Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 2012
APOD, October 2012
31 entries from October 2012: 30 images and 1 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
October 1, 2012 · Copyrighted Introducing Comet ISON
Image Credit & Copyright: Ligustri Rolando
October 2, 2012 An Ancient Stream Bank on Mars
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS
October 3, 2012 · Copyrighted Goat Aurora Over Greenland
Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( TWAN )
October 4, 2012 · Copyrighted NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
October 5, 2012 · Copyrighted Aurora and Fireball Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Ole C. Salomonsen ( Arctic Light Photo )
October 6, 2012 At the Heart of Orion
Credit: Image Data – Hubble Legacy Archive , Processing – Robert Gendler
October 7, 2012 The Same Color Illusion
Image Credit: Edward H. Adelson , Wikipedia
October 8, 2012 · Copyrighted Spherical Planetary Nebula Abell 39
Image Credit & Copyright : Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , University of Arizona
October 9, 2012 · Copyrighted Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
Image Credit & Copyright : Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
October 10, 2012 · Copyrighted Nauset Light Star Trails
Image Credit & Copyright : Chris Cook
October 11, 2012 Aurorae over Planet Earth
Image Credit : NASA , NOAA , GSFC , Suomi NPP , Earth Observatory , processing by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon
October 12, 2012 Pan-STARRS and Nebulae
Image Credit: PS1 Science Consortium Processing: Nigel Metcalfe, Peter Draper (Durham Univ.), Gene Magnier (IfA Hawaii)
October 13, 2012 · Copyrighted Galaxies, Stars, and Dust
Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa ( Capturandoeluniverso , A.A.E. )
October 14, 2012 The Hubble Extreme Deep Field
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , G. Illingworth , D. Magee, and P. Oesch ( UCSC ), R. Bouwens ( Leiden Obs. ), and the XDF Team
October 15, 2012 · Copyrighted Black Sun and Inverted Starfield
Image Credit & Copyright: Jim Lafferty
October 16, 2012 A Spiral Nebula Surrounding Star R Sculptoris
Visualization Credit: ALMA Observatory ( ESO / NAOJ / NRAO )
October 17, 2012 · Copyrighted Aurora Over White Dome Geyser
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Howell
October 18, 2012 A View from Next Door
Illustration Credit: European Southern Observatory , L. Calçada, N. Risinger ( skysurvey.org )
October 19, 2012 Merging NGC 2623
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive , ESA , NASA ; Processing – Martin Pugh
October 20, 2012 · Copyrighted Zodiacal Light and Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
October 21, 2012 · Copyrighted The Horsehead Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Nigel Sharp ( NOAO ), KPNO , AURA , NSF
October 22, 2012 · Video · Copyrighted A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles
Credit & Copyright: Bryan Chan , Los Angeles Times ; Music: Keeper of the Wind ( Eleni Hassabis , Firstcom )
October 23, 2012 Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan
Image Credit & Licence: Craig Lindsay, Wikipedia
October 24, 2012 · Copyrighted NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
Image Credit & Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera ( Fera Photography )
October 25, 2012 · Copyrighted The Medusa Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford ( Rancho Del Sol Obs. )
October 26, 2012 · Copyrighted Reflection Nebula vdB1
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , University of Arizona
October 27, 2012 · Copyrighted A Halo for NGC 6164
Image Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
October 28, 2012 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
Image Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
October 29, 2012 · Copyrighted The Red Spider Planetary Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Milovic , Hubble Legacy Archive , NASA
October 30, 2012 · Copyrighted Planetary Nebula PK 164 +31.1
Image Credit & Copyright: Descubre Foundation , CAHA , OAUV , DSA , Vicent Peris ( OAUV ), Jack Harvey ( SSRO ), PixInsight
October 31, 2012 · Copyrighted VdB 152: A Ghost in Cepheus
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen LeshinThumbnails 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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