Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2008
APOD, December 2008
30 entries from December 2008: 30 images and 0 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2008 Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula
Credit: NASA , ESA , and J. Maz Apellniz ( Instituto de Astrofsica de Andaluca , Spain)
December 2, 2008 International Space Station: Find the Astronaut
Credit: STS-126 Shuttle Crew , NASA
December 3, 2008 · Copyrighted A Happy Sky Over Los Angeles
Credit & Copyright: Dave Jurasevich ( Mt. Wilson Observatory )
December 4, 2008 · Copyrighted Venus in the Moon
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler ( Panther Observatory ) Inset: Vincent Jacques
December 5, 2008 · Copyrighted Smile in the Sky
Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway
December 6, 2008 · Copyrighted Lunar Diamond
Credit & Copyright: Deirdre Kelleghan
December 7, 2008 · Copyrighted A Halo Around the Moon
Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado , TWAN
December 8, 2008 · Copyrighted The Dark Doodad Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Andrey Oreshko
December 9, 2008 · Copyrighted M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
Credit & Copyright: Phillip L. Jones VisualUniverse.org
December 10, 2008 · Copyrighted Portrait of NGC 281
Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford ( Rancho Del Sol Observatory )
December 11, 2008 At the Center of the Milky Way
Credit: ESO , Stefan Gillessen ( MPE ), F. Eisenhauer, S. Trippe, T. Alexander, R. Genzel, F. Martins, T. Ott
December 12, 2008 · Copyrighted Lick Observatory Moonrise
Credit & Copyright: Rick Baldridge
December 13, 2008 · Copyrighted The 60-inch Reflector
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka ( TWAN ), courtesy Mike Simmons ( AWB )
December 14, 2008 · Copyrighted Zodiacal Light Over New Mexico
Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park ( North York Astronomical Association )
December 15, 2008 · Copyrighted A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina
Credit & Copyright: Terry Holdsclaw
December 16, 2008 · Copyrighted Orion Dawn Over Mount Nemrut
Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel ( TWAN )
December 17, 2008 · Copyrighted The Dumbbells
Credit & Copyright: Daniel López , IAC
December 18, 2008 · Copyrighted La Superba
Credit & Copyright: Processing – Noel Carboni , Imaging – Greg Parker, New Forest Observatory
December 19, 2008 · Copyrighted The Large Cloud of Magellan
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
December 20, 2008 Solstice at Newgrange
Credit: Photograph by Cyril Byrne – courtesy of The Irish Times
December 21, 2008 · Copyrighted Analemma Over the Porch of Maidens
Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis ( TWAN )
December 22, 2008 Labtayt Sulci on Saturn's Enceladus
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
December 23, 2008 · Copyrighted Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger
Credit & Copyright: Processing – Noel Carboni , Imaging – Greg Parker, New Forest Observatory
December 24, 2008 Earthrise
Credit: Apollo 8 , NASA
December 25, 2008 · Copyrighted Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
Credit & Copyright: R Jay Gabany
December 26, 2008 · Copyrighted The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396
Credit & Copyright: Gordon Haynes
December 27, 2008 Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula
Credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / F. D. Seward, W. H. Tucker, R. A. Fesen
December 28, 2008 Thackeray's Globules
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ), NASA
December 29, 2008 NGC 1569: Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: A. Aloisi ( STScI / ESA ) et al.
December 30, 2008 Home from Above
Credit: Expedition 18 Crew , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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