Astronomy Picture of the Day · 1995
APOD 1995
196 entries from 1995: 196 images and 0 videos. 35 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 1995 The X-ray Sources of M31
Credit: ROSAT, MPE, NASA
November 30, 1995 NGC 2440 Nucleus: The Hottest Star?
Credit: NASA, HST, S. R. Heap (GSFC)
October 31, 1995 A Halloween Invasion from Mars
Credit: NASA, HST, WFPC 2, Philip James (Univ. of Toledo), Steven Lee (Univ. of Colorado).
September 30, 1995 An Energetic Radio Galaxy
Credit: NASA, NRAO, VLA, HST, WFPC 2, M. Longair (U. Cambridge)
August 31, 1995 X-Raying the Moon
Credit: DARA, ESA, NASA, Max Planck Institut, J.H.M.M. Schmitt
July 31, 1995 Exploring Saturn's Rings
Credit: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Voyager ProjectThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 1995 (31)
- Dec 31 The X-ray Sources of M31
- Dec 30 LMC X-1: A Black Hole Candidate
- Dec 29 NGC 4361: Galaxy Shaped Planetary Nebula
- Dec 28 NGC 6240: When Galaxies Collide
- Dec 27 Nova Cygni 1992
- Dec 26 Accretion Disk Binary System
- Dec 25 Earth Rise
- Dec 24 Uranus' Moon Miranda
- Dec 23 Prometheus, Pandora and Saturn's F Ring
- Dec 22 Summer at the South Pole
- Dec 21 Hot Stars in the Trifid Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 20 A Galaxy Gravitational Lens
- Dec 19 Albert Einstein: 1879 – 1955
- Dec 18 M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
- Dec 17 The Space Shuttle Docks with Mir
- Dec 16 Hawai`i
- Dec 15 M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy
- Dec 14 An Atlas Centaur Rocket Launches
- Dec 13 A Delta Rocket Launches
- Dec 12 Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 11 NGC 5189: A Strange Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 10 Apollo 14 Deploys ALSEP
- Dec 9 Apollo 14 on the Moon
- Dec 8 Descent To Jupiter
- Dec 7 Galileo's Jupiter Probe
- Dec 6 24 Hours from Jupiter
- Dec 5 The Swirling Center of NGC 4261
- Dec 4 GL 229B: An Elusive Brown Dwarf?
- Dec 3 An X-ray Hot Supernova in M81
- Dec 2 Lightning Below
- Dec 1 51 Pegasi: A New Planet Discovered Copyrighted
November 1995 (30)
- Nov 30 NGC 2440 Nucleus: The Hottest Star?
- Nov 29 Releasing Compton
- Nov 28 Shadow at the Lunar South Pole
- Nov 27 Too Close to a Black Hole Copyrighted
- Nov 26 A Star Where Photons Orbit Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Saturn's Cleanest Moon: Enceladus
- Nov 24 Saturn's Moon Tethys Copyrighted
- Nov 23 M1: Polarization of the Crab Copyrighted
- Nov 22 M1: The Exploding Crab Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 21 M42: Orion Nebula Mosaic
- Nov 20 At the Core of M15
- Nov 19 New York at Night
- Nov 18 Water World
- Nov 17 The Sun Also Rises
- Nov 16 Repairing Hubble
- Nov 15 A Quintet of Galaxies
- Nov 14 Aurora and Orion
- Nov 13 Virgo Cluster Galaxies Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Blue Jet Lightning
- Nov 11 Red Sprite Lightning
- Nov 10 Lightning and the Space Shuttle
- Nov 9 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy
- Nov 8 Simulating the Universe
- Nov 7 Eagle EGGs in M16
- Nov 6 M16: Stars Upon Pillars
- Nov 5 Vela Satellites: The Watchers
- Nov 4 Neptune's Moon Proteus
- Nov 3 Jupiter's Moon Amalthea Copyrighted
- Nov 2 The Red Rectangle Copyrighted
- Nov 1 M16: Dust and an Open Cluster Copyrighted
October 1995 (31)
- Oct 31 A Halloween Invasion from Mars
- Oct 30 Comet Hale-Bopp Update
- Oct 29 Radioactive Clouds in the Milky Way
- Oct 28 The Delta Clipper
- Oct 27 The Tarantula and the Supernova Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Aurora Astern
- Oct 25 Painting with Solar Neutrons
- Oct 24 A Total Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Gamma-Ray Quasars
- Oct 22 A Quasar – Galaxy Collision?
- Oct 21 A Glimpse of Titan's Surface
- Oct 20 Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
- Oct 19 Globular Cluster M5 Copyrighted
- Oct 18 A Storm on Saturn
- Oct 17 Galaxy Dwingeloo 1 Emerges
- Oct 16 Starburst Galaxy M94
- Oct 15 Iapetus: Saturn's Disappearing Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Rhea: Saturn's Second Largest Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Jupiter, Io, and Ganymede's Shadow
- Oct 12 HH-47 Star Jet
- Oct 11 LMC Star Clouds
- Oct 10 Dione's Lagrange Moon Helene
- Oct 9 Saturn's Moon Dione Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
- Oct 7 Apollo 12's Lunar Module Descends
- Oct 6 Dark Bok Globules in IC 2944 Copyrighted
- Oct 5 CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule Copyrighted
- Oct 4 The Sun Spews X-rays
- Oct 3 Deimos: A Small Martian Moon
- Oct 2 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Oct 1 Central Galactic Star Bursts
September 1995 (30)
- Sep 30 An Energetic Radio Galaxy
- Sep 29 The International Ultraviolet Explorer
- Sep 28 A Venusian Landscape
- Sep 27 A Venus Landing
- Sep 26 Star Trails in Southern Skies Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Orion's Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Mimas: Small Moon with A Big Crater
- Sep 23 Titan: Saturn's Smog Moon
- Sep 22 Standing on the Moon
- Sep 21 One Small Step
- Sep 20 GL 105C: The Coolest Star?
- Sep 19 The Small Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Sep 18 The Large Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Thousands of Coma Cluster Galaxies Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Rockets and Robert Goddard
- Sep 15 Space Station Mir Over Earth
- Sep 14 The Far Side
- Sep 13 Elliptical Galaxy M87 Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Spiral Galaxy M83 Copyrighted
- Sep 11 Proplyds: Infant Solar Systems
- Sep 10 White Dwarfs Cool
- Sep 9 The Last Moon Shot
- Sep 8 The Milky Way's Center
- Sep 7 Distant Galaxies
- Sep 6 Callisto: Dark Smashed Iceball
- Sep 5 Europa: Ancient Water World Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Ganymede: Moonquake World Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Earth's Moon, A Familiar Face
- Sep 2 Hot Gas and Dark Matter
- Sep 1 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 1910-1995 Copyrighted
August 1995 (31)
- Aug 31 X-Raying the Moon
- Aug 30 Skylab Over Earth
- Aug 29 Saturn V: NASA's Largest Rocket
- Aug 28 Dusty Galaxy Centaurus A
- Aug 27 Gamma Ray Bursts from the Unknown
- Aug 26 Two Tails of Comet West
- Aug 25 A World Explorer
- Aug 24 A Radar Image of Planet Earth
- Aug 23 A Venusian Tick
- Aug 22 Venus UnVeiled
- Aug 21 An Orbiting Iceberg
- Aug 20 Announcing Comet Hale-Bopp
- Aug 19 Our Solar System from Voyager
- Aug 18 Pluto: The Frozen Planet
- Aug 17 Neptune: Big Blue Giant Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Uranus: The Tilted Planet
- Aug 15 Venus: Earth's Sister Planet Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Mercury: Closest Planet to the Sun
- Aug 13 The Sun Erupts
- Aug 12 Atlantis Landing
- Aug 11 The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- Aug 10 The Orbiting Hubble Space Telescope
- Aug 9 Challenger Launches Spacelab 2
- Aug 8 Columbia Waits, Discovery Launches
- Aug 7 Night Launch of Endeavour
- Aug 6 Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia
- Aug 5 Geysers on Triton Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Closeup of an Io Volcano Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Io: A Volcanic Moon
- Aug 2 Jupiter's Rings
- Aug 1 Crossing The Ring Plane
July 1995 (31)
- Jul 31 Exploring Saturn's Rings
- Jul 30 The Rings of Saturn
- Jul 29 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
- Jul 28 M82: An Irregular Galaxy
- Jul 27 M57: The Ring Nebula
- Jul 26 M15: A Great Globular Cluster
- Jul 25 M1: The Crab Nebula
- Jul 24 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- Jul 23 M20: The Trifid Nebula
- Jul 22 The Face on Mars
- Jul 21 The Search for Life on Mars
- Jul 20 The Grand Canyon of Mars
- Jul 19 The Mountains of Mars
- Jul 18 Cygnus Loop Supernova Shockwave
- Jul 17 Barsoom
- Jul 16 The Exploration of Mars
- Jul 15 The Crater Chain
- Jul 14 Comet Impacts on Jupiter
- Jul 13 A String Of Pearls
- Jul 12 Eta Carinae Before Explosion
- Jul 11 Microlensing of the Einstein Cross
- Jul 10 Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens
- Jul 9 A Meteoric View of Apollo 13
- Jul 8 Damage to Apollo 13
- Jul 7 Lunar Farside from Apollo 13
- Jul 6 Saturn, Rings, and Two Moons
- Jul 5 The Night Side of Saturn
- Jul 4 The Firework Nebula
- Jul 3 The Great Nebula in Orion
- Jul 2 The Cartwheel Galaxy
- Jul 1 The Hooker Telescope on Mt. Wilson
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June 1995 (12)
- Jun 30 Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
- Jun 29 The Earth-Moon System
- Jun 28 The Cat's Eye Nebula
- Jun 27 An Ultraviolet Image of Messier 101
- Jun 26 The Spiral Galaxy M100
- Jun 25 Jupiter from Voyager
- Jun 24 The Crab Nebula and Geminga in Gamma Rays
- Jun 23 Gamma Ray All Sky Map
- Jun 22 The Earth from Apollo 17
- Jun 21 The Aftermath of the Great Supernova in 1987
- Jun 20 The Pleiades Star Cluster
- Jun 16 Neutron Star Earth
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- Astronomy Picture of the Day — NASA Science, science.nasa.gov/apod/archive
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