Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 2001
APOD, April 2001
30 entries from April 2001: 30 images and 0 videos. 10 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
April 1, 2001 Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match
Credit: STS-92 Crew , NASA
April 2, 2001 · Copyrighted Aurora Over Clouds
Credit & Copyright: Sigurdur H. Stefnisson
April 3, 2001 New Stars Destroying NGC 1748
Credit: M. Heydari-Malayeri ( Obs. Paris ) et al., HST , ESA , NASA
April 4, 2001 Distant Supernova, Dark Energy
Credit: Adam Riess ( STScI ) et al., NASA
April 5, 2001 On the Origin of Gold
Drawing Credit: Stephan Rosswog ( University of Leicester ) et al., UKAFF
April 6, 2001 · Copyrighted Aurora Over New Zealand
Credit & Copyright: Chris Petrich
April 7, 2001 Stereo Sun
Credit: SOHO – EIT Consortium : Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne
April 8, 2001 · Copyrighted The Big Corona
Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak ( NASA / GSFC )
April 9, 2001 Mars Odyssey Lifts Off for Mars
Credit: KSC , NASA
April 10, 2001 M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars
Credit: N. Scoville ( Caltech ), T. Rector ( ( NOAO ) et al. , Hubble Heritage Team , NASA
April 11, 2001 Large Sunspot Group AR 9393
Credit: MDI , SOHO , ESA , NASA
April 12, 2001 STS-1: First Shuttle Launch
Credit: KSC , NASA
April 13, 2001 GRB010222: Gamma-Ray Burst, X-Ray Afterglow
Credit: L. Piro ( CNR ) et al., CXC , NASA
April 14, 2001 Man Enters Space
Credit: Courtesy MSFC History Office
April 15, 2001 Diffraction Spikes: When Stars Look Like Crosses
Credit: B. Stecklum ( TLS ) et al., WFPC2 , HST , NASA
April 16, 2001 · Copyrighted The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
Credit & Copyright: David Malin ( AAO ), AATB
April 17, 2001 Colorful Water Clouds Over Mars
Credit: Viking Project , USGS , JPL , NASA
April 18, 2001 · Copyrighted A Higher Dimensional Universe?
Applet Credit & Copyright: Mark Newbold
April 19, 2001 Sunspot Stack
Credit: SOHO – MDI / EIT Consortiums, Yohkoh / SXT Project
April 20, 2001 Io: Moon Over Jupiter
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , Cassini Project , NASA
April 21, 2001 Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater
Credit: Apollo 12 , NASA ; Stereo Image by Jerry Bonnell
April 22, 2001 Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
Credit: W. Keel ( U. Alabama in Tuscaloosa ) et al., 1.54-m Telescope , Chile
April 23, 2001 Space Shuttle Lifts Off for Space Station
Credit: STS-100 , NASA
April 24, 2001 · Copyrighted NGC 2264: Stars, Dust, and Gas
Credit & Copyright: Michael Bessell ( RSAA, ANU ), MSO
April 25, 2001 · Copyrighted Space Laser Creates Artificial Star
Credit & Copyright: Fang Shi ( U. Chicago ) et al., AURA , NSO , NOAO , NSF
April 26, 2001 · Copyrighted Horsehead Rides Again
Credit: (Top) NASA , NOAO , ESA , Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ) (Bottom) T.A. Rector (NOAO/AURA/ NSF ), Hubble Heritage Team; Copyright
April 27, 2001 Visitors' Galaxy Gallery
Credit: Courtesy Adam Block ( KPNO Visitor Program ), NOAO , NSF
April 28, 2001 · Copyrighted The Moon and All the Crashes
Credit & Copyright: Tolga Topalhan & Serkan Saygan ( Space Camp, Turkey )
April 29, 2001 · Copyrighted Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos
Credit & Copyright: The AMANDA Collaboration
April 30, 2001 Approaching the International Space Station
Credit: STS-100 Crew , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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