Showing posts with label APOTD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label APOTD. Show all posts
Thursday, February 28, 2013

APOTD: Ghost Nebula

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Caption: NOAO This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic Camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak Nat...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

APOTD: Molecular Cloud in Monoceros

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Image: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and N.S. van der Bliek (NOAO/AURA/NSF) [ high-resolution ] Read NOAO Conditions of Us...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

APOTD: Soap Bubble Nebula

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Image: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN  and NOAO/AURA/NSF [ high-resolution ] Caption: NOAO nformall...
Monday, January 21, 2013

APOTD: Saturn's Glowing Aurora

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Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Leicester [ high-resolution ] Caption: Cassini Solstice team This false-color co...
Monday, January 14, 2013

APOTD: Tectonics on Enceladus

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On Oct. 5, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this ...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

APOTD: A Star Making Waves

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VIA: NASA/JPL : "The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a "shocking" effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

APOTD: 5 Galaxy Pile Up

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This portrait of Stephan’s Quintet, also known as the Hickson Compact Group 92, was taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

APOTD: Late Afternoon SHadows at Endeavour Crater on Mars

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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ. NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity catches its own late-afternoon shadow in thi...