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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"
Aurora Over Norway
20/09/2010
Hole in the Sun
28/08/2010
M27: Not a Comet
26/08/2010
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
24/06/2010
Dark Filament of the Sun
22/05/2010
Galaxy Group Hickson 31
22/02/2010
NGC 2623: Galaxy Merger from Hubble
09/11/2009
VdB 152: Reflection Nebula in Cepheus
31/10/2009
Ultraviolet Andromeda
17/09/2009
The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble
10/09/2009
The Swift View of Comet Lulin
21/02/2009
NGC 1579: Trifid of the North
30/01/2009
A Solar Prominence Unfurls
04/10/2008
Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun
24/09/2008
M27: Not A Comet
26/06/2008
Jupiter's Three Red Spots
23/05/2008
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
08/05/2008
Across the Universe
28/03/2008
Mysterious Acid Haze on Venus
26/02/2008
A Complete Solar Cycle from SOHO
03/12/2007
Hole in the Sun
27/09/2007
The Tail of a Wonderful Star
17/08/2007
vdB 152: Reflection Nebula in Cepheus
14/06/2007
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 in Ultraviolet from Galex
15/05/2007
NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula
29/04/2007
Planetary Nebula NGC 2440
15/02/2007
The Rosette Nebula
14/02/2007
Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
06/02/2007
The Ghostly Tail of Comet SWAN
06/11/2006
IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
20/10/2006