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◦ The Celestial Archive

DECEMBER

2001

Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in December 2001.

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31 APODs this month31 Decembers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs

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Leonids From the Road

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Ancient Layered Rocks on Mars

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Extra-Solar Planetary Atmosphere Detected

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Coronal Inflow

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Meteor Storm Sights and Sounds

Neptune's Great Dark Spot: Gone But Not Forgotten
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Neptune's Great Dark Spot: Gone But Not Forgotten

Rumors of a Strange Universe
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Rumors of a Strange Universe

Dueling Auroras
03

Dueling Auroras

AE Aurigae: The Flaming Star
04

AE Aurigae: The Flaming Star

A Sky Filled with Leonids
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A Sky Filled with Leonids

Comet Linear (WM1) Brightens
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Comet Linear (WM1) Brightens

Mediterranean Leonid 2001
07

Mediterranean Leonid 2001

Moon Struck
08

Moon Struck

The Belt of Venus
09

The Belt of Venus

Globular Cluster M15
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Globular Cluster M15

Venusian Half-Shell
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Venusian Half-Shell

Leonids Over Korean Observatory
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Leonids Over Korean Observatory

The South Pole of Mars
13

The South Pole of Mars

NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
14

NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula

Ganymede: Torn Comet - Crater Chain
15

Ganymede: Torn Comet - Crater Chain

The Horsehead Nebula
16

The Horsehead Nebula

Leaving the International Space Station
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Leaving the International Space Station

Sharpless 212 in Hydrogen and Sulfur
18

Sharpless 212 in Hydrogen and Sulfur

Finding Dark Matter
19

Finding Dark Matter

Jupiter and Saturn Pas de Deux
20

Jupiter and Saturn Pas de Deux

Partial Eclipse, Cloudy Day
21

Partial Eclipse, Cloudy Day

Hot Stars in the Southern Milky Way
22

Hot Stars in the Southern Milky Way

Saturn Aurora
23

Saturn Aurora

Asteroid 1998 WT24 Passes Near Earth
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Asteroid 1998 WT24 Passes Near Earth

Star Forming Region Hubble-V
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Star Forming Region Hubble-V

Himalayan Horizon From Space
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Himalayan Horizon From Space

The Incredible Expanding Crab
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The Incredible Expanding Crab

Starlight Reflections
28

Starlight Reflections

The Annotated Galactic Center
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The Annotated Galactic Center

Trifid Pillars & Jets
30

Trifid Pillars & Jets

A Year of Dark Cosmology
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A Year of Dark Cosmology

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The Secret of the Black Aurora

02

International Space Station Over Earth

03

M16: Stars, Pillars, and the Eagle's EGGs

04

M16: Infrared Star Hunt

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Apollo 17's Moonship

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