Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 1997
APOD, December 1997
31 entries from December 1997: 31 images and 0 videos. 5 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 1997 · Copyrighted Orion: The Big Picture
Credit & Copyright: J. C. Casado
December 2, 1997 Micro-Quasar GRS1915 Puffs
Credit: R. Spencer (U. Manchester) et al., MERLIN, Jodrell Bank
December 3, 1997 Runaway Star
Credit: L. Kaper et. al. (ESO)
December 4, 1997 A Sky Full Of Planets
Credit: T. Bridgman ( GSFC and Greenbelt Astronomy Club), Carina Software
December 5, 1997 Seeing Through Galaxies
Credit: R. White, W. Keel (U. Alabama), C. Conselice (U. Chicago)
December 6, 1997 A Quasar Portrait Gallery
Credit: J. Bahcall (IAS, Princeton), M. Disney (Univ. Wales), NASA
December 7, 1997 A Distant Cluster of Galaxies
Credit: A. Dressler (CIW), NASA
December 8, 1997 · Copyrighted The Trifid Nebula in Red, White and Blue
Credit & Copyright: Jason Ware
December 9, 1997 Mysterious Features on Ganymede
Credit: The Galileo Project, NASA
December 10, 1997 Sprint the Flying Space Camera
Credit: Space Shuttle Columbia Crew, STS-087, NASA
December 11, 1997 A Martian Lake Bed?
Credit: MGS Project, JPL, NASA
December 12, 1997 Phi Persei: Double Star
Credit: D. Gies (CHARA, GSU) et. al. Illustration: W. Pounds
December 13, 1997 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Credit: O. Lopez-Cruz and I. K. Shelton (U. Toronto), Kitt Peak National Obs.
December 14, 1997 The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz
Credit: C. Haslam et al., MPIfR, SkyView
December 15, 1997 · Copyrighted A Farewell to Tails
Credit & Copyright: W. Pacholka
December 16, 1997 Night Lightning on Jupiter
Credit: The Galileo Project, NASA
December 17, 1997 · Copyrighted Stonehenge: Ancient Monument to the Sun
Credit & Copyright: Clive Ruggles
December 18, 1997 Gamma-Ray Burster
Credit: A. Diercks, E.W. Deutsch, (University of Washington) et al.
December 19, 1997 NGC 6826: The Blinking Eye
Credit: B. Balick, J. Alexander (University of Washington), et al., NASA
December 20, 1997 Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Crater
Credit: John W. Young, Apollo 16 Crew, NASA
December 21, 1997 A Winter Solstice
Credit: SOHO- EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA
December 22, 1997 David N. Schramm 1945-1997
Credit: University of Chicago
December 23, 1997 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
Credit: B. Balick (U. Washington) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
December 24, 1997 30 Doradus Across the Spectrum
Credit: Q. Daniel Wang (NWU), UM/CTIO, UIT, ROSAT
December 25, 1997 · Copyrighted A Hale-Bopp Holiday
Credit and Copyright: T. Credner
December 26, 1997 West Of The Great Red Spot
Credit: The Galileo Project, NASA
December 27, 1997 Keck: The Largest Optical Telescopes
Credit: P. Stomski (W. M. Keck Observatory), Caltech, U. California
December 28, 1997 Pluto: The Frozen Planet
Credit: R. Albrecht (ESA/ESO), Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
December 29, 1997 The Milky Way in Infrared
Credit: The COBE Project, DIRBE, NASA
December 30, 1997 NGC 7009: The Saturn Nebula
Credit: B. Balick (U. Washington) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
December 31, 1997 NGC 5307: A Symmetric Planetary Nebula
Credit: H. Bond (STScI) & R. Ciardullo (Penn State), WFPC2, HST, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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