NicerAPOD
◦ The Celestial Archive

DECEMBER

2017

Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in December 2017.

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31 APODs this month31 Decembers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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Our Story in One Minute

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Hurricane Season Animated

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Juno Spots a Complex Storm on Jupiter

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M42: The Great Orion Nebula

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M33: Triangulum Galaxy

North America and the Pelican
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North America and the Pelican

Messier Craters in Stereo
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Messier Craters in Stereo

Full Moon Silhouettes
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Full Moon Silhouettes

Earth and Moon
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Earth and Moon

A Horizon with Blue and Red
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A Horizon with Blue and Red

HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet
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HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet

All the Eclipses of 2017
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All the Eclipses of 2017

Alpine Superga Moonset
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Alpine Superga Moonset

Stardust in Aries
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Stardust in Aries

In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
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In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

Mercury Visualized from MESSENGER
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Mercury Visualized from MESSENGER

Highlights of the Winter Sky
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Highlights of the Winter Sky

Meteors over Inner Mongolia
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Meteors over Inner Mongolia

Jupiter Diving
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Jupiter Diving

Geminids of the North
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Geminids of the North

A Wintry Shower
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A Wintry Shower

The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens
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The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

The Kepler-90 Planetary System
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The Kepler-90 Planetary System

The Spiral North Pole of Mars
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The Spiral North Pole of Mars

How to Wash Your Hair in Space
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How to Wash Your Hair in Space

Solstice Sun and Milky Way
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Solstice Sun and Milky Way

Gemini's Meteors
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Gemini's Meteors

Phaethon's Brood
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Phaethon's Brood

SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California
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SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California

Fireball in the Arctic
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Fireball in the Arctic

Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
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Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232

The Horsehead Nebula
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The Horsehead Nebula

Recycling Cassiopeia A
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Recycling Cassiopeia A

M78 Wide Field
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M78 Wide Field

Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
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Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph

To Fly Free in Space
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To Fly Free in Space

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Sun Halo over Sweden

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Unexpected X-Rays from Perseus Galaxy Cluster

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The Helix Nebula from CFHT

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M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

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Carina over Lake Ballard

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Planets on the Wing

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