Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 2002
APOD, October 2002
31 entries from October 2002: 31 images and 0 videos. 10 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
October 1, 2002 Rectangular Ridges on Mars
Credit: Malin Space Science Systems , MGS , JPL , NASA
October 2, 2002 · Copyrighted Star Clouds Toward the Southern Crown
Credit & Copyright: David Malin , UK Schmidt Telescope , AAO
October 3, 2002 V838 Mon: Mystery Star
Credit: Lisa Crause (Univ. Cape Town), Warrick Lawson (Australian Defence Force Academy)
October 4, 2002 · Copyrighted Facing NGC 6946
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
October 5, 2002 X-Ray Cygnus A
Credit: A. Wilson & A. Young ( UMD ), P. Shopbell ( Caltech ), CXC , NASA (Inset Credit: NRAO )
October 6, 2002 The Lagoon Nebula in Three Colors
Credit: R. Barba , N. Morrell et al. ( UNLP ), CTIO , NOAO , NSF
October 7, 2002 The Galaxy and the Quasar
Credit: R. Knacke ( Penn State Erie ) et al. , Hubble Heritage Team , NASA
October 8, 2002 The X-Ray Jets of XTE J1550
Image Credit: CXC , NASA ; Illustration Credit: M. Weiss ( CXC )
October 9, 2002 Quaoar: Large Asteroid in the Outer Solar System
Credit: Chad Trujillo & Michael Brown ( Caltech )
October 10, 2002 Dusty Environs of Eta Carinae
Credit: MSX , IPAC , NASA
October 11, 2002 Fomalhaut Dust Disk Indicates Planets
Drawing Credit: David A. Hardy , ROE , ATC , NSF , NASA
October 12, 2002 Chandra Deep Field
Credit: Riccardo Giacconi et al., JHU , AUI , NASA
October 13, 2002 · Copyrighted CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
Credit & Copyright: Anglo-Australian Observatory , Photograph by David Malin
October 14, 2002 · Copyrighted IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight , CFHT
October 15, 2002 · Copyrighted Aurora's Ring
Credit & Copyright: Trygve Lindersen
October 16, 2002 · Copyrighted Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors
Credit & Copyright: Robert D. Loss , WAISRC
October 17, 2002 Centaurus A: Young Blue Star Stream
Credit: E. Peng and H. Ford ( JHU ), K. Freeman ( ANU ), R. White ( STScI ), CTIO , NOAO , NSF
October 18, 2002 At the Center of the Milky Way
Credit: Rainer Schdel ( MPE ) et al. , NAOS-CONICA , ESO
October 19, 2002 Io's Surface: Under Construction
Credit: Galileo Project , JPL , NASA
October 20, 2002 The Space Shuttle Docked with Mir
Credit: Nikolai Budarin , Russian Space Research Institute , NASA
October 21, 2002 · Copyrighted M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
October 22, 2002 A Small Double Ozone Hole in 2002
Credit: SVS , TOMS , NASA
October 23, 2002 · Copyrighted Liftoff With the Space Shuttle
Credit & Copyright: Dan Maas ( Maas Digital ), Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation , Lockheed Martin , NASA
October 24, 2002 Gullies on Mars
Credit: Malin Space Science Systems , MGS , JPL , NASA
October 25, 2002 Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
Credit: MSX , IPAC , NASA
October 26, 2002 Dark Matter, X-rays, and NGC 720
Credit: D. Buote ( UC Irvine ) et al., CXC , NASA
October 27, 2002 Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
Credit: The Galileo Project , NASA
October 28, 2002 Earth's Richat Structure
Credit: Landsat 7 , USGS , NASA
October 29, 2002 A Lunar Rille
Credit: Apollo 10 , NASA
October 30, 2002 · Copyrighted Leonids Over Uluru
Credit & Copyright: Vic & Jen Winter ( ICSTARS Astronomy )
October 31, 2002 · Copyrighted Aurora in the Night
Credit & Copyright: Juha KinnunenThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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