September 13 birthday space photos

Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea

NASA APOD · Paolo Girotti

2026 · Sunday · New moon

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Star Trails over One-Mile Radio Telescope

NASA APOD · Joao Yordanov Serralheiro

2025 · Saturday · Last quarter

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Aurora Australis and the International Space Station

2024 · Friday · Waxing gibbous

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NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring

2023 · Wednesday · New moon

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The Sun on 13 September 2022

2022 · Tuesday · Waning gibbous

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MYTHIC

A Closer Look at Hubble’s 31st Anniversary Snapshot

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

2021 · Monday · First quarter

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M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula

2020 · Sunday · Waning crescent

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The Sun on 13 September 2019

2019 · Friday · Full moon

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The Sun on 13 September 2018

2018 · Thursday · Waxing crescent

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The Sun on 13 September 2017

2017 · Wednesday · Last quarter

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Stingray Nebula and SAO 244567

ESA / HUBBLE

2016 · Tuesday · Waxing gibbous

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A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas

NASA APOD · Jimmy Westlake (Colorado Mountain College) & Linda Westlake

2015 · Sunday · New moon

SB-2014-09-13 ©

Median Mashup: Hubble's Top 100

NASA APOD · Michael West

2014 · Saturday · Waning gibbous

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Crescent Moon Meets Evening Star

NASA APOD · Luis Argerich

2013 · Friday · First quarter

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Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

NASA APOD · Fabian Neyer

2012 · Thursday · Waning crescent

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The Sun on 13 September 2011

2011 · Tuesday · Full moon

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The Sun on 13 September 2010

2010 · Monday · Waxing crescent

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The Holographic Principle

NASA APOD · E. Winfree, K. Fleischer, A. Barr et al. (Caltech)

2009 · Sunday · Last quarter

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The Earth on 13 September 2008 · Colorado Plateau

2008 · Saturday · Full moon

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The Earth on 13 September 2007 · Colorado Plateau

2007 · Thursday · New moon

2006 · Wednesday · Waning gibbous

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Hubble catches scattered light from the Boomerang Nebula

ESA / HUBBLE

2005 · Tuesday · Waxing gibbous

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Identify this Phenomenon

2004 · Monday · New moon

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NGC 3132: The Eight Burst Nebula

2003 · Saturday · Waning gibbous

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The Earth on 13 September 2002 · Bahamas

2002 · Friday · First quarter

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X-Rays and the Circinus Pulsar

2001 · Thursday · Waning crescent

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The Earth on 13 September 2000 · Lake Eyre, Australia

2000 · Wednesday · Full moon

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MYTHIC

Supernova Remnant N132D in X-Rays

1999 · Monday · Waxing crescent

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Galileo Demonstrates the Telescope

1998 · Sunday · Last quarter

SB-1997-09-13

Kepler Discovers How Planets Move

1997 · Saturday · Waxing gibbous

1996 · Friday · New moon

NASA APOD · Anglo-Australian Telescope Board Explanation: Elliptical galaxy M87 is a type of galaxy that looks much different than our own Milky Way Galaxy. But even for an elliptical galaxy M87 is peculiar. M87 is much bigger than an average galaxy, appears at the center of a whole cluster of galaxies known as the Virgo Cluster, and shows a very high number of globular clusters. These globular clusters are visible as faint spots surrounding the bright center of M87. In general, elliptical galaxies contain similar numbers of stars as spiral galaxies, but are ellipsoidal in shape (spirals are mostly flat), have no spiral structure, and little gas and dust. This picture is number sixty on a publicly posted list of images from the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). Tomorrow's picture: The Far Side | Archive | Glossary | Education | About APOD | Astronomy Picture of the Day (TM) is created and copyrighted in 1995 by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell who are solely responsible for its content.

Elliptical Galaxy M87