Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 1998
APOD, May 1998
31 entries from May 1998: 31 images and 0 videos. 6 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
May 1, 1998 Venus: Just Passing By
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
May 2, 1998 The Frothy Milky Way
Credit: W. Waller and F. Varosi (GSFC), IRAS, SkyView, NASA
May 3, 1998 Standing on the Moon
Credit: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, KSC, NASA
May 4, 1998 M57: The Ring Nebula
Credit: H. Bond (STSci), R. Ciardullo (PSU), WFPC2, HST, NASA
May 5, 1998 · Copyrighted Aurora at Midnight
Credit & Copyright: J. Curtis (U. Alaska Fairbanks)
May 6, 1998 Beijing Ancient Observatory
Credit: W. H. Jackson, U.S. Library of Congress, WTC Collection
May 7, 1998 A Powerful Gamma-ray Burst
Credit: S. R. Kulkarni, S. G. Djorgovski (Caltech), the Caltech GRB Team , NASA
May 8, 1998 A Gamma-Ray Burst Supernova?
Credit: T. Galama et al. (U. Amsterdam), NTT Telescope, ESO
May 9, 1998 The Water Vapor Channel
Credit: F. Hasler et al., (NASA/GSFC) and The GOES Project
May 10, 1998 Skylab Over Earth
Credit: Skylab, NASA
May 11, 1998 Callisto in True Color
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
May 12, 1998 Callisto Enhanced
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
May 13, 1998 · Copyrighted Occultations and Rising Moons
Credit and Copyright: Olivier Staiger
May 14, 1998 · Copyrighted Comet Stonehouse
Credit and Copyright: D. McDavid and G. Dowdle, Limber Observatory
May 15, 1998 TRACE and the Active Sun
Credit: Courtesy CFA, TRACE Team, NASA
May 16, 1998 Helios Helium
Credit: SOHO – EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA
May 17, 1998 Our Solar System from Voyager
Credit: Voyager 1 Team, NASA
May 18, 1998 NGC 6369: A Donut Shaped Nebula
Credit: H. Bond (STSci), R. Ciardullo (PSU), WFPC2, HST, NASA
May 19, 1998 Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Credit: Apollo 11, NASA
May 20, 1998 Discovery Image: Comet SOHO (1998 J1)
Credit: SOHO – LASCO Consortium, ESA, NASA
May 21, 1998 · Copyrighted Bright Comet SOHO
Credit and Copyright: Michael Horn
May 22, 1998 The Center of Centaurus A
Credit: E.J. Schreier (STScI) et al., NASA
May 23, 1998 · Copyrighted 7,000 Stars And The Milky Way
Credit: Knut Lundmark (Copyright: Lund Observatory)
May 24, 1998 A High Energy Fleet
Courtesy: MSFC Historical Archive, NASA
May 25, 1998 M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy
Credit: W. Keel (U. Alabama in Tuscaloosa), KPNO, 4-m Mayall Telescope
May 26, 1998 · Copyrighted A Seemingly Square Sun
Credit & Copyright: T. Polakis
May 27, 1998 Magnetar
Credit: Robert Mallozzi (UAH, MSFC)
May 28, 1998 Afterglow
Credit: Courtesy BeppoSAX Team
May 29, 1998 An Extrasolar Planet?
Credit: S. Terebey Extrasolar Research Corp., NASA
May 30, 1998 Water World
Credit: STS-45 Crew, NASA
May 31, 1998 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
Credit: Viking Project, JPL, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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