Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2002
APOD 2002
365 entries from 2002: 365 images and 0 videos. 138 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2002 A Year of Assessing Astronomical Hazards
Drawing Credit: Dan Durda ( SWRI )
November 30, 2002 Surveyor Hops
Credit : Surveyor Project, NASA
October 31, 2002 Aurora in the Night
Credit & Copyright: Juha Kinnunen
September 30, 2002 D. rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
Credit: Michael Daly ( Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ), DOE
August 31, 2002 The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle
Credit: Voyager Project , JPL , NASA
July 31, 2002 Henize 3-401: An Elongated Planetary Nebula
Credit: R. Sahai ( JPL / NASA ) et al., HST , NASA , ESAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2002 (31)
- Dec 31 A Year of Assessing Astronomical Hazards
- Dec 30 A Sun Pillar Copyrighted
- Dec 29 NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
- Dec 28 Mir Dreams
- Dec 27 X-Ray Mystery in RCW 38
- Dec 26 Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica Copyrighted
- Dec 25 Orion Rising Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Spring Dust Storms at the North Pole of Mars
- Dec 23 Stars and Dust Through Baade's Window Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Summer at the South Pole Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Solstice Celebration
- Dec 20 Colorful Clouds of Orion Copyrighted
- Dec 19 RAPTOR Images GRB 021211
- Dec 18 Io Volcano Culann Patera
- Dec 17 Beefing Up the International Space Station
- Dec 16 Night and Day in Melas Chasma on Mars
- Dec 15 A Network of Microlensing Caustics Copyrighted
- Dec 14 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
- Dec 13 The Crown of the Sun Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Apollo 17: Last on the Moon
- Dec 11 Meteors Between Stars and Clouds Copyrighted
- Dec 10 M17: Omega Nebula Star Factory Copyrighted
- Dec 9 Moon Shadow Moves Over Africa Copyrighted
- Dec 8 The International Space Station Expands Yet Again
- Dec 7 Jupiter, Io and Shadow
- Dec 6 Zimbabwe Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Dec 5 NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet
- Dec 4 Moon, Mars, Venus, and Spica Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Eclipse Over Acacia Copyrighted
- Dec 2 Nearby Spiral M33 Copyrighted
- Dec 1 The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
November 2002 (30)
- Nov 30 Surveyor Hops
- Nov 29 Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 Copyrighted
- Nov 28 The Supermassive Black Holes of NGC 6240
- Nov 27 Leonids and Leica Copyrighted
- Nov 26 Name This Martian Robot
- Nov 25 The Earth's Magnetic Field Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Hubble Floats Free
- Nov 23 Mare Orientale
- Nov 22 Full Moon, Lake, and Leonids Indeed Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Starburst Galaxy M94 Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Leonids vs. The Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 19 A Kitt Peak Leonid at 1026 UT
- Nov 18 The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite Copyrighted
- Nov 17 Leonids from Leo Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Tempel-Tuttle: The Leonid Comet Copyrighted
- Nov 15 Night Trails of Africa Copyrighted
- Nov 14 The Sharpest View of the Sun
- Nov 13 Asteroid Annefrank
- Nov 12 Terkezi Oasis in the Sahara Desert
- Nov 11 The Outer Shells of Centaurus A
- Nov 10 A Green Flash from the Sun Copyrighted
- Nov 9 A Cerro Tololo Sky Copyrighted
- Nov 8 NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula
- Nov 7 2001 Leonids: Meteors in Perspective Copyrighted
- Nov 6 The Winter Hexagon Copyrighted
- Nov 5 Leonids Over Joshua Tree National Park Copyrighted
- Nov 4 Cassini Approaches Saturn
- Nov 3 The International Space Station Expands Again
- Nov 2 NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
- Nov 1 Europa's Freckles
October 2002 (31)
- Oct 31 Aurora in the Night Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Leonids Over Uluru Copyrighted
- Oct 29 A Lunar Rille
- Oct 28 Earth's Richat Structure
- Oct 27 Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
- Oct 26 Dark Matter, X-rays, and NGC 720
- Oct 25 Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- Oct 24 Gullies on Mars
- Oct 23 Liftoff With the Space Shuttle Copyrighted
- Oct 22 A Small Double Ozone Hole in 2002
- Oct 21 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Oct 20 The Space Shuttle Docked with Mir
- Oct 19 Io's Surface: Under Construction
- Oct 18 At the Center of the Milky Way
- Oct 17 Centaurus A: Young Blue Star Stream
- Oct 16 Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Aurora's Ring Copyrighted
- Oct 14 IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 13 CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Chandra Deep Field
- Oct 11 Fomalhaut Dust Disk Indicates Planets
- Oct 10 Dusty Environs of Eta Carinae
- Oct 9 Quaoar: Large Asteroid in the Outer Solar System
- Oct 8 The X-Ray Jets of XTE J1550
- Oct 7 The Galaxy and the Quasar
- Oct 6 The Lagoon Nebula in Three Colors
- Oct 5 X-Ray Cygnus A
- Oct 4 Facing NGC 6946 Copyrighted
- Oct 3 V838 Mon: Mystery Star
- Oct 2 Star Clouds Toward the Southern Crown Copyrighted
- Oct 1 Rectangular Ridges on Mars
September 2002 (30)
- Sep 30 D. rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
- Sep 29 Venus: Just Passing By
- Sep 28 X-Ray Rainbows
- Sep 27 Accretion Disk Simulation
- Sep 26 Rocket Trail at Sunset
- Sep 25 Jupiter, Moons and Bees Copyrighted
- Sep 24 To Fly Free in Space
- Sep 23 The Milky Way Over the French Alps Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Two Hours Before Neptune
- Sep 21 Moonset, Planet Earth
- Sep 20 The Crab Nebula Pulsar Shrugs
- Sep 19 Asteroid 1998 KY26
- Sep 18 A Sagittarius Starscape Copyrighted
- Sep 17 A Force from Empty Space: The Casimir Effect Copyrighted
- Sep 16 An Atlas V Rocket Prepares to Launch Copyrighted
- Sep 15 Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn
- Sep 14 X-Ray Moon
- Sep 13 Aristarchus Plateau Copyrighted
- Sep 12 X-Rays From Tycho's Supernova Remnant
- Sep 11 Pluto & Charon Eclipse a Triple Star
- Sep 10 Venus Beyond the Storm Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Hoag's Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy
- Sep 8 Too Close to a Black Hole Copyrighted
- Sep 7 Stereo Saturn
- Sep 6 HESS Gamma-Ray Telescope
- Sep 5 Voyager Views Titan's Haze
- Sep 4 Halo of the Cat's Eye
- Sep 3 A Dust Devil on Mars
- Sep 2 Colorful Light Pillars Copyrighted
- Sep 1 The Hubble Deep Field
August 2002 (31)
- Aug 31 The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle
- Aug 30 Semeis 147: Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Aug 29 The Pelican in the Swan Copyrighted
- Aug 28 3D Mars: Northern Terra Meridiani
- Aug 27 Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- Aug 26 The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Nebula Nova Cygni Turns On
- Aug 24 Cas A Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
- Aug 23 Island Universe, Cosmic Sand Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Shell Game in NGC 300
- Aug 21 Spiral Galaxy NGC 300
- Aug 20 The Universe in Hot Gas Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
- Aug 18 Earth's North Magnetic Pole
- Aug 17 Asteroid 2002 NY40
- Aug 16 Rainbow Perseid Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Meteors and Northern Lights Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Giant Emission Nebula NGC 3603 in Infrared
- Aug 13 Contemplating the Sky Copyrighted
- Aug 12 The Colors and Mysteries of Centaurus A
- Aug 11 A Perseid Meteor Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Earth at Night
- Aug 9 Fireworks and Shooting Stars Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Ancient Volcanos of Mars
- Aug 7 Gomez's Hamburger: A Proto-Planetary Nebula
- Aug 6 Muon Wobble Possible Door to Supersymmetric Universe
- Aug 5 Rays from an Unexpected Aurora Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997 from VLT
- Aug 3 The Galactic Center – A Radio Mystery
- Aug 2 Comet 57P Falls to Pieces
- Aug 1 Sunspots and Solar Active Regions Copyrighted
July 2002 (31)
- Jul 31 Henize 3-401: An Elongated Planetary Nebula
- Jul 30 A Star Cluster in Motion
- Jul 29 A Setting Sun Trail Copyrighted
- Jul 28 An Anomalous SETI Signal Copyrighted
- Jul 27 Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
- Jul 26 Clearing Skies Copyrighted
- Jul 25 NGC 1569: Heavy Elements from a Small Galaxy
- Jul 24 Our Busy Solar System Copyrighted
- Jul 23 The View from Everest Copyrighted
- Jul 22 Open Cluster NGC 6520 from CFHT Copyrighted
- Jul 21 Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
- Jul 20 Footprints on Another World
- Jul 19 Counting Stars in the Infrared Sky
- Jul 18 Sunspot Region 30
- Jul 17 Star-Forming Region RCW38 from 2MASS
- Jul 16 Outbound from Mercury
- Jul 15 Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star Copyrighted
- Jul 14 The Crab Nebula from VLT
- Jul 13 Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater
- Jul 12 Recycling Cassiopeia A
- Jul 11 M51: X-Rays from the Whirlpool
- Jul 10 M51: Cosmic Whirlpool Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Analemma Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Weighing Empty Space Copyrighted
- Jul 7 The Galactic Center Across the Infrared
- Jul 6 Io: Moon Over Jupiter
- Jul 5 Many Moons Copyrighted
- Jul 4 Young Star Clusters in an Old Galaxy
- Jul 3 Interstellar Dust Bunnies of NGC 891 Copyrighted
- Jul 2 The Average Color of the Universe
- Jul 1 The Fox Fur Nebula Copyrighted
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June 2002 (30)
- Jun 30 Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
- Jun 29 A Deep Field In The Southern Sky
- Jun 28 Lunar Module at Taurus-Littrow
- Jun 27 Carving Ma'adim Vallis
- Jun 26 In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
- Jun 25 Venus and Jupiter Over Belfast
- Jun 24 The Sun's Heliosphere & Heliopause Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Asteroids in the Distance
- Jun 22 Io: The Prometheus Plume
- Jun 21 Zimbabwe Sunset Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Bright Galaxy M81 Copyrighted
- Jun 19 The Moon & Venus Over Geneva Copyrighted
- Jun 18 IC 4406: A Seemingly Square Nebula
- Jun 17 NGC 4697: X-Rays from an Elliptical Galaxy
- Jun 16 Jupiter's Rings Revealed
- Jun 15 MyCn18: An Hourglass Nebula
- Jun 14 55 Cancri: Familiar Planet Discovered Copyrighted
- Jun 13 The Tarantula Zone
- Jun 12 A Partial Eclipse Over the Golden Gate Bridge Copyrighted
- Jun 11 Inside the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire Copyrighted
- Jun 9 A Chamaeleon Sky
- Jun 8 A Fleeting Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Portrait of an Infant Solar System
- Jun 6 Cone Nebula Infrared Close-Up
- Jun 5 NGC 3621: Far Beyond the Local Group
- Jun 4 A Martian Metamorphosis
- Jun 3 Galaxy NGC 4388 Expels Huge Gas Cloud Copyrighted
- Jun 2 Cracks and Ridges on Europa
- Jun 1 NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog
May 2002 (31)
- May 31 In Chandor Chasma on Mars
- May 30 Orion Nebulosities Copyrighted
- May 29 Cosmic Ripples Implicate Dark Universe
- May 28 The Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes
- May 27 Antarctic Ice Shelf Vista Copyrighted
- May 26 The Pipe Dark Nebula Copyrighted
- May 25 A String Of Pearls
- May 24 Love and War by Moonlight Copyrighted
- May 23 N132D and the Color of X-Rays
- May 22 Moon and Planets by the Eiffel Tower Copyrighted
- May 21 The Galactic Center Radio Arc
- May 20 East of the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- May 19 Saturn's Moon Tethys Copyrighted
- May 18 Andromeda Island Universe Copyrighted
- May 17 Gamma-Ray Burst, Supernova Bump
- May 16 Double Trouble Solar Bubbles
- May 15 Tail Wags of Comet Ikeya-Zhang Copyrighted
- May 14 N44C: A Nebular Mystery
- May 13 White Rock Fingers on Mars
- May 12 At the Edge of the Helix Nebula
- May 11 Natural Saturn On The Cassini Cruise
- May 10 Trailing Planets Copyrighted
- May 9 Planets Over Stonehenge Copyrighted
- May 8 Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet
- May 7 Smog Over New York
- May 6 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
- May 5 The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- May 4 The Moons of Earth
- May 3 Cone Nebula Close-Up
- May 2 Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail
- May 1 In the Center of the Omega Nebula
April 2002 (30)
- Apr 30 The Holographic Principle Copyrighted
- Apr 29 Dusk of the Planets Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Doomed Star Eta Carinae
- Apr 27 Hawaii
- Apr 26 Comet Ikeya-Zhang Meets The ISS Copyrighted
- Apr 25 Southern Cross in Mauna Loa Skies Copyrighted
- Apr 24 The Trifid Nebula from AAO Copyrighted
- Apr 23 The Newly Expanded International Space Station
- Apr 22 Comet and Aurora Over Alaska Copyrighted
- Apr 21 The Center of Centaurus A
- Apr 20 Orion Nebula: The 2MASS View
- Apr 19 The Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms Copyrighted
- Apr 18 Planets in the West Copyrighted
- Apr 17 The Glory Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
- Apr 15 A New Truss for the International Space Station
- Apr 14 RX J185635-375: Candidate Quark Star
- Apr 13 Pwyll: Icy Crater of Europa
- Apr 12 A Galaxy is not a Comet Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Antennae Galaxies in Near-Infrared
- Apr 10 Unusual Rocks in Death Valley Copyrighted
- Apr 9 The Snake Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Apr 8 NGC 2787: A Barred Lenticular Galaxy
- Apr 7 NGC 2392 from Hubble
- Apr 6 Vintage Gamma Rays
- Apr 5 Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow: Supernova Connection
- Apr 4 Ikeya-Zhang: Comet Over Colorado Copyrighted
- Apr 3 NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy
- Apr 2 Mysterious Black Water in Florida Bay Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Hubble Resolves Expiration Date For Green Cheese Moon
March 2002 (31)
- Mar 31 The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
- Mar 30 Venus Unveiled
- Mar 29 NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy
- Mar 28 Centaurus Galaxy Cluster in X-Rays
- Mar 27 Looking Into an Io Volcano
- Mar 26 Comet Ikeya-Zhang Over Tenerife Copyrighted
- Mar 25 An Unusual Globule in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Mar 24 The Cat's Eye Nebula
- Mar 23 The Water Vapor Channel
- Mar 22 Odyssey Over Mars
- Mar 21 S is for Sun
- Mar 20 Aurora Over Antarctica Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Breaking Distant Light
- Mar 18 Comet Ikeya-Zhang's Busy Tail Copyrighted
- Mar 17 NGC 2244: A Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 16 The Colorful Moon
- Mar 15 Neutron Mars
- Mar 14 SM3B: Mission to Hubble
- Mar 13 LL Orionis: When Cosmic Winds Collide
- Mar 12 Atete Corona on Venus
- Mar 11 The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope
- Mar 10 A Southern Sky View Copyrighted
- Mar 9 A Quasar Portrait Gallery
- Mar 8 Columbia Dawn
- Mar 7 Comet Ikeya-Zhang Brightens Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Simulated Galaxy Cluster View
- Mar 5 Earth in True Color
- Mar 4 The Shuttle Crawler Transporter
- Mar 3 The Regolith of Asteroid Eros
- Mar 2 M27: Not A Comet
- Mar 1 Jupiter's Great X-Ray Spot
February 2002 (28)
- Feb 28 ESO 184-G82: Supernova – Gamma Ray Burst Connection
- Feb 27 A Cloud Shadow Sunrise Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Jets from Radio Galaxy 3C296 Copyrighted
- Feb 25 Crescent Europa
- Feb 24 Isaac Newton Explains the Solar System
- Feb 23 Shocked by Supernova 1987A
- Feb 22 Saturn at the Lunar Limb Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Comet Ikeya-Zhang Copyrighted
- Feb 20 Oddities of Star Cluster NGC 6397
- Feb 19 Water-Ice Imaged in Martian Polar Cap
- Feb 18 A Radio Vista of Cygnus Copyrighted
- Feb 17 The Local Bubble and the Galactic Neighborhood Copyrighted
- Feb 16 Miranda, Chevron, and Alonso
- Feb 15 Saturn: Lord of the Rings
- Feb 14 Solar System Portrait
- Feb 13 The Great Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Methane Earth
- Feb 11 Reflection Nebula M78 Copyrighted
- Feb 10 The Local Interstellar Cloud Copyrighted
- Feb 9 Moon Over Mongolia Copyrighted
- Feb 8 PKS 1127-145: Quasar View
- Feb 7 Coronal Hole
- Feb 6 The Cosmic Infrared Background
- Feb 5 Giant Storm Systems Battle on Jupiter
- Feb 4 Comet LINEAR (WM1) Shines in the South
- Feb 3 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Feb 2 Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside
- Feb 1 Balloon TIGER
January 2002 (31)
- Jan 31 EUVE Sky Map
- Jan 30 Moonrise Over Seattle Copyrighted
- Jan 29 The Southern Sky in Warm Hydrogen
- Jan 28 An Apollo 17 Panorama
- Jan 27 Earth Rise
- Jan 26 Shuttle Engine Blast
- Jan 25 The Spiral Arms of NGC 4622
- Jan 24 Ski Enceladus
- Jan 23 Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822 Copyrighted
- Jan 22 Neutron Bounce Quantized in Earth Gravity
- Jan 21 Volcano and Aurora in Iceland Copyrighted
- Jan 20 Callisto Full Face
- Jan 19 Stars Without Galaxies
- Jan 18 Saturn and Vesta in Taurus Copyrighted
- Jan 17 Pick a Galaxy, Any Galaxy
- Jan 16 Abell 2597's Cosmic Cavities
- Jan 15 Red Auroral Corona Copyrighted
- Jan 14 Sun Halo at Winter Solstice Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Hypatia of Alexandria
- Jan 12 The Gamma Ray Sky
- Jan 11 Sunbather
- Jan 10 X-Ray Milky Way
- Jan 9 Blue Flash Copyrighted
- Jan 8 Thackeray's Globules
- Jan 7 The Mysterious Cone Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 6 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
- Jan 5 Apollo 17's Moonship
- Jan 4 M16: Infrared Star Hunt
- Jan 3 M16: Stars, Pillars, and the Eagle's EGGs
- Jan 2 International Space Station Over Earth
- Jan 1 The Secret of the Black Aurora Copyrighted
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