Astronomy Picture of the Day · February 1998
APOD, February 1998
28 entries from February 1998: 28 images and 0 videos. 7 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
February 1, 1998 · Copyrighted NGC 1977: Blue Reflection Nebula in Orion
Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
February 2, 1998 A Triple Eclipse on Jupiter
Credit: E. Karkoschka (UA) & S. Murrell (NMSU), NMSU 0.6-m Telescope
February 3, 1998 A Magellanic Mural
Credit: W. Keel (U. Alabama in Tuscaloosa), Cerro Tololo, Chile
February 4, 1998 A Passing Spaceship Views Earth
Credit: NEAR Spacecraft Team, JHUAPL, NASA
February 5, 1998 A Martian River Bed?
Credit: MGS Project, JPL, NASA
February 6, 1998 Happy Birthday Jules Verne
Credit: Apollo 9, NASA
February 7, 1998 COBE Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known
Credit: DMR, COBE, NASA, Two-Year Sky Map
February 8, 1998 · Copyrighted M1: Filaments of the Crab Nebula
Credit and Copyright: S. Kohle, T. Credner et al. (AIUB)
February 9, 1998 · Copyrighted The Witch Head Nebula
Credit and Copyright: G. Greaney
February 10, 1998 All of Mars
Credit: MOC Team, MGS, NASA
February 11, 1998 Ultra-Fast Pulsar
Credit: E. V. Gotthelf (LHEA, GSFC) Q. D. Wang (Northwestern Univ.), ASCA
February 12, 1998 In A Grand Canyon On Mars
Credit: MOC Team, MGS, NASA
February 13, 1998 Explorer I
Credit: Courtesy JPL, NASA
February 14, 1998 · Copyrighted The Rosette Nebula
Credit & Copyright: G. Greaney
February 15, 1998 Stars Without Galaxies
Credit: Illustrator J. Gitlin (STScI), H. Ferguson (STScI), N. Tanvir (IoA), T. von Hippel (U. Wisc.), NASA
February 16, 1998 Sagittarius Dwarf to Collide with Milky Way
Credit: R. Ibata (UBC), R. Wyse (JHU), R. Sword (IoA)
February 17, 1998 Shocked by Supernova 1987a
Credit: P. Garnavich (Harvard CfA), WFPC2, HST, NASA
February 18, 1998 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
February 19, 1998 Miranda
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA
February 20, 1998 Hale-Bopp: A Continuing Tail
Credit: Guido Pizarro, ESO
February 21, 1998 Neptune: Big Blue Giant
Credit: Voyager 2, NASA
February 22, 1998 Southern Lights and Shuttle Glow
Credit: STS-39 Crew, NASA
February 23, 1998 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy
February 24, 1998 · Copyrighted The Lyman Alpha Forest
Credit & Copyright: J. Shalf, Y. Zhang (UIUC) et al., GCCC
February 25, 1998 · Copyrighted The Solar Neighborhood
None Copyright: P. C. Frisch (U. Chicago), with thanks to C. Wellman
February 26, 1998 · Copyrighted A Southern Sky View
Credit and Copyright: G. Garradd
February 27, 1998 Solar Eclipse: A Composite View
Credit: J. Pasachoff (Williams College), SOHO-EIT Consortium
February 28, 1998 Eagle EGGs in M16
Credit: J. Hester & P. Scowen (ASU), HST, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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