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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"
IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
23/09/2013
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
20/08/2013
The Large Magellanic Cloud in Ultraviolet
10/06/2013
NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula
07/06/2013
M57: The Ring Nebula
05/06/2013
A Year on the Sun
26/04/2013
Sun with Solar Flare
13/04/2013
Coronal Rain on the Sun
Video
26/02/2013
A Solar Ballet
Video
15/01/2013
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
06/01/2013
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
30/12/2012
VdB 152: A Ghost in Cepheus
31/10/2012
Ring Nebula Drawn
15/09/2012
IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
07/09/2012
Airglow Over Germany
05/09/2012
A Venus Transit Music Video from SDO
Video
11/06/2012
GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy
18/05/2012
M57: The Ring Nebula
20/04/2012
NGC 1579: Trifid of the North
09/03/2012
In Wolf's Cave
19/11/2011
The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
13/11/2011
Clouds of Perseus
21/10/2011
The Color of IC 1795
13/10/2011
M27: Not a Comet
01/09/2011
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
27/04/2011
Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet
10/04/2011
The Rosette Nebula
14/02/2011
Ultraviolet Andromeda
27/10/2010
Aurora Over Alaska
06/10/2010
Equinox and the Iron Sun
23/09/2010