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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"
Hydrogen Blob N88A in the Small Magellanic Cloud
29/07/1999
Eruptive Prominence
08/07/1999
Shadow Of A Comet
02/07/1999
M27: Not A Comet
09/10/1998
Hydrogen Trifid
28/08/1998
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
16/08/1998
Helios Helium
16/05/1998
TRACE and the Active Sun
15/05/1998
NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
11/04/1998
Hyakutake: Comet Atmosphere
10/04/1998
A Spiral Galaxy Gallery
14/03/1998
The Rosette Nebula
14/02/1998
Lasers in Eta Carinae
29/11/1997
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
12/07/1997
NGC1850: Star Cluster in the LMC
20/06/1997
M101: An Ultraviolet View Credit:
08/06/1997
Ultraviolet Venus Credit:
07/05/1997
A Complete Aurora Credit:
02/04/1997
NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery in M33
16/08/1996
M81: A Bulging Spiral Galaxy
13/07/1996
M74: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
09/07/1996
M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
08/07/1996
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
11/06/1996
The First Lunar Observatory
08/06/1996
Aurora Crown the Earth
27/05/1996
Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula
22/05/1996
The Iron Sun
21/05/1996
A Spiral Galaxy Gallery
09/04/1996
An Extreme UltraViolet View of the Comet
30/03/1996
What are Comet Tails Made Of?
26/03/1996