Illustrations Related to ASTR 1040
Animations
Lunar Phases
Lunar Phases II
Lunar Phases III
Lunar Phases IV
Moon Orbital Motion
Mars Retrograde Motion
Mars Retrograde Motion II
Images
Star and planet formation:
Eagle Nebula
Close-up of portion of Eagle Nebula
Orion Nebula with "propylids" (pre-planetary disks)
Close-up of propylids
Cygnus Loop (supernova remnant)
Earth-Moon system:
Classical view of full Earth from Apollo 17
Earth as seen by Galileo mission
Earth and Moon from space
Orbital view of Gibralter
Auroral Circle
Earth above Moon's horizon
Full Moon
Astronaut on the Moon
Far side of the Moon
North polar region of the Moon (from Clementine mission)
South polar region of the Moon (from Clementine mission)
Oblique view of lunar crater Copernicus
Mercury:
Earth-based visible image of Mercury
Mercury in color (Mariner 10 data, colorized)
Mariner 10 mosaic, half disk
Fault line on Mercury
Hills on Mercury
Caloris Planitia
Radio image of Mercury (VLA)
Venus:
Ultraviolet image from the Pioneer-Venus spacecraft
Visible-light image from Galileo spacecraft
Full disk from Magellan radar mapper
Topographic globe of Venus (Magellan)
Volcanoes on Venus
Pancake domes on Venus
Plain with impact craters
Corona seen close-up
Mars:
Mars disk, Schiaparelli region (Viking)
Mars disk, Valles Marineris region (Viking)
Percival Lowell's sketch of Mars
Erosion channels on Mars (Viking)
River channel on Mars (Viking)
Portion of Valles Marineris (Chandor Chasma: Viking)
Dust storm on Mars (Viking)
Olympus Mons (Viking)
Color view of Olympus Mons from above (Viking)
The "face" on Mars (Viking)
The first Viking lander view (Viking 1)
The view from the Viking 2 lander
Phobos (Viking)
Phobos in color (Viking)
Deimos (Viking)
Phobos, Deimos, and asteroid Gaspra
Jupiter:
Jupiter full disk (HST)
IR and visible images of Jupiter
Jupiter Great Red Spot (Voyager)
Great Red Spot detail (Voyager)
Jupiter storm systems (HST)
Aurorae on Jupiter (HST)
The four Galilean satellites (Voyager)
The Galilean satellites as seen by Hubble
Callisto full disk (Voyager)
Ganymede full disk (Voyager)
Ganymede detail (Galileo)
Europa (partial disk, Voyager)
Europa ice floes (Galileo)
Io full disk (Voyager)
Io eruption (Voyager)
Changes on Io (HST)
New Io images (Galileo)
Jupiter's ring
Saturn:
Saturn from the ground
Saturn (HST)
Storm on Saturn (HST)
Saturn backlit (Voyager)
Saturn with Rhea and Dione (Voyager)
Saturn's moons (Voyager images)
Titan (Voyager)
Titan surface features (HST far-red)
Mimas
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Iapetus
Rhea
Hyperion
Saturn's tiny moonlets (Voyager)
Diagram of Saturn's rings
The F ring
"Spokes" in Saturn's rings (Voyager)
Rings seen edge-on (HST)
Another view of rings edge-on (HST)
Uranus:
Uranus full disk (Voyager)
Uranus with Miranda and rings (Voyager composite)
Crescent Uranus (Voyager)
Uranus and rings (HST)
False color Uranus (HST)
IR image of Uranus, with two satellites (IRTF)
Oberon (Voyager)
Titania (Voyager)
Umbriel (Voyager)
Ariel (Voyager)
Miranda's surface (Voyager)
Another view of Miranda (Voyager)
Rings of Uranus (Voyager)
Uranus rings in false color (CU/Voyager)
Shepherd moons and ring of Uranus (Voyager)
Dust rings of Uranus (Voyager)
Neptune:
Neptune full disk (Voyager)
Neptune and Triton, IR (IRTF)
Neptune and Triton (composite; Voyager)
False color Neptune (HST)
Neptune's Great Dark Spot (Voyager)
Great Dark Spot and "Scooter" (Voyager)
Changes in the Great Dark Spot (Voyager)
Neptune "cirrus" clouds (Voyager)
Wave-like structure in Neptune's clouds (Voyager)
New clouds on Neptune (HST)
Triton south polar region (Voyager)
"Cantaloup" terrain on Triton (Voyager)
Faint rings of Neptune (Voyager)
Lumpy rings of Neptune (Voyager)
Pluto and the Kuiper belt:
Pluto discovery photos
Ground-based Pluto/Charon image
Pluto/Charon (HST before optical correction)
Pluto and Charon (HST after correction)
Orbits of Pluto and Charon
Surface features of Pluto (HST reconstruction)
Expected internal structure of Pluto and Charon
Kuiper belt oject motion (ground-based)
Kuiper belt object observed from the ground (Luu-Jewett)
Faint Kuiper belt object (HST)
Interplanetary bodies:
Asteroid Gaspra, close up (Galileo)
Asteroid Ida with satellite Dactyl (Galileo)
Gaspra (top) with Phobos and Deimos
Radar images of asteroid Toutatis
Series of HST images of asteroid Vesta
Surface map of Vesta
Comet Halley in 1910
Halley in 1986 (ROE)
Halley in 1986 with star trails (AAT)
Halley in false color, 1986
The nucleus of Comet Halley in 1986 (Giotto)
Comet West (1970)
Comet Kohoutek (1973)
Comet Hyakutake (1996)
Another image of Comet Hyakutake (1996)
Hyakutake again
Series of Hyakutake images as it circled the pole
Comet Hale-Bopp in 1996
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 approaches Jupiter (drawing)
HST image of SL-9 "string of pearls"
Comet SL-9 and Jupiter (montage)
Infrared views of SL-9 fragment A impact
Fragment Q impact (infrared)
Ultraviolet image of SL-9 impact sites (HST)
Barringer crater, Arizona
Topo map of Chicxulub crater, Yucaton (dinosaur killer?)
Stony meteorites with chondrules
Iron meteorite
Meteorite from mars
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