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◦ The Celestial Archive

DECEMBER

1995

Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in December 1995.

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31 APODs this month31 Decembers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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A Star Where Photons Orbit

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Too Close to a Black Hole

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Shadow at the Lunar South Pole

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Releasing Compton

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NGC 2440 Nucleus: The Hottest Star?

51 Pegasi: A New Planet Discovered
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51 Pegasi: A New Planet Discovered

Lightning Below
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Lightning Below

An X-ray Hot Supernova in M81
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An X-ray Hot Supernova in M81

GL 229B: An Elusive Brown Dwarf?
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GL 229B: An Elusive Brown Dwarf?

The Swirling Center of NGC 4261
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The Swirling Center of NGC 4261

24 Hours from Jupiter
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24 Hours from Jupiter

Galileo's Jupiter Probe
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Galileo's Jupiter Probe

Descent To Jupiter
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Descent To Jupiter

Apollo 14 on the Moon
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Apollo 14 on the Moon

Apollo 14 Deploys ALSEP
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Apollo 14 Deploys ALSEP

NGC 5189: A Strange Planetary Nebula
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NGC 5189: A Strange Planetary Nebula

Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula
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Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula

A Delta Rocket Launches
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A Delta Rocket Launches

An Atlas Centaur Rocket Launches
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An Atlas Centaur Rocket Launches

M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy
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M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy

Hawai`i
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Hawai`i

The Space Shuttle Docks with Mir
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The Space Shuttle Docks with Mir

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Albert Einstein: 1879 - 1955
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Albert Einstein: 1879 - 1955

A Galaxy Gravitational Lens
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A Galaxy Gravitational Lens

Hot Stars in the Trifid Nebula
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Hot Stars in the Trifid Nebula

Summer at the South Pole
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Summer at the South Pole

Prometheus, Pandora and Saturn's F Ring
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Prometheus, Pandora and Saturn's F Ring

Uranus' Moon Miranda
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Uranus' Moon Miranda

Earth Rise
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Earth Rise

Accretion Disk Binary System
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Accretion Disk Binary System

Nova Cygni 1992
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Nova Cygni 1992

NGC 6240: When Galaxies Collide
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NGC 6240: When Galaxies Collide

NGC 4361: Galaxy Shaped Planetary Nebula
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NGC 4361: Galaxy Shaped Planetary Nebula

LMC X-1: A Black Hole Candidate
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LMC X-1: A Black Hole Candidate

The X-ray Sources of M31
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The X-ray Sources of M31

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Shuttle Engine Blast

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The X-Ray Sky

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The X-ray Timing Explorer

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Symbiotic Star System R Aquarii

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The Toby Jug Nebula

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Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy M32

31 APODs this month31 Decembers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years