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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"
Coronal Hole
07/02/2002
EUVE Sky Map
31/01/2002
Globular Cluster M15
10/12/2001
The Galactic Ring of NGC 6782
21/11/2001
VDB 142 in Cepheus
11/10/2001
The Iron Sun
29/09/2001
A Solar Prominence Erupts
24/09/2001
Stereo Sun
07/04/2001
Astro-2 In Orbit
17/03/2001
LkHa101: The Hole in the Doughnut
02/03/2001
The Rosette Nebula
14/02/2001
Earth's Plasmasphere
31/01/2001
Helios Helium
20/01/2001
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310 in Ultraviolet
17/01/2001
A Close-Up of Aurora on Jupiter
19/12/2000
Coronal Rain, Solar Storm
15/11/2000
The First Lunar Observatory
11/11/2000
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
15/10/2000
X-Rays From Sirius B
06/10/2000
Heating Coronal Loops
28/09/2000
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
13/08/2000
NGC1850: Star Cluster in the LMC
29/07/2000
AR9077: Solar Magnetic Arcade
20/07/2000
Solstice Celebration
21/06/2000
M101: An Ultraviolet View
10/06/2000
Solar Moss
27/12/1999
Mercury And The Sun
19/11/1999
M32: Blue Stars in an Elliptical Galaxy
03/11/1999
M27: Not A Comet
23/10/1999
Cometary Globules In Orion
24/09/1999