Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2015
APOD, May 2015
31 entries from May 2015: 30 images and 1 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
May 1, 2015 MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury
Image Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins Univ. APL , Arizona State Univ., CIW
May 2, 2015 · Copyrighted M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
May 3, 2015 · Copyrighted Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Connelley ( U. Hawaii )
May 4, 2015 · Copyrighted An Unexpected Aurora over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Richardsen
May 5, 2015 Gravitational Anomalies of Mercury
Image Credit: NASA , GSFC ‘s SVS , JHU’s APL , Carnegie Inst. Washington
May 6, 2015 · Copyrighted Summer Triangles over Japan
Image Credit & Copyright: Shingo Takei ( TWAN )
May 7, 2015 · Copyrighted At the Limit of Diffraction
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( Las Campanas Observatory , Carnegie Institution )
May 8, 2015 · Copyrighted When Vega is North
Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro | Dark Sky Alqueva
May 9, 2015 · Copyrighted Trio Leo
Image Credit & Copyright: Philippe Durville
May 10, 2015 MyCn18: An Hourglass Planetary Nebula
Image Credit: R. Sahai and J. Trauger ( JPL ), WFPC2 , HST , NASA
May 11, 2015 · Copyrighted The Sky from Mauna Kea
Image Credit & Copyright: Shane Black Photography; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt
May 12, 2015 · Copyrighted Two Worlds, One Sun
Left Image Credit & Copyright: Damia Bouic ; Right Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS ; Digital processing: Damia Bouic
May 13, 2015 · Copyrighted The Magnificent Horsehead Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Data: Giuseppe Carmine Iaffaldano; Processing: Roberto Colombari
May 14, 2015 Dwarf Planet, Bright Spot
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , UCLA , MPS/DLR/IDA
May 15, 2015 · Copyrighted Jupiter, Ganymede, Great Red Spot
Image Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach / SEN
May 16, 2015 Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
Image Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
May 17, 2015 NGC 2440: Pearl of a New White Dwarf
Image Credit: H. Bond ( STScI ), R. Ciardullo ( PSU ), WFPC2 , HST , NASA ; Processing: Forrest Hamilton
May 18, 2015 · Copyrighted Auroras and Star Trails over Iceland
Image Credit & Copyright: Vincent Brady
May 19, 2015 Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ) Acknowledgment: J. Mack ( STScI ) and G. Piotto ( U. Padova )
May 20, 2015 A Cliff Looming on Comet 67P
Image Credit & Licence: ESA , Rosetta , NAVCAM
May 21, 2015 NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ), A. Evans (U. Virginia / NRAO / Stony Brook U.)
May 22, 2015 · Copyrighted A Dark and Dusty Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: Scott Rosen
May 23, 2015 · Copyrighted NGC 7822 in Cepheus
Image Credit & Copyright: César Blanco González
May 24, 2015 Space Shuttle Rising
Image Credit: NASA
May 25, 2015 · Copyrighted The Galaxy Tree
Image Credit & Copyright: Csar Vega Toledano ; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt
May 26, 2015 · Copyrighted Starburst Galaxy M94
Image Credit & Copyright: Leonardo Orazi
May 27, 2015 · Video Approaching Pluto
Video Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab. , Southwest Research Inst.
May 28, 2015 · Copyrighted Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
Image Credit & Copyright: Petri Kehusmaa , Harlingten Atacama Observatory
May 29, 2015 · Copyrighted Saturn at Opposition
Image Credit & Copyright: Christopher Go
May 30, 2015 Messier Craters in Stereo
Image Credit: Apollo 11 , NASA ; Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne
May 31, 2015 Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe
Image Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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