Astronomy Picture of the Day · January 2012
APOD, January 2012
31 entries from January 2012: 30 images and 1 videos. 17 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
January 1, 2012 To Fly Free in Space
STS-41B , NASA
January 2, 2012 · Copyrighted Spot the Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College )
January 3, 2012 · Copyrighted A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer
January 4, 2012 · Copyrighted Starburst Galaxy IC 10
Image Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager , Torsten Grossmann
January 5, 2012 Ringside with Titan and Dione
Credit : Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
January 6, 2012 · Copyrighted A Wide Field Image of the Galactic Center
Image Credit & Copyright: Ivan Eder
January 7, 2012 Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
Image Credit: FORS , 8.2-meter VLT Antu , ESO
January 8, 2012 · Copyrighted Lighthouse and Meteor
Image Credit & Copyright: Jack Fusco
January 9, 2012 Facing NGC 6946
Composite Image Data – Subaru Telescope ( NAOJ ) and Robert Gendler; Processing – Robert Gendler
January 10, 2012 · Copyrighted Bright Star Regulus near the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy
Credit & Copyright: Chris Cook ( CookPhoto.com )
January 11, 2012 · Copyrighted Little Planet Lovejoy
Image Credit & Copyright: Alex Cherney ( Terrastro , TWAN )
January 12, 2012 The Case of the Missing Supernova Companion
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO / J. Hughes et al., Optical: NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
January 13, 2012 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
January 14, 2012 NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team , NASA
January 15, 2012 Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: ESA / NASA / JPL-Caltech / STScI
January 16, 2012 · Video · Copyrighted Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn
Image Credit & Copyright: Nilesh Vayada & Ajay Talwar ( TWAN )
January 17, 2012 · Copyrighted IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Gimmi Ratto & Davide Bardini ( Collecting Photons )
January 18, 2012 Cygnus-X: The Inner Workings of a Nearby Star Factory
Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
January 19, 2012 · Copyrighted The Hunter's Stars
Image Credit & Copyright: Brendan Alexander ( Donegal Skies )
January 20, 2012 · Copyrighted The Wolf's Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand
January 21, 2012 · Copyrighted Days in the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Regina Valkenborgh
January 22, 2012 Saturn's Hexagon Comes to Light
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
January 23, 2012 · Copyrighted Deep Orion Over the Canary Islands
Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( TWAN )
January 24, 2012 · Copyrighted January Aurora Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Bjrn Jrgensen
January 25, 2012 Opportunity Rover Spots Greeley Haven on Mars
Image Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , Cornell , JPL , NASA
January 26, 2012 · Copyrighted NGC 4449: Star Stream for a Dwarf Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: R Jay Gabany (Blackbird Obs.), Insert: Subaru/Suprime-Cam (NAOJ) , Collaboration: David Martinez-Delgado (MPIA, IAC), et al.
January 27, 2012 · Copyrighted NGC 3239 and SN 2012A
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , University of Arizona
January 28, 2012 · Copyrighted Planet Aurora Borealis
Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand
January 29, 2012 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Image Credit: FORS Team , 8.2-meter VLT Antu , ESO
January 30, 2012 Blue Marble Earth from Suomi NPP
Image Credit: NASA / NOAA / <a GSFC / Suomi NPP / VIIRS / <a Norman Kuring
January 31, 2012 The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope
Credit: ESO / VISTA /J. Emerson; Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey UnitThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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