Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2001
APOD, December 2001
31 entries from December 2001: 31 images and 0 videos. 11 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2001 Neptune's Great Dark Spot: Gone But Not Forgotten
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL , NASA
December 2, 2001 Rumors of a Strange Universe
Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA
December 3, 2001 · Copyrighted Dueling Auroras
Credit & Copyright: Phil Hoffman
December 4, 2001 AE Aurigae: The Flaming Star
Credit: T. A. Rector & B. A. Wolpa, NOAO , AURA, NSF
December 5, 2001 · Copyrighted A Sky Filled with Leonids
Credit & Copyright: Chen Huang-Ming
December 6, 2001 Comet Linear (WM1) Brightens
Credit: Arturo Gomez & Hernan Tirado, CTIO , NOAO , NSF
December 7, 2001 · Copyrighted Mediterranean Leonid 2001
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
December 8, 2001 Moon Struck
Credit: David Palmer ( LANL )
December 9, 2001 The Belt of Venus
Credit: Doug Miller
December 10, 2001 Globular Cluster M15
Credit: Haldan Cohn ( Indiana U. ) et al., WIYN , NOAO , NSF
December 11, 2001 Venusian Half-Shell
Credit: K.Dennerl ( MPE ) et al., CXC , NASA
December 12, 2001 · Copyrighted Leonids Over Korean Observatory
Credit & Copyright: O Chul Kwon ( SoBaekSan National Observatory )
December 13, 2001 The South Pole of Mars
Credit: Malin Space Science Systems , MOC , MGS , JPL , NASA
December 14, 2001 · Copyrighted NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Brian Lula
December 15, 2001 Ganymede: Torn Comet – Crater Chain
Credit: Galileo Project , Brown University , JPL , NASA
December 16, 2001 The Horsehead Nebula
Credit: Nigel Sharp ( NOAO ), AURA , NSF
December 17, 2001 Leaving the International Space Station
Credit: Rosaviakosmos , CNES , NASA
December 18, 2001 · Copyrighted Sharpless 212 in Hydrogen and Sulfur
Credit & Copyright: Lise Deharveng ( Universite de Provence ) et al., CNRS , OHP
December 19, 2001 · Copyrighted Finding Dark Matter
Credit & Copyright: A. J. Benson ( Caltech ) et al., U. Durham , PPARC
December 20, 2001 · Copyrighted Jupiter and Saturn Pas de Deux
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
December 21, 2001 · Copyrighted Partial Eclipse, Cloudy Day
Credit & Copyright: Stan Richard
December 22, 2001 Hot Stars in the Southern Milky Way
Credit: WFI , European Southern Observatory
December 23, 2001 Saturn Aurora
Credit: J. Trauger ( JPL ), NASA
December 24, 2001 · Copyrighted Asteroid 1998 WT24 Passes Near Earth
Credit & Copyright: S. Gajdos & J. Toth ( Comenius U. Bratislava ), Modra Observatory
December 25, 2001 Star Forming Region Hubble-V
Credit: C. R. O’Dell ( Vanderbilt ) et al. , L. Bianchi ( JHU ) et al. , Hubble Heritage Team , NASA
December 26, 2001 Himalayan Horizon From Space
Credit: Expedition 1, ISS , EOL NASA
December 27, 2001 The Incredible Expanding Crab
Credit: Courtesy Adam Block ( KPNO Visitor Program ), NOAO , NSF
December 28, 2001 · Copyrighted Starlight Reflections
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
December 29, 2001 The Annotated Galactic Center
Credit: W. Keel ( U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa ), Cerro Tololo , Chile
December 30, 2001 Trifid Pillars & Jets
Credit: J. Hester ( Arizona St. U ) et al., WFPC2 , HST , NASA
December 31, 2001 A Year of Dark Cosmology
Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory , Mauna Kea ObservatoryThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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