Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 2011
APOD, October 2011
31 entries from October 2011: 28 images and 3 videos. 17 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
October 1, 2011 Asteroids Near Earth
Illustration Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , WISE
October 2, 2011 Tunguska: The Largest Recent Impact Event
Image Credit: Leonid Kulik Expedition, WikipediaVideo October 3, 2011 · VideoDark Matter Movie from the Bolshoi Simulation
Video Credit: A. Klypin ( NMSU ), J. Primack ( UCSC ) et al., Chris Henze ( NASA Ames ), NASA’s Pleiades Supercomputer Music ( 2002): Her Knees Deep in Your Mind by Ray Lynch
October 4, 2011 QR Codes: Not for Human Eyes
Image Credit: Kaywa QR Code Generator (Free)
October 5, 2011 · Video Comet and CME on the Sun
Image Credit: SOHO , SDO , NASA , ESA
October 6, 2011 · Copyrighted M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind
Image Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager , Torsten Grossmann
October 7, 2011 · Copyrighted The Comet Hartley 2 Cruise
Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri ( CARA Project , CAST )
October 8, 2011 MESSENGER's First Day
Credit: NASA / JHU APL / CIW
October 9, 2011 Nobels for a Strange Universe
Image Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA
October 10, 2011 · Copyrighted A Strange Sunrise Over Argentina
Image Credit & Copyright: Luis Argerich
October 11, 2011 · Copyrighted NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Larry Van Vleet
October 12, 2011 Saturn: Shadows of a Seasonal Sundial
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
October 13, 2011 · Copyrighted The Color of IC 1795
Image Credit & Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera ( Fera Photography )
October 14, 2011 · Copyrighted MAGIC Star Trails
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
October 15, 2011 · Copyrighted NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
Image Credit & Copyright: Bob Franke
October 16, 2011 · Copyrighted A Picturesque Venus Transit
Image Credit & Copyright: David Cortner
October 17, 2011 MACS 1206: A Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lens
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , M. Postman ( STScI ), and the CLASH Team
October 18, 2011 · Video · Copyrighted Movie: Approaching Light Speed
Image Credit & Copyright: Antony Searle & Craig Savage ( ANU )
October 19, 2011 · Copyrighted Draconid Meteors Over Spain
Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( TWAN )
October 20, 2011 · Copyrighted Tails of Comet Garradd
Image Credit & Copyright: Gregg Ruppel
October 21, 2011 · Copyrighted Clouds of Perseus
Credit & Copyright: Image Data – Bob Caton , Al Howard , Eric Zbinden , Rogelio Bernal Andreo ; Processing – Rogelio Bernal Andreo
October 22, 2011 · Copyrighted Jupiter Near Opposition
Image Credit & Copyright: S2P/IMCCE/Obs. Midi Pyrénées, Jean-Luc Dauvergne , Francois Colas
October 23, 2011 Jupiter's Clouds from New Horizons
Image Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. APL , SWRI
October 24, 2011 HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula
Image Credit: Z. Levay ( STScI / AURA / NASA ), T.A. Rector ( U. Alaska Anchorage ) & H. Schweiker ( NOAO/AURA/NSF), KPNO, NOAO
October 25, 2011 · Copyrighted IC 1805: The Heart Nebula in HDR
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Verloop (Beursacademie)
October 26, 2011 In, Through, and Beyond Saturn's Rings
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
October 27, 2011 · Copyrighted Young Suns of NGC 7129
Image Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler ( Panther Observatory )
October 28, 2011 · Copyrighted October Skylights
Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park
October 29, 2011 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: A. Reiss et al. ( JHU )
October 30, 2011 White Rock Fingers on Mars
Image Credit: THEMIS , Mars Odyssey Team, ASU , JPL , NASA
October 31, 2011 · Copyrighted Ghost of the Cepheus Flare
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , University of ArizonaThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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