Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 1997
APOD, May 1997
31 entries from May 1997: 31 images and 0 videos. 7 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
May 1, 1997 A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter
A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter Credit: W. Purcell (NWU) et al., OSSE, Compton Observatory, NASA
May 2, 1997 X-Rays From IC 443
X-Rays From IC 443 Credit: J. Keohane (GSFC) et al., ASCA, NASA
May 3, 1997 Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images
Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images Credit: W.N. Colley & E. Turner (Princeton), J.A. Tyson (Lucent Technologies), HST, NASA
May 4, 1997 The Last Moon Shot
The Last Moon Shot Credit: The Apollo Program NASA
May 5, 1997 Sunset with Hale-Bopp at Keck
Sunset with Hale-Bopp at Keck Credit: W. Keel (U. Alabama in Tuscaloosa)
May 6, 1997 · Copyrighted NGC4039: Starbirth and Galaxy Death
NGC4039: Starbirth and Galaxy Death Credit: B. C. Whitmore (STScI) & F. Schweizer (DTM, CIW), HST, NASA Copyright: AURA
May 7, 1997 Ultraviolet Venus
Ultraviolet Venus Credit: Pioneer Venus Orbiter Team, NASA
May 8, 1997 · Copyrighted Detailing Hale-Bopp
Detailing Hale-Bopp Credit and Copyright: T. Puckett (Puckett Observatory)
May 9, 1997 Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
Apollo 12: Self-Portrait Credit: C. Conrad, Apollo 12, NASA
May 10, 1997 Apollo 15's Home on the Moon
Credit: Apollo 15, NASA
May 11, 1997 M42: A Mosaic of Orion's Great Nebula
Credit: C. O’Dell and S. Wong (Rice U.), NASA
May 12, 1997 Lightning on Jupiter
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
May 13, 1997 Optical Transient Near GRB970508 Shows Distant Redshift
Credit: P. J. Groot et al. U. Amsterdam
May 14, 1997 · Copyrighted Hale-Bopp's Fickle Ion Tail
Credit and Copyright: A. Dimai, D. Ghirardo and R. Volcan (Col Druscie Obs., ACC)
May 15, 1997 · Copyrighted Hale-Bopp: Climbing Into Southern Skies
Credit and Copyright: Jurgen Blignaut
May 16, 1997 Signed, “A Black Hole”
Credit: B. Woodgate (GSFC), G. Bower(NOAO), STIS Instrument Definition Team, NASA
May 17, 1997 · Copyrighted 7,000 Stars And The Milky Way
Credit: Knut Lundmark Copyright: Lund Observatory,
May 18, 1997 The First Explorer
Credit: ABMA, Courtesy JPL
May 19, 1997 · Copyrighted Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365
Credit and Copyright: D. Malin (AAO), AATB
May 20, 1997 Shells in the Egg Nebula
Credit: R. Thompson (U. Arizona) et al., NICMOS, HST, NASA
May 21, 1997 GRB970508 Delivers Predicted Radio Emission
Credit: M. R. Metzger (Caltech), D. Frail (NRAO) et al., Palomar Observatory, 200-in Hale Telescope
May 22, 1997 Bound For Mars
Credit: P. James (U. Toledo), T. Clancy (SSI Boulder, CO), S. Lee (U. Colorado), NASA
May 23, 1997 The Heart Of Orion
Credit: R. Thompson (U. Arizona) et al., NASA
May 24, 1997 Saturn's Rings Seen Sideways
Credit: Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Lab), NASA
May 25, 1997 A High Energy Fleet
Credit: MSFC Historical Archive, NASA
May 26, 1997 · Copyrighted Old Faithful Meets Hale-Bopp
Credit and Copyright: D. Vanderhoff, A. Frazier
May 27, 1997 Moonrise, Planet Earth
Credit: STS-35 Crew, NASA
May 28, 1997 Mars: Just The Fiction
Credit: The Viking Project, NASA
May 29, 1997 Southern Neptune
Credit: The Voyager Project, NASA
May 30, 1997 A Cosmic Snowball
Credit: L. A. Frank (U. Iowa), POLAR, GSFC, NASA
May 31, 1997 Saturn with Moons Tethys and Dione
Credit: Voyager 1, JPL, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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