Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 2008
APOD, April 2008
30 entries from April 2008: 29 images and 1 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
April 1, 2008 New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called “Dextre the Magnificent”
Credit: Expedition 16 Crew, NASA
April 2, 2008 · Copyrighted Globular Cluster M55 from CFHT
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & Giovanni Anselmi ( Coelum Astronomia ), Hawaiian Starlight
April 3, 2008 · Copyrighted South of Orion
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler ( Panther Observatory )
April 4, 2008 Layers in Aureum Chaos
Credit HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
April 5, 2008 Jules Verne in Orbit
Credit: ISS Expedition 16 Crew, NASA , ESA
April 6, 2008 · Copyrighted Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Star Shadows Remote Observatory
April 7, 2008 Mysterious White Rock Fingers on Mars
Credit: G. Neukum ( FU Berlin ) et al., Mars Express , DLR Mars Express
April 8, 2008 · Copyrighted Southern Orion: From Belt to Witch
Credit & Copyright: Stphane Guisard
April 9, 2008 · Copyrighted A Large Magellanic Cloud Deep Field
Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO )
April 10, 2008 Stickney Crater
Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
April 11, 2008 · Copyrighted At first, he couldn't see the Moon
Credit & Copyright: Laurent Laveder ( PixHeaven.net / TWAN )
April 12, 2008 Yuri's Planet
Image Credit: ISS Expedition 7 Crew, EOL , NASA ( Image record from Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth)
April 13, 2008 Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
Credit: C. R. O’Dell and K. Handron ( Rice University ), NASA
April 14, 2008 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
April 15, 2008 · Copyrighted Sky Delights Over Sweden
Credit and Copyright: P-M Hedén ( Clear Skies , TWAN )
April 16, 2008 · Copyrighted A Protected Night Sky Over Flagstaff
Credit and Copyright: Dan & Cindy Duriscoe , FDSC , Lowell Obs. , USNO
April 17, 2008 · Copyrighted Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy
Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
April 18, 2008 · Copyrighted IC 2948: The Running Chicken Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Steve Crouch
April 19, 2008 · Copyrighted Running Messier's Marathon
Credit & Copyright: Amir Hossein Abolfath
April 20, 2008 Spiral Galaxies in Collision
Credit: Debra Meloy Elmegreen ( Vassar College ) et al. , & the Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA )
April 21, 2008 Bacteriophages: The Most Common Life-Like Form on Earth
Credit: Wikipedia ; Insert: Mike Jones
April 22, 2008 · Copyrighted The Fox Fur Nebula from CFHT
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & Giovanni Anselmi ( Coelum Astronomia ), Hawaiian Starlight
April 23, 2008 · Copyrighted Above the Clouds
Credit & Copyright: Serge Brunier ( TWAN )
April 24, 2008 · Copyrighted Cygnus Without Stars
Credit & Copyright: Igor Chekalin
April 25, 2008 · Copyrighted M86 in the Virgo Cluster
Credit & Copyright: Greg Morgan ( Sierra Remote Observatories )
April 26, 2008 · Copyrighted The Tarantula Zone
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
April 27, 2008 The Galactic Center Radio Arc
Credit: Farhad Zadeh et al. ( Northwestern ), VLA , NRAO
April 28, 2008 · Copyrighted Star Forming Region NGC 3582
Credit & Copyright: T. A. Rector ( U. Alaska ), T. Abbott, NOAO , AURA , NSFVideo April 29, 2008 · Video · CopyrightedAirplane Flight Patterns over the USA
Credit & Copyright: Aaron Koblin , FAA
April 30, 2008 Arp 272
Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ) – ESA /Hubble Collaboration, K. Noll ( STScI )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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