Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2008
APOD, May 2008
31 entries from May 2008: 29 images and 2 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
May 1, 2008 The Giants of Omega Centauri
Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Martha Boyer ( Univ. Minnesota ), et al .
May 2, 2008 · Copyrighted Shaping NGC 6188
Credit & Copyright: John Ebersole
May 3, 2008 · Copyrighted Alborz Mountain Milky Way
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
May 4, 2008 · Copyrighted An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
Credit and Copyright: Fred Bruenjes ( moonglow.net )
May 5, 2008 A Persistent Electrical Storm on Saturn
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
May 6, 2008 Galaxies Collide in NGC 3256
Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ) – ESA /Hubble Collaboration, & A. Evans ( UVa , NRAO , SUNYSB )
May 7, 2008 · Copyrighted The Gegenschein Over Chile
Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO )
May 8, 2008 · Copyrighted The Dark Tower in Scorpius
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
May 9, 2008 · Copyrighted Moon Meets Mercury
Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén ( Clear Skies , TWAN )
May 10, 2008 · Copyrighted Stars and Mars
Credit & Copyright: Doug Zubenel ( TWAN )
May 11, 2008 · Copyrighted Retrograde Mars
Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel ( TWAN )
May 12, 2008 · Copyrighted The M81 Galaxy Group Through the Integrated Flux Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Jordi Gallego
May 13, 2008 Ancient Craters of Southern Rhea
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
May 14, 2008 A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station
Credit: ISS Expedition 16 Crew, NASA
May 15, 2008 · Copyrighted Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628
Credit & Copyright: Keith Quattrocchi
May 16, 2008 · Copyrighted Circles in the Sky
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Marc Lecleire
May 17, 2008 Logarithmic Spirals
Image Credit: M101 – NASA , ESA , CFHT , NOAO ; Typhoon Rammasun – MODIS , NASA Comparison: Lawrence Anderson-Huang ( Ritter Astrophysical Obs. , Univ. Toledo)
May 18, 2008 On the Origin of Gold
Illustration Credit : Dana Berry , NASAVideo May 19, 2008 · VideoFlying Over the Columbia Hills of Mars
Animated Illustration Credit: Doug Ellison , Randolph Kirk ( USGS ), MSSS , MER , NASA
May 20, 2008 · Copyrighted The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & Giovanni Anselmi ( Coelum Astronomia ), Hawaiian Starlight
May 21, 2008 · Copyrighted A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Inga Nielsen ( Hamburg Obs. , Gate to Nowhere )
May 22, 2008 · Copyrighted Windblown NGC 3199
Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford ( Rancho Del Sol Observatory ), Macedon Ranges Observatory
May 23, 2008 Jupiter's Three Red Spots
Credit NASA , ESA , M. Wong, I. de Pater ( UC Berkeley ), et al.
May 24, 2008 · Copyrighted Space Station in the Sun
Credit & Copyright: Dirk EwersVideo May 25, 2008 · Video · CopyrightedPhoenix Lander Arrives at Mars
Animated Illustration Credit & Copyright: MAAS Digital , SVV Project , NASA
May 26, 2008 A New Horizon for Phoenix
Credit: Phoenix Mission Team , NASA , JPL-Caltech, Univ. Arizona
May 27, 2008 Phoenix at Mars
Credit: Phoenix , HiRISE , NASA , JPL-Caltech, Univ. Arizona
May 28, 2008 Dark Clouds of the Carina Nebula
Credit: NASA , ESA , N. Smith ( U. California, Berkeley ) et al. , and The Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
May 29, 2008 · Copyrighted A Fog Bow Over Ocean Beach
Credit & Copyright: Keith C. Langill ( missionblvd.com )
May 30, 2008 Descent of the Phoenix
Credit: MRO-HiRISE , NASA , JPL, Univ. Arizona
May 31, 2008 · Copyrighted A View to the Sunset
Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip ( TWAN )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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