Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2007

APOD, May 2007

31 entries from May 2007: 29 images and 2 videos. 11 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Swirling Clouds Over the South Pole of Venus May 1, 2007

Swirling Clouds Over the South Pole of Venus

Credit: ESA/CNR-IASF, Rome, Italy, and Observatoire de Paris, France
Sunrise from the Surface of Gliese 581c May 2, 2007 · Copyrighted

Sunrise from the Surface of Gliese 581c

Illustration Credit & Copyright: Karen Wehrstein
Small Galaxy NGC 4449 May 3, 2007 · Copyrighted

Small Galaxy NGC 4449

Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager
The Iron Tail of Comet McNaught May 4, 2007

The Iron Tail of Comet McNaught

Credit: M. Fulle, F. Leblanc (INAF) et al. , SECCHI / STEREO , NASA
Sombrero Galaxy Across the Spectrum May 5, 2007

Sombrero Galaxy Across the Spectrum

Credit: X-ray: NASA/UMass/Q.D.Wang et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI/AURA/Hubble Heritage; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. AZ/R.Kennicutt/SINGS Team
Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out May 6, 2007

Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out

Credit: NASA , J. Trauger ( JPL ), J. Westphal ( Caltech ),
Europa Rising May 7, 2007

Europa Rising

Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. APL , SWRI
A Dark Sky Over Death Valley May 8, 2007

A Dark Sky Over Death Valley

Credit: Dan Duriscoe , U.S. National Park Service
The Snowflake Cluster versus the Cone Nebula May 9, 2007

The Snowflake Cluster versus the Cone Nebula

Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , P. S. Teixeira ( CfA )
SN 2006GY: Brightest Supernova May 10, 2007

SN 2006GY: Brightest Supernova

Credit: X-ray: NASA / CXC , Nathan Smith, Weidong Li (UC Berkeley) et al. ; IR: PAIRITEL /Lick/UC Berkeley/J.Bloom, C.Hansen
LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion May 11, 2007

LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion

Data: Digitized Sky Survey (POSS-II), Color Composite: Noel Carboni
HD 189733b: Hot Jupiter May 12, 2007

HD 189733b: Hot Jupiter

Credit: Heather Knutson (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al. , NASA / JPL-Caltech
The Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble May 13, 2007

The Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble

Credit: NASA , ESA , HEIC , and The Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
Video May 14, 2007 · Video

Rotating Earth from Galileo

Credit: NASA , JPL , Doug Ellison
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 in Ultraviolet from Galex May 15, 2007

Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 in Ultraviolet from Galex

Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Galex Team , J. Huchra et al. ( Harvard CfA )
Dark Matter Ring Modeled around Galaxy Cluster CL0024+17 May 16, 2007

Dark Matter Ring Modeled around Galaxy Cluster CL0024+17

Credit: NASA , ESA , M. J. Jee & H. Ford et al. ( Johns Hopkins U. )
The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross May 17, 2007 · Copyrighted

The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross

Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky
M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules May 18, 2007 · Copyrighted

M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Credit & Copyright: Copyright : Thomas V. Davis ( tvdavisastropix.com )
Circum-axial Leaf Trails May 19, 2007 · Copyrighted

Circum-axial Leaf Trails

Credit & Copyright: Trudy E. Bell
A Spherule from the Earth's Moon May 20, 2007

A Spherule from the Earth's Moon

Credit: Timothy Culler ( UCB ) et al., Apollo 11 Crew , NASA
In the Center of Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 May 21, 2007 · Copyrighted

In the Center of Reflection Nebula NGC 1333

Credit & Copyright: T. Rector ( U. Alaska Anchorage ), H. Schweiker , WIYN , NOAO , AURA , NSF
Video May 22, 2007 · Video

Orange Sun Oozing

Credit: Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño et al. ( IAG & MPS , Germany)
Venus Near the Moon May 23, 2007 · Copyrighted

Venus Near the Moon

Credit & Copyright: Jay Ouellet
The Tulip in the Swan May 24, 2007 · Copyrighted

The Tulip in the Swan

Credit & Copyright: Neil Fleming
Jupiter, Vesta, and the Milky Way May 25, 2007 · Copyrighted

Jupiter, Vesta, and the Milky Way

Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College )
The Moon's Saturn May 26, 2007 · Copyrighted

The Moon's Saturn

Credit & Copyright: Jens Hackmann
The Horsehead Nebula May 27, 2007 · Copyrighted

The Horsehead Nebula

Credit & Copyright: Nigel Sharp ( NOAO ), KPNO , AURA , NSF
A Hole in Mars May 28, 2007

A Hole in Mars

Credit: NASA , JPL , U. Arizona
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 from Hubble May 29, 2007

Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 from Hubble

Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
Liquid Sea on Saturn's Titan May 30, 2007

Liquid Sea on Saturn's Titan

Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper , JPL , ESA , NASA
Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster May 31, 2007

Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster

Credit: Leigh Jenkins, Ann Hornschemeier ( Goddard Space Flight Center ) et al. , JPL-Caltech , SDSS , NASA

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