (Arizona State U.), W. Keel (U. Alabama), HST
September 6, 1996 The Largest Impact Crater
Credit: The Clementine Project
September 7, 1996 Two Billion Years After the Big Bang
Credit: S. Pascarelle (Arizona State U.)
September 8, 1996 Volcano Euboea Fluctus On Io
Credit: The Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
September 9, 1996 The High Energy Crab Nebula
Credit: NASA, UIT
September 10, 1996 M77: Spiral with a Strange Glow
Credit: UIT, NASA
September 11, 1996 In the Center of Spiral M77
Credit: D. Macchetto (ESA, StScI), W. Sparks, A. Capetti (StScI) et al., FOC, HST, NASA
September 12, 1996 Mercury: A Cratered Inferno
Credit: Mariner 10, NASA
September 13, 1996 Southwest Mercury
Credit: Mariner 10, NASA
September 14, 1996 Aristarchus' Unbelievable Discoveries
Credit: Space Shuttle Columbia, STS58, NASA
September 15, 1996 Tycho Brahe Measures the Sky
Credit: Tycho Brahes Glada V
September 16, 1996 Explanation:
The Sun Erupts Credit: NASA, Skylab
September 17, 1996 Comet Hale-Bopp Fades
Credit: N. Thomas (MPI), H. Rauer (Obs. Paris) and H. Boehnhardt (U. Munchen), Danish 1.54m Telescope (La Silla), ESO
September 18, 1996 Stars in the Infrared Sky
Credit: The COBE Project, NASA
September 19, 1996 · Copyrighted The Moon and All the Crashes
Credit and Copyright: J. Hendrickson, Sky Haven Observatory
September 20, 1996 Hurricane Fran's Approach
Credit: GOES-8 Satellite, NASA
September 21, 1996 The Ecliptic Plane
Credit: The Clementine Project
September 22, 1996 The Equal Night
Credit: STS-68 Crew, NASA
September 23, 1996 · Copyrighted Explanation:
Venus: Earth’s Cloudy Twin Credit: Galileo Spacecraft, JPL, NASA, Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton
September 24, 1996 Beneath Venus' Clouds
Credit: Magellan Spacecraft, Arecibo Radio Telescope, NASA
September 25, 1996 · Copyrighted Bright Stars and Dark Clouds
Bright Stars and Dark Clouds Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
September 26, 1996 · Copyrighted Tonight: A Total Lunar Eclipse
Tonight: A Total Lunar Eclipse Credit and Copyright: Vic Winter, ICSTARS
September 27, 1996 Welcome Home Shannon Lucid
Welcome Home Shannon Lucid Credit: STS-79, Space Station Mir, NASA
September 28, 1996 A Soyuz at Mir
A Soyuz at Mir Credit: STS-79, Space Station Mir, NASA
September 29, 1996 The X-Ray Moon
The X-Ray Moon Credit: DARA, ESA, MPE, NASA, J.H.M.M. Schmitt
September 30, 1996 Exploring The Universe With IUE (1978-1996)
Exploring The Universe With IUE 1978-1996 Credit: J. Bonnell and M. Perez (GSFC), NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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