Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2006
APOD, December 2006
31 entries from December 2006: 30 images and 1 videos. 16 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2006 In the Arms of NGC 1097
R. Jay GaBany ( Cosmotography.com )
December 2, 2006 · Copyrighted Star Trails at 19,000 Feet
Credit & Copyright: Serge Brunier
December 3, 2006 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
Credit: G. Neukum ( FU Berlin ) et al., Mars Express , DLR , ESAVideo December 4, 2006 · VideoMovie: The Active Sun
Credit: Solar Optical Telescope, Hinode Satellite , JAXA
December 5, 2006 · Copyrighted The Antikythera Mechanism
Credit & Copyright: Wikipedia
December 6, 2006 Spirit Rover on Mars Imaged from Orbit
Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
December 7, 2006 · Copyrighted The Outskirts of M77
Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford ( Rancho Del Sol Observatory )
December 8, 2006 · Copyrighted NGC 2174: Emission Nebula in Orion
Credit & Copyright: Dan Kowall (Photonhunter.com)
December 9, 2006 · Copyrighted Three Planets in Dawn Skies
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
December 10, 2006 · Copyrighted Apollo 17 Panorama: Astronaut Running
Credit: Apollo 17 Crew, NASA ; Mosaic Assembled & Copyright: M. Constantine (moonpans.com)
December 11, 2006 IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula
Image Data: Digitized Sky Survey ; Color Composite: Noel Carboni
December 12, 2006 Light Deposits Indicate Water Flowing on Mars
Credit: Mars Global Surveyor
December 13, 2006 A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun
Credit: NSO / AURA / NSF and USAF Research Laboratory
December 14, 2006 Mountains of Titan
Credit: VIMS Team , U. Arizona , ESA , NASA
December 15, 2006 · Copyrighted NGC 1055 and M77
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
December 16, 2006 · Copyrighted A Path To Orion
Credit & Copyright: Andrew Aurigema
December 17, 2006 · Copyrighted A Force from Empty Space: The Casimir Effect
Credit & Copyright: Umar Mohideen ( U. California at Riverside )
December 18, 2006 · Copyrighted Aurora Over Iowa
Credit & Copyright: Stan Richards (NightSkyEvents.com)
December 19, 2006 Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24
Credit: NASA , ESA and J. M. Apellniz ( IAA , Spain).
December 20, 2006 Star Forming Region NGC 6357
Credit: Davide De Martin ( ESA / Hubble ), the ESA/ ESO/ NASA, Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2
December 21, 2006 · Copyrighted Minotaur Dawn
Credit & Copyright: Geoff Chester
December 22, 2006 The View from Stereo Ahead
Credit: Stereo Project , NASA
December 23, 2006 · Copyrighted The Analemma and the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis
December 24, 2006 Rumors of a Strange Universe
Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA
December 25, 2006 Upgrading the International Space Station
Credit: STS-116 Shuttle Crew , NASA
December 26, 2006 · Copyrighted The Gegenschein
Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College )
December 27, 2006 · Copyrighted IC 5067: Emission Nebula Close-up
Credit & Copyright: Russell Croman
December 28, 2006 · Copyrighted Moon Over Andromeda
Credit & Copyright: Adam Block and Tim Puckett
December 29, 2006 Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka
Credit: Digitized Sky Survey , ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator Color Composite: Davide De Martin ( Skyfactory )
December 30, 2006 · Copyrighted Martian Analemma
Digital Illustration Credit & Copyright: Dennis Mammana ( Skyscapes )
December 31, 2006 A Year of Extraterrestrial Fountains and Flows
Credit: MGS , MSSS , JPL , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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