Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2012
APOD, May 2012
30 entries from May 2012: 27 images and 3 videos. 15 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
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Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon
Illustrations Credit & Copyright: Jorge Cham , PHD Comics May 2, 2012 Saturn's Moon Helene in Color
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI ; Color Composite: Daniel Machcek May 3, 2012 M106 Close Up
Credit: Composite Image Data – Hubble Legacy Archive ; Adrian Zsilavec, Michelle Qualls, Adam Block / NOAO / AURA / NSF Processing – André van der Hoeven May 4, 2012 Fermi Epicycles: The Vela Pulsar's Path
Credit: NASA , DOE , International Fermi LAT Collaboration May 5, 2012 · Copyrighted Full Moonrise
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Arn May 6, 2012 In the Center of the Omega Nebula
Image Credit: NASA , H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), ACS Science Team , and ESA May 7, 2012 · Copyrighted Supermoon Over Paris
Image Credit & Copyright: VegaStar CarpentierVideo May 8, 2012 · Video · CopyrightedThe Light of Stars
Video Credit & Copyright: Daniel Lpez ( El Cielo de Canarias ); Music: La Busqueda de Ianna (Epic Soul Factory) May 9, 2012 Shuttle Enterprise Over New York
Image Credit: NASA , Bill Ingalls May 10, 2012 · Copyrighted Green Flash and Super Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Laurent Laveder ( PixHeaven.net / TWAN ) May 11, 2012 · Copyrighted Sun vs. Super Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Charlie Szabototh May 12, 2012 · Copyrighted The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
Image Credit & Copyright: Angus Lau May 13, 2012 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ) Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: L. Jenkins ( GSFC / U. Leicester ) May 14, 2012 · Video Virtual Flight Over Asteroid Vesta
Images Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , UCLA , MPS, DLR, IDA; Animation: German Aerospace Center (DLR) May 15, 2012 · Copyrighted All the Water on Planet Earth
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Howard Perlman, USGS May 16, 2012 Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , ESO , D. Lennon (ESA/STScI) et al. , and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) May 17, 2012 Herschel's Cygnus X
Credit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/ Martin Hennemann & Frédérique Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/Irfu – CNRS/INSU – Univ. Paris Diderot, France May 18, 2012 GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy
Credit: GALEX, JPL-Caltech , NASA May 19, 2012 · Copyrighted Annular Solar Eclipse
Image Credit & Copyright: Mikael Svalgaard May 20, 2012 · Copyrighted A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
Credit & Copyright: Armando Lee ( Astron. League Philippines ), F. Naelga Jr., 100 Hours of Astronomy ( IYA2009 ) May 21, 2012 A Close Pass of Saturn's Moon Dione
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA May 22, 2012 · Copyrighted A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas
Image Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College ) & Linda Westlake May 24, 2012 · Copyrighted All the Water on Europa
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Kevin Hand ( JPL/Caltech ), Jack Cook ( Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ), Howard Perlman ( USGS ) May 25, 2012 · Copyrighted Scorpius in Red and Blue
Image Credit & Copyright: John Davis May 26, 2012 At the Edge of NGC 891
Credit: Composite Image Data – Subaru Telescope ( NAOJ ), Hubble Legacy Archive , Michael Joner, David Laney ( West Mountain Observatory , BYU); Processing – Robert Gendler May 27, 2012 Mercury Spotting
Image Credit: SOHO – EIT Consortium , NASA May 28, 2012 · Copyrighted Contemplating the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Gilbert May 29, 2012 · Copyrighted Sentinels of the Arctic
Image Credit & Copyright: Niccol Bonfadini May 30, 2012 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
Image Credit: PHL @ UPR Arecibo, NASA , EUMETSAT , NERC Satellite Receiving Station, U. Dundee May 31, 2012 Lantern Saturn
Credit: VIMS Team , U. Arizona , ESA , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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