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◦ The Celestial Archive

DECEMBER

2009

Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in December 2009.

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31 APODs this month31 Decembers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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Ancient Layered Hills on Mars

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Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station

NGC 6992: Filaments of the Veil Nebula
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NGC 6992: Filaments of the Veil Nebula

Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula
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Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
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Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

The Double Cluster
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The Double Cluster

Himalayan Skyscape
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Himalayan Skyscape

The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught
06

The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught

The International Space Station Over the Horizon
07

The International Space Station Over the Horizon

Ice Moon Tethys from Saturn-Orbiting Cassini
08

Ice Moon Tethys from Saturn-Orbiting Cassini

HUDF Infrared: Dawn of the Galaxies
09

HUDF Infrared: Dawn of the Galaxies

The Colors of IC 1795
10

The Colors of IC 1795

Messier Craters in Stereo
11

Messier Craters in Stereo

Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley
12

Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley

Crescent Neptune and Triton
13

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Saturns Hexagon Comes to Light
14

Saturns Hexagon Comes to Light

A Fading Moonset Over Hong Kong
15

A Fading Moonset Over Hong Kong

Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth
16

Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth

Mojave Desert Fireball
17

Mojave Desert Fireball

Southern Geminids
18

Southern Geminids

Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
19

Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash

Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
20

Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma

Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
21

Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out

Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion
22

Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion

December Sunrise, Cape Sounion
23

December Sunrise, Cape Sounion

Gamma Cas and Friends
24

Gamma Cas and Friends

A Graceful Arc
25

A Graceful Arc

M51 Hubble Remix
26

M51 Hubble Remix

The Cat's Eye Nebula
27

The Cat's Eye Nebula

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
28

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula
29

Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula

Spitzer's M101
30

Spitzer's M101

Dust and the Helix Nebula
31

Dust and the Helix Nebula

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Not a Blue Moon

02

Blue Moon Eclipse

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