Astronomy Picture of the Day · 1996
APOD 1996
366 entries from 1996: 366 images and 0 videos. 87 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 1996 Io Rotating
Credit: The Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
November 30, 1996 Aurora Astern
Aurora Astern Credit: STS-68 Crew, NASA
October 31, 1996 The Barren Moon
The Barren Moon Credit: Apollo 17, NASA
September 30, 1996 Exploring The Universe With IUE (1978-1996)
Exploring The Universe With IUE 1978-1996 Credit: J. Bonnell and M. Perez (GSFC), NASA
August 31, 1996 Kepler Discovers How Planets Move
Credit: Johnnes Kepler Gesammelte Werke , C. H. Beck, 1937
July 31, 1996 A Violet Moon
Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 1996 (31)
- Dec 31 Io Rotating
- Dec 30 X-Ray Earth
- Dec 29 Dark Bok Globules in IC 2944 Copyrighted
- Dec 28 CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule Copyrighted
- Dec 27 HET: The New Largest Optical Telescope
- Dec 26 Carl Sagan 1934-1996 Copyrighted
- Dec 25 An Earth Ornament
- Dec 24 A Mirry Christmas
- Dec 23 The Hills of Ganymede
- Dec 22 18 Miles From Deimos
- Dec 21 Sun and Winter Solstice 1996
- Dec 20 The UV SMC from UIT
- Dec 19 Comet Hale-Bopp Inbound
- Dec 18 A Sky Full Of Hydrogen
- Dec 17 Mariner's Mercury
- Dec 16 Nebula Nova Cygni Turns On
- Dec 15 Microlensing of the Einstein Cross
- Dec 14 Our Solar System from Voyager
- Dec 13 Disorder in Stephan's Quintet
- Dec 12 The Milky Way Through the Summer Triangle Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Starburst Ring in Galaxy NGC 1317
- Dec 10 Comet Halley's Nucleus Copyrighted
- Dec 9 Callisto Full Face
- Dec 8 Degas Ray Crater on Mercury
- Dec 7 Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion
- Dec 6 Globular Cluster M3 Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Io's Giant Volcano Pele
- Dec 4 Ice at the Lunar South Pole
- Dec 3 Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
- Dec 2 Orion's Star Colors Copyrighted
- Dec 1 Star Trails in Northern Skies Copyrighted
November 1996 (30)
- Nov 30 Aurora Astern
- Nov 29 Io: The Fissure King?
- Nov 28 Comet-like Clouds in the Cartwheel Galaxy
- Nov 27 Storm Clouds Over Jupiter
- Nov 26 The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz
- Nov 25 A Quasar Portrait Gallery
- Nov 24 Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
- Nov 23 Gamma Ray Bursts from the Unknown
- Nov 22 Fliers Around the Blue Snowball Nebula
- Nov 21 The Blue Snowball Planetary Nebula
- Nov 20 Europa Full Face
- Nov 19 Fractal Interstellar Dust Up-Close Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Unusual M82: The Cigar Galaxy Copyrighted
- Nov 17 A Quasar in the Gamma-Ray Sky
- Nov 16 The Leonid Meteor Shower (Tonight)
- Nov 15 Searching For Solar Systems
- Nov 14 Supernova Remnant and Neutron Star
- Nov 13 Seven Jets from Comet Hale-Bopp
- Nov 12 Comet Hale-Bopp Passes M14 Copyrighted
- Nov 11 NGC 4755: A Jewel Box of Stars Copyrighted
- Nov 10 Columbia Launches
- Nov 9 Surveyor Hops
- Nov 8 A Solar Corona Ejection
- Nov 7 Fields of Minerals on Ganymede
- Nov 6 Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma
- Nov 5 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
- Nov 4 The Martian Spring
- Nov 3 Surveyor Night Launch
- Nov 2 Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 Almost Sideways Copyrighted
- Nov 1 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 Edge On Copyrighted
October 1996 (31)
- Oct 31 The Barren Moon
- Oct 30 Grand Design Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997 Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Io Full Face
- Oct 28 The Weather on Neptune
- Oct 27 Io's Active Volcanoes
- Oct 26 Mir Over New Zealand
- Oct 25 A Flyby View of Ganymede
- Oct 24 Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 23 The Large Cloud of Magellan (LMC) Copyrighted
- Oct 22 The Cracked Ice Plains of Europa
- Oct 21 Explanation:
- Oct 20 Surveyor Slides
- Oct 19 Lalande 21185: The Nearest Planetary System? Copyrighted
- Oct 18 Explanation:
- Oct 17 Proplyds: Infant Solar Systems?
- Oct 16 SN 1006: Pieces of the Cosmic Ray Puzzle
- Oct 15 Phobos Over Mars
- Oct 14 Bright Stars, Dim Galaxy
- Oct 13 The Earth Also Rises
- Oct 12 The Water Vapor Channel
- Oct 11 The Double Nucleus of M31
- Oct 10 Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon
- Oct 9 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Oct 8 ROSAT Explores the X-Ray Sky
- Oct 7 Io's Shadow
- Oct 6 A Crescent Earth At Midnight
- Oct 5 A Close-Up of the Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 4 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
- Oct 3 Three Views of Jupiter's Io
- Oct 2 Orion's Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 1 BATSE's Biggest Gamma Ray Burst (Yet)
September 1996 (30)
- Sep 30 Exploring The Universe With IUE (1978-1996)
- Sep 29 The X-Ray Moon
- Sep 28 A Soyuz at Mir
- Sep 27 Welcome Home Shannon Lucid
- Sep 26 Tonight: A Total Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Bright Stars and Dark Clouds Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Beneath Venus' Clouds
- Sep 23 Explanation: Copyrighted
- Sep 22 The Equal Night
- Sep 21 The Ecliptic Plane
- Sep 20 Hurricane Fran's Approach
- Sep 19 The Moon and All the Crashes Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Stars in the Infrared Sky
- Sep 17 Comet Hale-Bopp Fades
- Sep 16 Explanation:
- Sep 15 Tycho Brahe Measures the Sky
- Sep 14 Aristarchus' Unbelievable Discoveries
- Sep 13 Southwest Mercury
- Sep 12 Mercury: A Cratered Inferno
- Sep 11 In the Center of Spiral M77
- Sep 10 M77: Spiral with a Strange Glow
- Sep 9 The High Energy Crab Nebula
- Sep 8 Volcano Euboea Fluctus On Io
- Sep 7 Two Billion Years After the Big Bang
- Sep 6 The Largest Impact Crater
- Sep 5 Watch Galaxies Form
- Sep 4 IRTF: Scanning the Infrared Skies
- Sep 3 The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Sep 2 Sirius: The Brightest Star in the Night Copyrighted
- Sep 1 VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope Copyrighted
August 1996 (31)
- Aug 31 Kepler Discovers How Planets Move
- Aug 30 Galileo Demonstrates the Telescope
- Aug 29 M17: The Majestic Swan Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 28 NGC 5882: A Small Planetary Nebula
- Aug 27 Galileo Zooms in on Jupiter's Red Spot
- Aug 26 A Wolf-Rayet Star Bubble Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Luna 9: First Soft Lander
- Aug 24 Why is QSO 1229+204 so Bright?
- Aug 23 NGC 3293: A Bright Young Open Cluster Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Arp 230: Two Spirals in One?
- Aug 21 A Close-Up of the Lagoon's Hourglass
- Aug 20 A Close-Up of the Lagoon Nebula
- Aug 19 Welcome to Planet Earth
- Aug 18 A Milestone Quasar
- Aug 17 A Meteorite From Mars
- Aug 16 NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery in M33
- Aug 15 Galileo Views Io Eruption
- Aug 14 Galileo Explores Europa
- Aug 13 Europa's Surface Copyrighted
- Aug 12 Leo Triplet Spiral Galaxy M65 Copyrighted
- Aug 11 The Snake Nebula in Ophiuchus Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 Copyrighted
- Aug 9 The Perseid Meteor Shower
- Aug 8 Pictured: An Ancient Martian?
- Aug 7 Early Microscopic Life on Mars?
- Aug 6 Europa: Oceans of Life?
- Aug 5 Erupting Volcanoes on Io
- Aug 4 NGC 3393: A Super Spiral?
- Aug 3 Jupiter's Colorful Clouds
- Aug 2 Galileo, Cassini, and the Great Red Spot
- Aug 1 The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
July 1996 (31)
- Jul 31 A Violet Moon
- Jul 30 Tonight: A Blue Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 29 A Dust Jet From Hale-Bopp
- Jul 28 Huck Finn's New Sky View
- Jul 27 Driving to the Sun
- Jul 26 The Cygnus Loop
- Jul 25 Hale-Bopp on Schedule
- Jul 24 COMPTEL Explores The Radioactive Sky
- Jul 23 Hale-Bopp, Jupiter, and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 22 Utopia on Mars
- Jul 21 The Eagle Soars
- Jul 20 20 Years Ago: Vikings on Mars
- Jul 19 Galileo's First Color Image of Io
- Jul 18 Nebulosity in Sagittarius Copyrighted
- Jul 17 Looking Down on Saturn
- Jul 16 A Portrait of Saturn from Titan
- Jul 15 Keck: The Largest Optical Telescope
- Jul 14 M81 in True Color
- Jul 13 M81: A Bulging Spiral Galaxy
- Jul 12 Ancient Cratered Plains on Ganymede
- Jul 11 Ganymede: A Really Groovy Moon
- Jul 10 Galileo Photographs Ganymede
- Jul 9 M74: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
- Jul 8 M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
- Jul 7 Isaac Newton Explains the Solar System
- Jul 6 Edmond Halley's Greatest Discoveries
- Jul 5 The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987a
- Jul 4 The Cat's Eye Nebula (Revisited)
- Jul 3 Superbubbles in the LMC Copyrighted
- Jul 2 NASA's Latest Rockets: X-33
- Jul 1 Worlds of a Distant Sun: 47 Ursae Majoris b Copyrighted
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June 1996 (30)
- Jun 30 Greetings from the Pioneers
- Jun 29 The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle
- Jun 28 A Distant Galaxy in the Deep Field
- Jun 27 Voyager's Preview of Galileo at Ganymede
- Jun 26 Happy Birthday Charles Messier: M1
- Jun 25 A Star Forming Region in the LMC
- Jun 24 A View from Venus: Rift Valley
- Jun 23 Tycho's Supernova Remnant in X-ray
- Jun 22 North to the Moon's Pole
- Jun 21 A Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Apollo Sunrise
- Jun 19 Aurora: Curtains in the Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Seven Sisters Versus California Copyrighted
- Jun 17 The United States at Night Copyrighted
- Jun 16 APOD is One Year Old Today
- Jun 15 Walking in Space
- Jun 14 Floating Free in Space
- Jun 13 Vela Supernova Remnant in Optical Copyrighted
- Jun 12 Vela Supernova Remnant in X-ray
- Jun 11 Doomed Star Eta Carinae
- Jun 10 Ultraviolet Earth
- Jun 9 Blasting Off From the Moon
- Jun 8 The First Lunar Observatory
- Jun 7 Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Crater
- Jun 6 The North America Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Sagittarius and the Central Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Impact! 65 Million Years Ago
- Jun 3 Mir Dreams
- Jun 2 6 Up 5 Down
- Jun 1 The Iron Moon
May 1996 (31)
- May 31 The Pulsar Powered Crab
- May 30 Sunshine, Earthshine at the Lunar Limb
- May 29 The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky
- May 28 The Pipe Dark Nebula Copyrighted
- May 27 Aurora Crown the Earth
- May 26 Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System Copyrighted
- May 25 The Shuttle Launches an Inflatable Antenna
- May 24 In the Center of 30 Doradus
- May 23 Stellar Violence in 30 Doradus Copyrighted
- May 22 Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula
- May 21 The Iron Sun
- May 20 Helios Helium
- May 19 Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo I Copyrighted
- May 18 The Sun Today
- May 17 Comet Hyakutake and a Solar Flare
- May 16 Comet Hyakutake Passes the Sun
- May 15 The Milky Way Near the Northern Cross Copyrighted
- May 14 Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (II)
- May 13 Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (I)
- May 12 Tracking Saturn's Moons
- May 11 Sunlight Through Saturn's Rings
- May 10 Henize 70: A SuperBubble In The LMC Copyrighted
- May 9 Supernova Remnant: Cooking Elements In The LMC
- May 8 Neptune's Great Dark Spot: Gone But Not Forgotten
- May 7 The Clouds of Neptune
- May 6 Southern Lights and Shuttle Glow
- May 5 Planet Near a Galaxy Core
- May 4 Astro 1 In Orbit
- May 3 The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross Copyrighted
- May 2 The Tails of Comet Hyakutake Copyrighted
- May 1 Comet Hyakutake and a Cactus
April 1996 (30)
- Apr 30 Uranus' Ring System
- Apr 29 Saturn's Rings Seen Sideways
- Apr 28 The Sun Sets on Comet Hyakutake
- Apr 27 Apollo 14: Rickshaw Tracks Across the Moon
- Apr 26 A Giant Globular Cluster in M31
- Apr 25 In the Center of the Whirlpool
- Apr 24 Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images
- Apr 23 Comet Hyakutake on a Starry Night Copyrighted
- Apr 22 At the Edge of the Helix
- Apr 21 A Supernova in the Whirlpool
- Apr 20 Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation
- Apr 19 The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter
- Apr 18 Hyakutake, Venus, Orion, and Pond Copyrighted
- Apr 17 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
- Apr 15 NASA Mission to MAP the Universe
- Apr 14 The Rotating Jets of Comet Hyakutake
- Apr 13 The Compton Observatory Turns Five
- Apr 12 Man Enters Space
- Apr 11 Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake
- Apr 10 Comet Hyakutake and a Tree Copyrighted
- Apr 9 A Spiral Galaxy Gallery
- Apr 8 Uranus's Moon Oberon: Impact World
- Apr 7 Uranus's Moon Umbriel: A Mysterious Dark World
- Apr 6 Andromeda Nebula: Var!
- Apr 5 The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Apr 4 The Keyhole Nebula Near Eta Carinae Copyrighted
- Apr 3 A Lucky Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Atlantis Approaches Mir
- Apr 1 Hyakutake, Big Dipper, and Observatory Dome Copyrighted
March 1996 (31)
- Mar 31 Comet Hyakutake Finder Chart for April
- Mar 30 An Extreme UltraViolet View of the Comet
- Mar 29 The Colors of Comet Hyakutake Copyrighted
- Mar 28 Near the Nucleus of Hyakutake
- Mar 27 How Much is That Comet in the Window? Copyrighted
- Mar 26 What are Comet Tails Made Of?
- Mar 25 Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth Copyrighted
- Mar 24 Comet Hyakutake's Closest Approach Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Comet Hyakutake's Past and Future Copyrighted
- Mar 22 Where to See Comet Hyakutake Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Near Comet Hyakutake's Nucleus
- Mar 20 NGC 1977: Blue Reflection Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Mar 19 The Ion Tail of Comet Hyakutake
- Mar 18 Saturn with Moons Tethys and Dione
- Mar 17 Saturn's Cloud Tops
- Mar 16 Spiral Galaxy M90 Copyrighted
- Mar 15 The McMath-Pierce Solar Observatory Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Comet Hyakutake's Orbit
- Mar 13 Here Comes Comet Hyakutake
- Mar 12 The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- Mar 11 Hubble Telescope Maps Pluto
- Mar 10 Mir is 10
- Mar 9 Arecibo: The Largest Telescope
- Mar 8 The 76 Meter Lovell Radio Telescope
- Mar 7 Rampaging Fronts of the Veil Nebula
- Mar 6 Jets From SS433
- Mar 5 A Black Hole in M87's Center?
- Mar 4 Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Uranus' Moon Ariel: Valley World Copyrighted
- Mar 2 Von Braun's Wheel
- Mar 1 A Mysterious Cone Nebula Copyrighted
February 1996 (29)
- Feb 29 Julius Caesar and Leap Days
- Feb 28 Explosions Discovered Near Galactic Center
- Feb 27 X-ray Moon and X-ray Star
- Feb 26 Fireball!
- Feb 25 A High Energy Fleet
- Feb 24 Tanks for the Lift
- Feb 23 Apollo 15: Driving on the Moon
- Feb 22 Apollo 15's Home on the Moon
- Feb 21 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
- Feb 20 ASCA X-Ray Observatory
- Feb 19 Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle
- Feb 18 Abell 3627 in the Great Attractor Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe
- Feb 16 The Early Universe
- Feb 15 NEAR to an Asteroid
- Feb 14 NGC 2237: The Rosette Nebula
- Feb 13 7,000 Stars And The Milky Way Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Pluto Not Yet Explored
- Feb 11 Sputnik: The Traveling Companion
- Feb 10 The First Explorer
- Feb 9 The Eye of an Hourglass Nebula
- Feb 8 Hyakutake: The Great Comet of 1996? Copyrighted
- Feb 7 If You Could Stand on Mars
- Feb 6 COBE Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known
- Feb 5 COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
- Feb 4 The Closest Galaxy: The Sagittarius Dwarf Copyrighted
- Feb 3 A Huge Impact Crater on Mars
- Feb 2 A MACHO View of Galactic Dark Matter
- Feb 1 Lensing through Baade's Window Copyrighted
January 1996 (31)
- Jan 31 Planets Around Sun-Like Stars
- Jan 30 70 Virginis b: A New Water Planet? Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Searchlight Beams from the Egg Nebula
- Jan 28 Orbiting Repairmen
- Jan 27 M8: An Open Cluster in the Lagoon
- Jan 26 Quadrantids: Meteors in Perspective
- Jan 25 Catching Falling Stardust
- Jan 24 The Deep Field
- Jan 23 Beneath Jupiter's Clouds
- Jan 22 Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
- Jan 21 Mercury's Faults Copyrighted
- Jan 20 Mercury's Caloris Basin
- Jan 19 The Dusty Disk of Beta Pic
- Jan 18 MyCn18: An Hourglass Nebula
- Jan 17 NGC 7027: A Dying Star's Nebula
- Jan 16 Wild Duck Open Cluster M11 Copyrighted
- Jan 15 The Dawn of the Clusters
- Jan 14 A Distant Cluster of Galaxies
- Jan 13 Lunokhod 1: Moon Robot
- Jan 12 Mare Orientale
- Jan 11 Lasers in Eta Carinae
- Jan 10 The Cepheids of M100
- Jan 9 M100 and the Expanding Universe
- Jan 8 Local Group Galaxy NGC 205
- Jan 7 Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone
- Jan 6 Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy M32
- Jan 5 The Toby Jug Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Symbiotic Star System R Aquarii Copyrighted
- Jan 3 The X-ray Timing Explorer
- Jan 2 The X-Ray Sky
- Jan 1 Shuttle Engine Blast
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