- In the first half of November 17, the Leonids were a
striking event. Made in Modra, Slovakia, this
photograph shows more than 150 Leonids. (photo:
Juraj Toth (Comenius U. Bratislava),
Modra Observatory)
- Bright Leonid fireball in the sky over Kansas, USA. (photo: copyright V. Winter & J. Dudley, ICSTARS Astronomy)
- Jupiter with aurorae, photographed in ultraviolet light
(frames) by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). (photo: J. Clarke (Univ. Michigan), NASA)
- An image by the Mars Global Surveyor finally shows
clearly that the 'Face on Mars' is not more than an
ordinary mountain. (photo: Mars
Global Surveyor Project, NASA)
- A personal view of the occultation of Aldebaran on
December 30 (phew, just not in the clouds). (illustration: Chris Dorreman)
- The solar eclipse on Februari 26. (photo: Tom
Alderweireldt)
- HST photogarph of Saturn in real colours. (photo:
Hubble
Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA) )
- Iridiumflares stayed in the interest.
(photo: copyright Chris Dorreman)
- This year, the first modules of the International Space
Station where finally launched. The Space Shuttle brings
Unity to Zarya, the 'starting block' of ISS. (illustration: NASA)
- On December 5, Unity was docked to Zarya. (photo:
STS-88 Mission, NASA)
- The Very Large Telescope (VLT) made its first
photographs. Among them is this one of NGC 1232. (photo: FORS1, 8.2-meter
VLT, ESO)
- Deep Space 1 became the first space probe which uses an
ion engine. (photo: New
Millennium Program, JPL, NASA)
- Also this year, there were released many HST images of
planetary nebulae.From top to bottom: NGC 3918, NGC 3132,
NGC 7027, ???, IC 3568 and NGC 6578 (photos:
Howard Bond (STScI), Hubble
Heritage Team, W. B. Latter (SIRTF/Caltech) et al., NICMOS, HST, NASA)
- Piece of the Hubble Deep Field South. This time, HST
pointed its view on the southern skies. (photo:
R. Williams (STScI), HDF-S Team, NASA)
- Very detailed false colour photograph of a part of the
Sun, exposed in ultraviolet light by the Trace satellite.
(photo: A. Title (Stanford Lockheed Institute), TRACE, NASA)
- HST image of the centre of the active galaxy Centaurus A.
(photo: E.J. Schreier (STScI) et al., NASA)
- The conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the Monn (from left
to right) on April 23. (illustration:
Chris Dorreman)
- NEAR took the first close ups of the asteroid named Eros.
(photo: NEAR
Spacecraft Team, JHU APL, NASA)
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