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Ultraviolet Light
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light but longer than X-rays. Ultraviolet observations are crucial for studying hot astronomical objects like accretion disks around black holes.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Ultraviolet Light"
Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
11/11/2025
The Rosette Nebula from DECam
16/07/2025
NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula
06/06/2025
Rainbow Airglow over the Azores
03/06/2025
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
16/03/2025
M27: Not a Comet
05/10/2024
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
22/08/2024
A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO
Video
18/08/2024
Sun Dance
Video
28/07/2024
Cometary Globules
16/07/2024
Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
Video
28/05/2024
AR 3664 at the Sun's Edge
15/05/2024
Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula
24/04/2024
AM1054: Stars Form as Galaxies Collide
20/02/2024
HFG1 & Abell 6: Planetary Nebulae
12/02/2024
NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
06/02/2024
Pluto in True Color
28/01/2024
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
10/01/2024
Solar Minimum versus Solar Maximum
Video
11/12/2023
IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
26/07/2023
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
09/07/2023
M57: The Ring Nebula from Hubble
02/04/2023
Horsehead and Flame
29/12/2022
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
30/11/2022
The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
21/11/2022
Colorful Airglow Bands Surround Milky Way
13/03/2022
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
06/03/2022
Record Prominence Imaged by Solar Orbiter
02/03/2022
Comet Leonard Closeup from Australia
12/01/2022
Comet Leonard from Space
15/12/2021