NASA APOD Archive: 1996

366 APODs published in 1996.

Shuttle Engine Blast
The X-Ray Sky
The X-ray Timing Explorer
Symbiotic Star System R Aquarii

January 1996

31 APODs
Lensing through Baade's Window
A MACHO View of Galactic Dark Matter
A Huge Impact Crater on Mars
The Closest Galaxy: The Sagittarius Dwarf

February 1996

29 APODs
A Mysterious Cone Nebula
Von Braun's Wheel
Uranus' Moon Ariel: Valley World
Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania

March 1996

31 APODs
Hyakutake, Big Dipper, and Observatory Dome
Atlantis Approaches Mir
A Lucky Lunar Eclipse
The Keyhole Nebula Near Eta Carinae

April 1996

30 APODs
Comet Hyakutake and a Cactus
The Tails of Comet Hyakutake
The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross
Astro 1 In Orbit

May 1996

31 APODs
The Iron Moon
6 Up 5 Down
Mir Dreams
Impact! 65 Million Years Ago

June 1996

30 APODs
Worlds of a Distant Sun: 47 Ursae Majoris b
NASA's Latest Rockets: X-33
Superbubbles in the LMC
The Cat's Eye Nebula (Revisited)

July 1996

31 APODs
The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
Galileo, Cassini, and the Great Red Spot
Jupiter's Colorful Clouds
NGC 3393: A Super Spiral?

August 1996

31 APODs
VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope
Sirius: The Brightest Star in the Night
The Pleiades Star Cluster
IRTF: Scanning the Infrared Skies

September 1996

30 APODs
BATSE's Biggest Gamma Ray Burst (Yet) Credit:
Orion's Horsehead Nebula Credit:
Three Views of Jupiter's Io Credit:
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Credit:

October 1996

31 APODs
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 Edge On Credit:
Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 Almost Sideways Credit:
Surveyor Night Launch Credit:
The Martian Spring Credit:

November 1996

30 APODs
Star Trails in Northern Skies Credit and Copyright:
Orion's Star Colors Credit and Copyright:
Cocoon of a New White Dwarf Credit:
Ice at the Lunar South Pole Credit:

December 1996

31 APODs

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