Astronomy Picture of the Day · February 2010

APOD, February 2010

28 entries from February 2010: 28 images and 0 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Shepherd Moon Prometheus from Cassini February 1, 2010

Shepherd Moon Prometheus from Cassini

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
Mars and a Colorful Lunar Fog Bow February 2, 2010 · Copyrighted

Mars and a Colorful Lunar Fog Bow

Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (AstroPics.com, TWAN )
P/2010 A2: Unusual Asteroid Tail Implies Powerful Collision February 3, 2010

P/2010 A2: Unusual Asteroid Tail Implies Powerful Collision

Credit: NASA , ESA , D. Jewitt ( UCLA )
Stardust in Perseus February 4, 2010 · Copyrighted

Stardust in Perseus

Credit & Copyright: Máximo Ruiz
Dust Storm on Mars February 5, 2010 · Copyrighted

Dust Storm on Mars

Credit & Copyright: Jean-Luc Dauvergne , Francois Colas , IMCCE /S2P, Obs. Midi-Pyrénées
Hong Kong Sky February 6, 2010 · Copyrighted

Hong Kong Sky

Credit & Copyright: Peter Lau
The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens February 7, 2010 · Copyrighted

The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

Credit & Copyright: J. Rhoads ( ASU ) et al., WIYN , AURA , NOAO , NSF
A Sun Halo Over Cambodia February 8, 2010 · Copyrighted

A Sun Halo Over Cambodia

Credit & Copyright: Nagy Attila
Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour February 9, 2010

Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

Credit: NASA
Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning February 10, 2010 · Copyrighted

Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning

Credit & Copyright: Martin Rietze ( Alien Landscapes on Planet Earth )
Star Cluster M34 February 11, 2010 · Copyrighted

Star Cluster M34

Credit & Copyright: Bob Franke
Teide Sky Trails February 12, 2010 · Copyrighted

Teide Sky Trails

Credit & Copyright: Daniel López
Waterway to Orbit February 13, 2010 · Copyrighted

Waterway to Orbit

Credit & Copyright: James Vernacotola
Field of Rosette February 14, 2010 · Copyrighted

Field of Rosette

Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane February 15, 2010

Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
Dark Shuttle Approaching February 16, 2010

Dark Shuttle Approaching

Credit: Expedition 22 Crew, NASA
An Unusually Smooth Surface on Saturn's Calypso February 17, 2010

An Unusually Smooth Surface on Saturn's Calypso

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
Vesta Near Opposition February 18, 2010 · Copyrighted

Vesta Near Opposition

Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake
WISE Infrared Andromeda February 19, 2010

WISE Infrared Andromeda

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA
Geostationary Highway February 20, 2010 · Copyrighted

Geostationary Highway

Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf February 21, 2010

NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf

Credit: H. Bond ( STScI ), R. Ciardullo ( PSU ), WFPC2 , HST , NASA
Galaxy Group Hickson 31 February 22, 2010

Galaxy Group Hickson 31

Credit: NASA , ESA , J. English ( U. Manitoba ), and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: S. Gallagher ( U. Western Ontario )
Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog February 23, 2010 · Copyrighted

Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog

Credit & Copyright: George C. Privon ( U. Virginia )
Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window February 24, 2010

Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window

Credit: ISS Expedition 22 Crew , Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 Crew , NASA
Edge-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891 February 25, 2010 · Copyrighted

Edge-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891

Credit & Copyright: Bob Franke
Chasing Carina February 26, 2010 · Copyrighted

Chasing Carina

Credit & Copyright: Dieter Willasch
Dawn's Endeavour February 27, 2010 · Copyrighted

Dawn's Endeavour

Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park
Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode February 28, 2010 · Copyrighted

Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode

Credit & Copyright: Andrew Truscott & Randall Hulet ( Rice U. )

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