Astronomy Picture of the Day · January 2002

APOD, January 2002

31 entries from January 2002: 31 images and 0 videos. 9 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

The Secret of the Black Aurora January 1, 2002 · Copyrighted

The Secret of the Black Aurora

Credit & Copyright: Jan Curtis
International Space Station Over Earth January 2, 2002

International Space Station Over Earth

Credit: STS-108 Crew , NASA
M16: Stars, Pillars, and the Eagle's EGGs January 3, 2002

M16: Stars, Pillars, and the Eagle's EGGs

Credit: Mark McCaughrean and Morten Andersen ( AIP ), ESO
M16: Infrared Star Hunt January 4, 2002

M16: Infrared Star Hunt

Credit: Mark McCaughrean and Morten Andersen ( AIP ), European Southern Observatory
Apollo 17's Moonship January 5, 2002

Apollo 17's Moonship

Credit: Apollo 17 , NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague)
M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula January 6, 2002

M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula

Credit: B. Balick ( U. Washington ) et al., WFPC2 , HST , NASA
The Mysterious Cone Nebula January 7, 2002 · Copyrighted

The Mysterious Cone Nebula

Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
Thackeray's Globules January 8, 2002

Thackeray's Globules

Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ), NASA
Blue Flash January 9, 2002 · Copyrighted

Blue Flash

Credit & Copyright: Mario Cogo
X-Ray Milky Way January 10, 2002

X-Ray Milky Way

Credit: D. Wang ( UMass ) et al., CXC , NASA
Sunbather January 11, 2002

Sunbather

Credit: SOHO – LASCO Consortium, ESA , NASA
The Gamma Ray Sky January 12, 2002

The Gamma Ray Sky

Credit: EGRET Team , Compton Observatory , NASA
Hypatia of Alexandria January 13, 2002

Hypatia of Alexandria

Sun Halo at Winter Solstice January 14, 2002 · Copyrighted

Sun Halo at Winter Solstice

Credit & Copyright: Philip Appleton ( SIRTF Science Center ), Caltech
Red Auroral Corona January 15, 2002 · Copyrighted

Red Auroral Corona

Credit & Copyright: Duane Clausen
Abell 2597's Cosmic Cavities January 16, 2002

Abell 2597's Cosmic Cavities

Credit: B. McNamara ( Ohio U. at Athens ) et al., CXC , NASA
Pick a Galaxy, Any Galaxy January 17, 2002

Pick a Galaxy, Any Galaxy

Credit: J. Colbert, M. Rich, M. Malkan ( UCLA ), J. Frogel, S. Salim ( Ohio State ) HST data from R. Windhorst ( ASU ), W. Keel (Univ. Alabama)
Saturn and Vesta in Taurus January 18, 2002 · Copyrighted

Saturn and Vesta in Taurus

Credit & Copyright: Joe Orman
Stars Without Galaxies January 19, 2002

Stars Without Galaxies

Credit: H. Ferguson ( STScI ), N. Tanvir ( IoA ), T. von Hippel ( U. Wisc. ), NASA llustration: J. Gitlin ( STScI )
Callisto Full Face January 20, 2002

Callisto Full Face

Credit: Galileo Project , Voyager Project , JPL , NASA
Volcano and Aurora in Iceland January 21, 2002 · Copyrighted

Volcano and Aurora in Iceland

Credit & Copyright: Sigurdur H. Stefnisson
Neutron Bounce Quantized in Earth Gravity January 22, 2002

Neutron Bounce Quantized in Earth Gravity

Illustration Credit: Mark Bowick ( U. Syracuse ) et al., NPAC
Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822 January 23, 2002 · Copyrighted

Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822

Credit & Copyright: Local Group Galaxies Survey Team , NOAO , AURA , NSF
Ski Enceladus January 24, 2002

Ski Enceladus

Credit: Voyager Project , NASA
The Spiral Arms of NGC 4622 January 25, 2002

The Spiral Arms of NGC 4622

Credit: G. Byrd, R. Buta, ( Univ.Alabama , Tuscaloosa), T. Freeman ( Bevill State College ), NASA
Shuttle Engine Blast January 26, 2002

Shuttle Engine Blast

Credit: STS-51 Crew , NASA
Earth Rise January 27, 2002

Earth Rise

Credit: Apollo 8 Crew, NASA
An Apollo 17 Panorama January 28, 2002

An Apollo 17 Panorama

Credit: Apollo 17 Crew, NASA
The Southern Sky in Warm Hydrogen January 29, 2002

The Southern Sky in Warm Hydrogen

Credit: SHASSA Team , NSF
Moonrise Over Seattle January 30, 2002 · Copyrighted

Moonrise Over Seattle

Credit & Copyright: Shay Stephens
EUVE Sky Map January 31, 2002

EUVE Sky Map

Credit: EUVE Project, NASA

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