Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2017
APOD, December 2017
31 entries from December 2017: 26 images and 5 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2017 · Copyrighted North America and the Pelican
Image Credit & Copyright: Paolo Moroni
December 2, 2017 · Copyrighted Messier Craters in Stereo
Image Credit: Apollo 11 , NASA ; Stereo Image Copyright Patrick VantuyneVideo December 3, 2017 · Video · CopyrightedFull Moon Silhouettes
Video Credit & Copyright: Mark Gee ; Music: Tenderness (Dan Phillipson)
December 4, 2017 · Video Earth and Moon
Images Credit: NASA , JPL , Galileo Project ; Processing & License: Gordan Ugarkovic
December 5, 2017 · Copyrighted A Horizon with Blue and Red
Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio Montfar ( Planetario Ciudad de La Plata )
December 6, 2017 · Copyrighted HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , HLA ; Processing & Copyright: Domingo Pestana
December 7, 2017 · Copyrighted All the Eclipses of 2017
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek
December 8, 2017 · Copyrighted Alpine Superga Moonset
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano De Rosa
December 9, 2017 · Copyrighted Stardust in Aries
Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
December 10, 2017 · Copyrighted In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Max Rive
December 11, 2017 · Video Mercury Visualized from MESSENGER
Video Credit: NASA , JHUAPL , CIW ; Processing: Roman Tkachenko ; Music: Open Sea Morning by Puddle of Infinity
December 12, 2017 · Copyrighted Highlights of the Winter Sky
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Universe2go.com
December 13, 2017 · Copyrighted Meteors over Inner Mongolia
Image Credit & Copyright: Haitong Yu
December 14, 2017 · Video Jupiter Diving
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SwRI , MSSS , Gerald Eichstadt , Justin Cowart
December 15, 2017 · Copyrighted Geminids of the North
Image Credit & Copyright: Yin Hao
December 16, 2017 · Copyrighted A Wintry Shower
Image Credit & Copyright: Jack Fusco
December 17, 2017 · Copyrighted The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens
Image Credit & Copyright: J. Rhoads ( Arizona State U. ) et al. , WIYN , AURA , NOAO , NSF
December 18, 2017 The Kepler-90 Planetary System
Illustration Credit: NASA Ames , Wendy Stenzel
December 19, 2017 The Spiral North Pole of Mars
Image Credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin ; NASA MGS MOLA Science Team
December 20, 2017 · Video How to Wash Your Hair in Space
Video Credit: NASA , Expedition 36 Crew
December 21, 2017 · Copyrighted Solstice Sun and Milky Way
Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip ( TWAN )
December 22, 2017 · Copyrighted Gemini's Meteors
Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai ( TWAN )
December 23, 2017 · Copyrighted Phaethon's Brood
Image Credit & Copyright: Mikiya Sato ( Nippon Meteor Society )
December 24, 2017 · Copyrighted SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California
Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Bobchin
December 25, 2017 · Copyrighted Fireball in the Arctic
Image Credit & Copyright: Yang Sutie
December 26, 2017 Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
Image Credit: FORS , 8.2-meter VLT Antu , ESO
December 27, 2017 The Horsehead Nebula
Image Credit: CFHT , Coelum , MegaCam , J.-C. Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & G. A. Anselmi ( Coelum )
December 28, 2017 Recycling Cassiopeia A
Image Credit: NASA , CXC, SAO
December 29, 2017 · Copyrighted M78 Wide Field
Image Credit & Copyright: Fabian Neyer
December 30, 2017 Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
Image Credit: Gene Cernan , Apollo 17 , NASA ; Anaglyph by Erik van Meijgaarden
December 31, 2017 To Fly Free in Space
Image Credit: STS-41B , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
Advertisement
All of 2017 → · All years and topics →
Advertisement
Source
- Astronomy Picture of the Day — NASA Science, science.nasa.gov/apod/archive
The images and explanations belong to their creators. OpenOrbit is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA.