Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 1998
APOD, December 1998
31 entries from December 1998: 31 images and 0 videos. 3 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 1998 Cepheus 1: Nearby Galaxy Hiding
Credit: R. Walterbos et al. (NMSU), Apache Point Obs.
December 2, 1998 A Deep Field In The Southern Sky
Credit: R. Williams (STScI), HDF-S Team, NASA
December 3, 1998 Deep Space 1
Credit: Deep Space 1 Team, JPL, NASA
December 4, 1998 Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside
Credit: ESA/ISO, ISOCAM Team, I. F. Mirabel and O. Laurent (CEA/DSM/DAPNIA), et al.
December 5, 1998 Surveyor Hops
Credit: The Surveyor Project, NASA
December 6, 1998 · Copyrighted CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
Credit & Copyright: David Malin (AAO), AATB
December 7, 1998 Star-Forming Region RCW38
Credit: ISAAC, 8.2-meter VLT, ESO
December 8, 1998 Leonids from Leo
Credit: Juraj Toth (Comenius U. Bratislava), Modra Observatory
December 9, 1998 NGC 253: The Sculptor Galaxy
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/ STScI/ NASA)
December 10, 1998 Assembling The International Space Station
Credit: STS-88 Mission, NASA
December 11, 1998 High Redshift Quasars
Credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey
December 12, 1998 Driving To The Sun
Credit: EIT – SOHO Consortium, ESA, NASA
December 13, 1998 Blasting Off from the Moon
Credit: Apollo 16, NASA
December 14, 1998 The Hubble Deep Field South
Credit: R. Williams (STScI), HDF-S Team, NASA
December 15, 1998 Plains and Ridges on Europa
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
December 16, 1998 3-D Mars' North Pole
Credit: MOLA Team, MGS Project, NASA Image: Greg Shirah (SVS)
December 17, 1998 The Night Shift
Credit: STS-88 Mission, NASA
December 18, 1998 TT Cygni: Carbon Star
Credit: H. Olofsson (Stockholm Observatory) et al.
December 19, 1998 Cartwheel Of Fortune
Credit: Kirk Borne (STScI), NASA
December 20, 1998 · Copyrighted Edge-On Spiral Galaxy NGC 891
Credit & Copyright: J. C. Barentine (PSI) et al., KPNO, NOAO
December 21, 1998 Solstice Sun In Soft X-rays
Credit: ISAS, Yohkoh Project, SXT Group
December 22, 1998 Dawn of the Leonids
Credit: Yan On Sheung
December 23, 1998 Ring Around the Galaxy
Credit: S. J. Warren (Imperial College) et al., VLT, ESO
December 24, 1998 Mars Climate Orbiter Launches
Credit: Courtesy NASA
December 25, 1998 Nebulae For Christmas
Credit: Howard Bond (STScI), NASA
December 26, 1998 Gamma-Ray Quasar
Credit: EGRET team, Compton Observatory, NASA
December 27, 1998 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
Credit: B. Balick (U. Washington) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
December 28, 1998 NEAR to Asteroid Eros
Credit: NEAR Spacecraft Team, JHU APL, NASA
December 29, 1998 · Copyrighted A Geminid From Gemini
Credit & Copyright: B. Yen (Comet-Track)
December 30, 1998 Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe
Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team, HST, NASA
December 31, 1998 The Year of Distant Supernovae
Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team, HST, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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