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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"

An Erupting Solar Prominence from SOHO

An Erupting Solar Prominence from SOHO

07/08/2006

M27: Not A Comet

M27: Not A Comet

03/08/2006

Venus Express Arrives at Venus

Venus Express Arrives at Venus

17/07/2006

Dark Sun Sizzling

Dark Sun Sizzling

10/07/2006

Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

11/06/2006

NGC 6164: A Bipolar Emission Nebula

NGC 6164: A Bipolar Emission Nebula

06/06/2006

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

26/03/2006

The Andromeda Galaxy in Infrared

The Andromeda Galaxy in Infrared

20/10/2005

IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up

IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up

30/09/2005

Heating Coronal Loops

Heating Coronal Loops

14/08/2005

Persistent Saturnian Auroras

Persistent Saturnian Auroras

22/02/2005

Saturnian Aurora

Saturnian Aurora

19/02/2005

The Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula

14/02/2005

M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field

M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field

30/12/2004

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

28/11/2004

Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

10/10/2004

The Iron Sun

The Iron Sun

25/09/2004

Cassini Images Saturn's A Ring

Cassini Images Saturn's A Ring

12/07/2004

Solstice Celebration

Solstice Celebration

20/06/2004

NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula

NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula

05/05/2004

M27: Not A Comet

M27: Not A Comet

24/04/2004

The Andromeda Galaxy from GALEX

The Andromeda Galaxy from GALEX

22/12/2003

Double Eruptive Prominences

Double Eruptive Prominences

18/04/2003

Coronal Holes on the Sun

Coronal Holes on the Sun

18/03/2003

Solstice Celebration

Solstice Celebration

21/12/2002

NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery

NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery

02/11/2002

Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

08/05/2002

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

Doomed Star Eta Carinae

28/04/2002

S is for Sun

S is for Sun

21/03/2002

M27: Not A Comet

M27: Not A Comet

02/03/2002