Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2009
APOD, December 2009
31 entries from December 2009: 31 images and 0 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2009 · Copyrighted NGC 6992: Filaments of the Veil Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Daniel Lopez ( Observatorio del Teide )
December 2, 2009 · Copyrighted Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula
Credit & Copyright: John Ebersole
December 3, 2009 · Copyrighted Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
Credit & Copyright: Immo Gerber and Dietmar Hager ( TAO )
December 4, 2009 · Copyrighted The Double Cluster
Credit & Copyright: Neil Fleming
December 5, 2009 · Copyrighted Himalayan Skyscape
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
December 6, 2009 · Copyrighted The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught
Credit & Copyright: Robert H. McNaught
December 7, 2009 The International Space Station Over the Horizon
Credit: STS-129 Crew , Expedition 21 Crew , NASA
December 8, 2009 Ice Moon Tethys from Saturn-Orbiting Cassini
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
December 9, 2009 HUDF Infrared: Dawn of the Galaxies
Credit: NASA , ESA , G. Illingworth ( UCO/Lick & UCSC ), R. Bouwens ( UCO/Lick & Leiden U. ), & the HUDF09 Team
December 10, 2009 · Copyrighted The Colors of IC 1795
Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
December 11, 2009 Messier Craters in Stereo
Credit Apollo 11 , NASA ; Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne
December 12, 2009 · Copyrighted Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (AstroPics.com, TWAN )
December 13, 2009 Crescent Neptune and Triton
Credit: Voyager 2, NASA
December 14, 2009 Saturns Hexagon Comes to Light
Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
December 15, 2009 · Copyrighted A Fading Moonset Over Hong Kong
Credit & Copyright: Wah!
December 16, 2009 · Copyrighted Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth
Credit & Copyright: Doug Zubenel ( TWAN )
December 17, 2009 · Copyrighted Mojave Desert Fireball
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka ( AstroPics.com , TWAN )
December 18, 2009 · Copyrighted Southern Geminids
Credit & Copyright: Phil Hart
December 19, 2009 · Copyrighted Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
Credit & Copyright: Bjørnar G. Hansen,
December 20, 2009 · Copyrighted Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Credit & Copyright: Cenk E. Tezel and Tunç Tezel ( TWAN )
December 21, 2009 Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
Credit: NASA , ESA , & F. Paresce ( INAF-IASF ), R. O’Connell ( U. Virginia ), & the HST WFC3 Science Oversight Committee
December 22, 2009 Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion
Credit: NASA , ESA , M. Robberto ( STScI / ESA ), the HST Orion Treasury Project Team , & L. Ricci ( ESO )
December 23, 2009 · Copyrighted December Sunrise, Cape Sounion
Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis ( TWAN )
December 24, 2009 · Copyrighted Gamma Cas and Friends
Credit & Copyright: Processing – Noel Carboni , Imaging – Greg Parker, New Forest Observatory
December 25, 2009 · Copyrighted A Graceful Arc
Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
December 26, 2009 M51 Hubble Remix
S. Beckwith ( STScI ), Hubble Heritage Team , (STScI/ AURA ), ESA , NASA Additional Processing: Robert Gendler
December 27, 2009 The Cat's Eye Nebula
Credit: J. P. Harrington ( U. Maryland ) & K. J. Borkowski ( NCSU ) HST , NASA
December 28, 2009 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
December 29, 2009 · Copyrighted Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
December 30, 2009 Spitzer's M101
NASA , JPL-Caltech , K. Gordon ( STScI ) et al.
December 31, 2009 Dust and the Helix Nebula
NASA , JPL-Caltech , Kate Su ( Steward Obs. , U. Arizona), et al.Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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