Astronomy Picture of the Day · March 2006

APOD, March 2006

31 entries from March 2006: 31 images and 0 videos. 17 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Multiverses: Do Other Universes Exist? March 1, 2006 · Copyrighted

Multiverses: Do Other Universes Exist?

Illustration Credit & Copyright: Clifford Pickover
Messier 101 March 2, 2006

Messier 101

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CFHT , NOAO ; Acknowledgement – K.Kuntz ( GSFC ), F.Bresolin ( U.Hawaii ), J.Trauger ( JPL ), J.Mould ( NOAO ), Y.-H.Chu ( U. Illinois )
Venus and Comet Pojmanski March 3, 2006 · Copyrighted

Venus and Comet Pojmanski

Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
The Galaxy Within Centaurus A March 4, 2006

The Galaxy Within Centaurus A

Credit: J. Keene ( SSC /Caltech) et al. , JPL , Caltech , NASA
Colorful Light Pillars March 5, 2006 · Copyrighted

Colorful Light Pillars

Credit & Copyright: Walter Tape ( Alaska Fairbanks ), Figure 8-1, Atmospheric Halos
Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible March 6, 2006 · Copyrighted

Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible

Credit & Copyright: Chris Schur
A Nearby Supernova in Spiral Galaxy M100 March 7, 2006

A Nearby Supernova in Spiral Galaxy M100

Credit: FORS Team , 8.2-meter VLT , ESO
Earth's Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet March 8, 2006

Earth's Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet

Credit: Ben Holt Sr. (South Pasadena, CA), GRACE team, DLR , NASA
Trio Leo March 9, 2006 · Copyrighted

Trio Leo

Credit & Copyright: Daniel Verschatse ( Antilhue Observatory )
Enceladus and the Search for Water March 10, 2006

Enceladus and the Search for Water

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
Colors of Comet Pojmanski March 11, 2006 · Copyrighted

Colors of Comet Pojmanski

Credit & Copyright: Adam Block ( Caelum Observatory ), R. Jay GaBany ( Cosmotography.com )
Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN March 12, 2006 · Copyrighted

Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN

Credit & Copyright: S. Kafka & K. Honeycutt ( Indiana University ), WIYN , NOAO , NSF
Z Machine Sets Unexpected Earth Temperature Record March 13, 2006

Z Machine Sets Unexpected Earth Temperature Record

Credit: Z Machine Collaboration , Sandia National Lab , Lockheed Martin , NNSA, DOE
CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule March 14, 2006 · Copyrighted

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

Credit & Copyright: T. A. Rector ( U. Alaska ), T. Abbott, NOAO , AURA , NSF
McCool Hill on Mars March 15, 2006

McCool Hill on Mars

Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , Cornell , JPL , NASA
Eta and Keyhole in the Carina Nebula March 16, 2006 · Copyrighted

Eta and Keyhole in the Carina Nebula

Credit & Copyright: Brad Moore
The Big Dipper Cluster March 17, 2006 · Copyrighted

The Big Dipper Cluster

Credit & Copyright: Noel Carboni
Red Spot Jr. March 18, 2006 · Copyrighted

Red Spot Jr.

Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway
Our Busy Solar System March 19, 2006 · Copyrighted

Our Busy Solar System

Credit & Copyright: MPC , CBAT , Harvard CfA , IAU
Super-Earths May Circle Other Stars March 20, 2006 · Copyrighted

Super-Earths May Circle Other Stars

Illustration Credit & Copyright: MicroFUN Collaboration , CfA , NSF
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies March 21, 2006 · Copyrighted

The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

Credit & Copyright: Jim Misti ( Misti Mountain Observatory )
Enceladus Near Saturn March 22, 2006

Enceladus Near Saturn

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
Inflating the Universe March 23, 2006

Inflating the Universe

Credit: WMAP Science Team , NASA
When Roses Aren't Red March 24, 2006 · Copyrighted

When Roses Aren't Red

Credit & Copyright: Jay Ballauer ( All About Astro , 3RF )
Northern Spring on Mars March 25, 2006

Northern Spring on Mars

Credit: MSSS , JPL , NASA
Doomed Star Eta Carinae March 26, 2006

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

Credit: J. Morse ( Arizona State U. ), K. Davidson ( U. Minnesota ) et al., WFPC2 , HST , NASA
Moonquakes Surprisingly Common March 27, 2006

Moonquakes Surprisingly Common

Credit: Neil Armstrong , Apollo 11 Crew , GRIN , NASA
Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth March 28, 2006

Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth

Credit: MPC , Harvard-Smithsonian CfA , IAU
Green and Black Aurora Over Norway March 29, 2006 · Copyrighted

Green and Black Aurora Over Norway

Credit & Copyright: Frank Andreassen (nettfoto.no)
When Diamonds Aren't Forever March 30, 2006 · Copyrighted

When Diamonds Aren't Forever

Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis
Solar Eclipse and SOHO March 31, 2006

Solar Eclipse and SOHO

Credit: 2006 Team – Williams College Eclipse Expedition , NSF , National Geographic , SOHO Consortium , ESA , NASA / Jay M. Pasachoff

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