Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2011
APOD, May 2011
29 entries from May 2011: 28 images and 1 videos. 11 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
May 1, 2011 · Copyrighted Molecular Cloud Barnard 163
Credit & Copyright: T. Rector ( U. Alaska Anchorage ), H. Schweiker, WIYN , NOAO , AURA , NSF
May 2, 2011 Jupiter's Great Red Spot from Voyager 1
Credit: NASA , JPL ; Digital processing: Bjrn Jnsson ( IAAA )
May 3, 2011 Globular Cluster M15 from Hubble
Credit: ESA , Hubble , NASA
May 5, 2011 50 Years Ago: Freedom 7 Flies
Credit: NASA
May 6, 2011 Farther Along
Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech
May 7, 2011 · Copyrighted Dawn of the Planets
Image Credit & Copyright: Luis Argerich
May 8, 2011 Shadow of a Martian Robot
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA
May 9, 2011 Wonder and Mystery above the Very Large Telescopes
Credit: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO )
May 10, 2011 Gravity Probe B Confirms the Existence of Gravitomagnetism
Credit: Gravity Probe B Team, Stanford , NASA
May 11, 2011 The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon
Credit: Julia I. Arias and Rodolfo H. Barbá ( Dept. Fisica, Univ. de La Serena ), ICATE-CONICET , Gemini Observatory/AURA
May 12, 2011 Enceladus Looms
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
May 13, 2011 · Copyrighted A Beautiful Trifid
Image Credit & Copyright: R Jay Gabany
May 14, 2011 · Copyrighted The Little Dipper
Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
May 15, 2011 The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble
Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )Video May 16, 2011 · Video · CopyrightedTime Lapse Clouds and Sky Over the Canary Islands
Credit & Copyright: Daniel López , IAC ; Music: Matti Paalanen , Angel’s Tear (Aeon 2)
May 17, 2011 A Starry Night of Iceland
Credit: Stephane Vetter ( Nuits sacrees )
May 18, 2011 The Last Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour
Credit: NASA
May 19, 2011 NGC 253: Close Up
Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive , ESA , NASA ; Processing and additional imaging – Robert Gendler
May 20, 2011 · Copyrighted A Journey Through the Night Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: Nick Risinger ( Photopic Sky Survey )
May 21, 2011 · Copyrighted Planets, Endeavour at Dawn
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Herron (Atlanta Astronomy Club)
May 22, 2011 Io: The Prometheus Plume
Credit: Galileo Project , JPL , NASA
May 23, 2011 An Unexpected Flare from the Crab Nebula
Credit: NASA , DOE , Fermi LAT , R. Buehler ( SLAC , KIPAC )
May 24, 2011 · Copyrighted Three Arches Above Utah
Credit & Copyright: Brad Goldpaint ( Goldpaint Photography )
May 25, 2011 Space Shuttle Rising
Credit: NASA
May 27, 2011 · Copyrighted Messier Marathon
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
May 28, 2011 · Copyrighted The Mileage of Light
Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis L. Mammana ( TWAN )
May 29, 2011 · Copyrighted Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning
Credit & Copyright: Antti Kemppainen
May 30, 2011 Last Panorama of the Spirit Rover on Mars
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , NASA , JPL , Cornell ; Image Processing: Kenneth Kremer , Marco Di Lorenzo
May 31, 2011 Jets from Unusual Galaxy Centaurus A
Credit: ESO / WFI (visible); MPIfR / ESO / APEX /A. Weiss et al. (microwave); NASA / CXC / CfA /R. Kraft et al. (X-ray); Inset: NASA / TANAMI /C. Mller et al. (radio)Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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- Astronomy Picture of the Day — NASA Science, science.nasa.gov/apod/archive
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