Astronomy Picture of the Day · February 2002
APOD, February 2002
28 entries from February 2002: 28 images and 0 videos. 11 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
February 1, 2002 Balloon TIGER
Credit: Courtesy Jason Link ( LEXAS ) and the TIGER Collaboration
February 2, 2002 Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside
Credit: ESA/ISO , ISOCAM Team, I. F. Mirabel and O. Laurent ( CEA/DSM/DAPNIA ), et al.
February 3, 2002 · Copyrighted The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Credit & Copyright: O. Lopez-Cruz ( INAOEP ) et al., AURA , NOAO , NSF
February 4, 2002 Comet LINEAR (WM1) Shines in the South
Credit: Gordon Garradd , Loomberah NSW Australia
February 5, 2002 Giant Storm Systems Battle on Jupiter
Credit: Voyager 2, NASA
February 6, 2002 The Cosmic Infrared Background
Credit: A. Kashlinsky ( SSAI ) & S. Odenwald ( Raytheon ), 2MASS , NSF , NASA
February 7, 2002 Coronal Hole
Credit: SOHO – EIT Consortium , ESA , NASA
February 8, 2002 PKS 1127-145: Quasar View
Credit: A. Siemiginowska ( CfA ) & J. Bechtold ( U. Arizona ), et al., NASA
February 9, 2002 · Copyrighted Moon Over Mongolia
Credit & Copyright: Olivier Staiger
February 10, 2002 · Copyrighted The Local Interstellar Cloud
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Linda Huff ( American Scientist ), Priscilla Frisch ( U. Chicago )
February 11, 2002 · Copyrighted Reflection Nebula M78
Credit & Copyright: S. Lee, C. Tinney, & D. Malin, AAO
February 12, 2002 Methane Earth
Credit: GISS , NASA
February 13, 2002 · Copyrighted The Great Nebula in Orion
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
February 14, 2002 Solar System Portrait
Credit: Voyager Project , JPL , NASA
February 15, 2002 Saturn: Lord of the Rings
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI ) R.G. French ( Wellesley College ), J. Cuzzi ( NASA/Ames ), L. Dones ( SwRI ), J. Lissauer ( NASA/Ames )
February 16, 2002 Miranda, Chevron, and Alonso
Credit: Voyager Project , JPL , NASA
February 17, 2002 · Copyrighted The Local Bubble and the Galactic Neighborhood
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Linda Huff ( American Scientist ), Priscilla Frisch ( U. Chicago )
February 18, 2002 · Copyrighted A Radio Vista of Cygnus
Credit & Copyright: Jayanne English ( U. Manitoba ) et al., CGPS , CNRC
February 19, 2002 Water-Ice Imaged in Martian Polar Cap
Credit: MSSS , JPL , NASA
February 20, 2002 Oddities of Star Cluster NGC 6397
Credit: Francesco Ferraro ( Bologna Observatory ), ESA , NASA
February 21, 2002 · Copyrighted Comet Ikeya-Zhang
Credit & Copyright: Andrew Cooper
February 22, 2002 · Copyrighted Saturn at the Lunar Limb
Credit & Copyright: Tom Martinez ( Astronomical Society of Kansas City )
February 23, 2002 Shocked by Supernova 1987A
Credit: P. Garnavich ( Harvard CfA ) et al., NASA
February 24, 2002 Isaac Newton Explains the Solar System
Credit: Enoch Seeman portrait in 1726
February 25, 2002 Crescent Europa
Credit: Voyager 2 , NASA
February 26, 2002 · Copyrighted Jets from Radio Galaxy 3C296
Credit & Copyright: AUI , NRAO
February 27, 2002 · Copyrighted A Cloud Shadow Sunrise
Credit & Copyright: Kee Hinckley
February 28, 2002 ESO 184-G82: Supernova – Gamma Ray Burst Connection
Credit: S. Holland, J. Hjorth, J. Fynbo ( Survey of Host Galaxies of GRBs Team ), ESA , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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