Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 1996
APOD, October 1996
31 entries from October 1996: 31 images and 0 videos. 7 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
October 1, 1996 BATSE's Biggest Gamma Ray Burst (Yet)
BATSE’s Biggest Gamma Ray Burst (Yet) Credit: G. Fishman and the BATSE Team, CGRO, MSFC, NASA
October 2, 1996 · Copyrighted Orion's Horsehead Nebula
Orion’s Horsehead Nebula Credit: Photograph made from plates taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope. Color photography by David Malin. Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
October 3, 1996 Three Views of Jupiter's Io
Three Views of Jupiter’s Io Credit: The Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
October 4, 1996 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Credit: UIT, NASA
October 5, 1996 · Copyrighted A Close-Up of the Horsehead Nebula
A Close-Up of the Horsehead Nebula Credit and Copyright: Vic Winter and Tom Bisque (ICSTARS)
October 6, 1996 A Crescent Earth At Midnight
A Crescent Earth At Midnight Credit: GOES-8 Satellite, GSFC, NASA
October 7, 1996 Io's Shadow
Io’s Shadow Credit: J. Spencer (Lowell Observatory), NASA
October 8, 1996 ROSAT Explores the X-Ray Sky
Credit: S. Digel and S. Snowden (GSFC), ROSAT Project, MPE, NASA
October 9, 1996 · Copyrighted M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
Credit and Copyright: Jason Ware
October 10, 1996 Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon
Credit: Voyager 2, NASA
October 11, 1996 The Double Nucleus of M31
Credit: T. R. Lauer (KPNO/NOAO) et al., HST
October 12, 1996 The Water Vapor Channel
Credit: F. Hasler et al., (NASA/GSFC) and The GOES Project
October 13, 1996 The Earth Also Rises
Credit: The Lunar Orbiter Project, NASA
October 14, 1996 Bright Stars, Dim Galaxy
Credit: L. Drissen, J. Roy and C. Robert (Universite Laval), Y. Dutil (CFHT), NASA
October 15, 1996 Phobos Over Mars
Credit: The Viking Project, NASA
October 16, 1996 SN 1006: Pieces of the Cosmic Ray Puzzle
Credit: E. Gotthelf (GSFC), The ASCA Project, NASA
October 17, 1996 Proplyds: Infant Solar Systems?
Credit: C.R. O’Dell (Rice U.), NASA,
October 18, 1996 Explanation:
Jupiter’s Auroras Credit: J. Clark (U. Mich.) et al., HST, NASA
October 19, 1996 · Copyrighted Lalande 21185: The Nearest Planetary System?
Credit and Copyright: John Whatmough, Extrasolar Visions
October 20, 1996 Surveyor Slides
Credit: The Surveyor Project, NASA
October 21, 1996 Explanation:
Orionids Meteor Shower to Peak Tonight Credit: V. Winter (ICSTARS)
October 22, 1996 The Cracked Ice Plains of Europa
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
October 23, 1996 · Copyrighted The Large Cloud of Magellan (LMC)
The Large Cloud of Magellan (LMC) Credit: Photograph made from plates taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope. Color photography by David Malin. Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
October 24, 1996 · Copyrighted Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula
Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula Credit and Copyright: G. Bernstein (U. Mich.), Big Throughput Camera, 4-m Blanco Telescope, CTIO, Chile
October 25, 1996 A Flyby View of Ganymede
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
October 26, 1996 Mir Over New Zealand
Mir Over New Zealand Credit: Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-79, NASA, Russian Space Agency
October 27, 1996 Io's Active Volcanoes
Io’s Active Volcanoes Credit: Galileo Mission, JPL, NASA
October 28, 1996 The Weather on Neptune
The Weather on Neptune Credit: L. Sromovsky (U. Wisconson-Madison), WFPC2, HST, NASA MPEG Movie of Neptune Rotating
October 29, 1996 Io Full Face
Io Full Face Credit: Galileo Mission, JPL, NASA
October 30, 1996 · Copyrighted Grand Design Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
October 31, 1996 The Barren Moon
The Barren Moon Credit: Apollo 17, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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