Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2002
APOD, December 2002
31 entries from December 2002: 31 images and 0 videos. 16 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2002 · Copyrighted The Pleiades Star Cluster
Credit & Copyright: David Malin ( AAO ), ROE , UKS Telescope
December 2, 2002 · Copyrighted Nearby Spiral M33
Credit & Copyright: T. A. Rector & M. Hanna, NOAO , AURA , NSF
December 3, 2002 · Copyrighted Eclipse Over Acacia
Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak
December 4, 2002 · Copyrighted Moon, Mars, Venus, and Spica
Credit & Copyright: Larry Koehn
December 5, 2002 NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet
Credit: Christine and David Smith, Steve Mandel, Adam Block ( KPNO Visitor Program ), NOAO , AURA , NSF
December 6, 2002 · Copyrighted Zimbabwe Solar Eclipse
Credit & Copyright: Murray Alexander
December 7, 2002 Jupiter, Io and Shadow
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , Cassini Project , NASA
December 8, 2002 The International Space Station Expands Yet Again
Credit: STS-113 Shuttle Crew , NASA
December 9, 2002 · Copyrighted Moon Shadow Moves Over Africa
Credit and Copyright: EUMETSAT
December 10, 2002 · Copyrighted M17: Omega Nebula Star Factory
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight , CFHT
December 11, 2002 · Copyrighted Meteors Between Stars and Clouds
Credit & Copyright: Pierre Martin & Michael F. Vasseur ( OAOG )
December 12, 2002 Apollo 17: Last on the Moon
Credit: Apollo 17 , NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague )
December 13, 2002 · Copyrighted The Crown of the Sun
Credit & Copyright: (C2002) Wendy Carlos & Jonathan Kern (all rights reserved)
December 14, 2002 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
Credit: R. Sahai ( JPL ) et al., Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ), NASA
December 15, 2002 · Copyrighted A Network of Microlensing Caustics
Credit & Copyright: Joachim Wambsganss ( Ap. Inst. Potsdam )
December 16, 2002 Night and Day in Melas Chasma on Mars
Credit: Arizona State U. , JPL , NASA
December 17, 2002 Beefing Up the International Space Station
Credit: STS-113 Shuttle Crew , NASA
December 18, 2002 Io Volcano Culann Patera
Credit: Galileo Project , JPL , NASA
December 19, 2002 RAPTOR Images GRB 021211
Credit: P. Wozniak, W.T. Vestrand, et al. , RAPTOR Project , LANL
December 20, 2002 · Copyrighted Colorful Clouds of Orion
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
December 21, 2002 Solstice Celebration
Credit: SOHO – EIT Consortium, ESA , NASA
December 22, 2002 · Copyrighted Summer at the South Pole
Credit & Copyright: Galileo Project , NASA
December 23, 2002 · Copyrighted Stars and Dust Through Baade's Window
Credit & Copyright: David Malin ( AAO ), ROE , UKS Telescope
December 24, 2002 Spring Dust Storms at the North Pole of Mars
Credit: MSSS , JPL , NASA
December 25, 2002 · Copyrighted Orion Rising
Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College )
December 26, 2002 · Copyrighted Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica
Credit & Copyright: Ralph P. Harvey ( CWRU ), Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program , NASA , NSF
December 27, 2002 X-Ray Mystery in RCW 38
Credit: S. Wolk ( CfA ), et al., CXC , NASA
December 28, 2002 Mir Dreams
Credit: STS-76 Crew , NASA
December 29, 2002 NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
Credit: Diedre Hunter ( Lowell Obs. ) et al., HST , NASA
December 30, 2002 · Copyrighted A Sun Pillar
Credit & Copyright: Dave Liquorice
December 31, 2002 A Year of Assessing Astronomical Hazards
Drawing Credit: Dan Durda ( SWRI )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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