Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 2009

APOD, April 2009

30 entries from April 2009: 28 images and 2 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Astronaut's Head Upgraded During Spacewalk April 1, 2009

Astronaut's Head Upgraded During Spacewalk

Credit: NASA
100 Hours of Astronomy Begins April 2, 2009 · Copyrighted

100 Hours of Astronomy Begins

Credit & Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi ( TWAN )
Around the World in 80 Telescopes April 3, 2009 · Copyrighted

Around the World in 80 Telescopes

Illustration Credit & Copyright: ESO / 100 Hours of Astronomy
Star Party on Planet Earth April 4, 2009 · Copyrighted

Star Party on Planet Earth

Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
Video April 5, 2009 · Video

Orange Sun Oozing

Credit: Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño et al. ( IAG & MPS , NRL )
International Space Station Expands Again April 6, 2009

International Space Station Expands Again

Credit: STS-119 Shuttle Crew , NASA
The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274 April 7, 2009

The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274

Credit: NASA , ESA , M. Livio ( STScI ) and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
Unusual Dusty Galaxy NGC 7049 April 8, 2009

Unusual Dusty Galaxy NGC 7049

Credit: NASA , ESA and W. Harris ( McMaster University )
Venus Near Inferior Conjunction April 9, 2009 · Copyrighted

Venus Near Inferior Conjunction

Credit & Copyright: Eddie Guscott
ISS and Astronaut April 10, 2009 · Copyrighted

ISS and Astronaut

Credit & Copyright: Ralf Vandebergh
The Big Picture April 11, 2009 · Copyrighted

The Big Picture

Credit & Copyright: Dennis di Cicco ( TWAN ) & Sean Walker, Skyandtelescope.com
M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus April 12, 2009

M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus

Credit: Heidi Schweiker , WIYN , NOAO , AURA , NSF
Video April 13, 2009 · Video · Copyrighted

Star Trails over the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT )
M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy April 14, 2009 · Copyrighted

M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy

Credit & Copyright: Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , U. Arizona
Jagged Shadows May Indicate Saturn Ring Particles April 15, 2009

Jagged Shadows May Indicate Saturn Ring Particles

Credit: NASA , JPL , Space Science Institute
Castle and Full Moon April 16, 2009 · Copyrighted

Castle and Full Moon

Credit & Copyright: Paolo Tanga , Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur
Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey April 17, 2009 · Copyrighted

Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey

Credit: Paul Beck ( Univ. Vienna ), Georg Zotti ( Vienna Inst. Arch. Science ) Copyright: Library of Melk Abbey, Frag. 229
NGC 1333 Stardust April 18, 2009 · Copyrighted

NGC 1333 Stardust

Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin
The View Near a Black Hole April 19, 2009

The View Near a Black Hole

Drawing Credit: April Hobart, CXC
Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars April 20, 2009

Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars

Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
Global Warming Predictions April 21, 2009 · Copyrighted

Global Warming Predictions

Credit & Copyright: Robert A. Rohde , Global Warming Art
Sky Panorama Over Lake Salda April 22, 2009 · Copyrighted

Sky Panorama Over Lake Salda

Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel ( TWAN )
Sharpless 308 April 23, 2009 · Copyrighted

Sharpless 308

Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
Moon and Morning Star April 24, 2009 · Copyrighted

Moon and Morning Star

Credit & Copyright: David Cortner
Dark Markings of the Sky April 25, 2009 · Copyrighted

Dark Markings of the Sky

Credit & Copyright: Steve Cannistra ( StarryWonders )
NGC 4676: When Mice Collide April 26, 2009

NGC 4676: When Mice Collide

Credit: ACS Science & Engineering Team , Hubble Space Telescope , NASA
Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers April 27, 2009

Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge April 28, 2009 · Copyrighted

NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge

Credit & Copyright: Roth Ritter ( Dark Atmospheres )
GRB 090423: The Farthest Explosion Yet Measured April 29, 2009

GRB 090423: The Farthest Explosion Yet Measured

Credit: Gemini Observatory / NSF / AURA , D. Fox & A. Cucchiara ( Penn State U. ), and E. Berger ( Harvard Univ. )
Framed by Clouds April 30, 2009 · Copyrighted

Framed by Clouds

Credit & Copyright: Pete Lawrence ( Digital-Astronomy )

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