Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive

2006 December 31: A Year of Extraterrestrial Fountains and Flows
2006 December 30: Martian Analemma
2006 December 29: Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka
2006 December 28: Moon Over Andromeda
2006 December 27: IC 5067: Emission Nebula Close up
2006 December 26: The Gegenschein
2006 December 25: Upgrading the International Space Station
2006 December 24: Rumors of a Strange Universe
2006 December 23: The Analemma and the Temple of Olympian Zeus
2006 December 22: The View from Stereo Ahead
2006 December 21: Minotaur Dawn
2006 December 20: Star Forming Region NGC 6357
2006 December 19: Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24
2006 December 18: Aurora Over Iowa
2006 December 17: A Force from Empty Space: The Casimir Effect
2006 December 16: A Path To Orion
2006 December 15: NGC 1055 and M77
2006 December 14: Mountains of Titan
2006 December 13: A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun
2006 December 12: Light Deposits Indicate Water Flowing on Mars
2006 December 11: IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula
2006 December 10: Apollo 17 Panorama: Astronaut Running
2006 December 09: Three Planets in Dawn Skies
2006 December 08: NGC 2174: Emission Nebula in Orion
2006 December 07: The Outskirts of M77
2006 December 06: Spirit Rover on Mars Imaged from Orbit
2006 December 05: The Antikythera Mechanism
2006 December 04: Movie: The Active Sun
2006 December 03: Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
2006 December 02: Star Trails at 19,000 Feet
2006 December 01: In the Arms of NGC 1097
2006 November 30: A Pelican in the Swan
2006 November 29: A Big Dish at the VLA Radio Observatory
2006 November 28: Unusual Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313
2006 November 27: Mysterious Spokes in Saturn's Rings
2006 November 26: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
2006 November 25: 3D Mercury Transit
2006 November 24: Alpha Cam: Runaway Star
2006 November 23: Hydrogen in M33
2006 November 22: A Bucket Wheel Excavator on Earth
2006 November 21: A Leonid Meteor Over Sweden
2006 November 20: M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula
2006 November 19: The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite
2006 November 18: Leonids and Leica
2006 November 17: Hand Drawn Transit
2006 November 16: Children of the Sun
2006 November 15: A Fog Bow Over California
2006 November 14: Mercurys Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun
2006 November 13: A Hurricane Over the South Pole of Saturn
2006 November 12: The Cats Eye Nebula
2006 November 11: M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
2006 November 10: Mercury and the Chromosphere
2006 November 09: Halo and Hexagons
2006 November 08: Simulated Transit of Mercury
2006 November 07: Janus: Potato Shaped Moon of Saturn
2006 November 06: The Ghostly Tail of Comet SWAN
2006 November 05: A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745
2006 November 04: Paranal Moonset
2006 November 03: V838 Mon: Echoes from the Edge
2006 November 02: Messier 76
2006 November 01: McMurdo Panorama from Mars
2006 October 31: SH2 136: A Spooky Nebula
2006 October 30: Crescent Venus and Moon
2006 October 29: The Sun Puffs
2006 October 28: Comet SWAN Outburst
2006 October 27: The Spider and The Fly
2006 October 26: Composite Crab
2006 October 25: Help Search for Interstellar Dust
2006 October 24: The Antennae Galaxies in Collision
2006 October 23: Orionid Meteors Over Turkey
2006 October 22: Star EGGs in the Eagle Nebula
2006 October 21: Tombaugh 4
2006 October 20: IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
2006 October 19: SWAN Meets Galaxy
2006 October 18: NGC 7635: The Bubble
2006 October 17: Clouds and Sand on the Horizon of Mars
2006 October 16: In the Shadow of Saturn
2006 October 15: An Orion Deep Field
2006 October 14: Full Moon Crossing
2006 October 13: The Hubble SWEEPS Field
2006 October 12: Saturn's Infrared Glow
2006 October 11: Markarian's Chain of Galaxies
2006 October 10: Reflection Nebulas in Orion
2006 October 09: Mars Rover at Victoria Crater Imaged from Orbit
2006 October 08: CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
2006 October 07: COBE All Sky Map
2006 October 06: Dusty NGC 1333
2006 October 05: Hidden Galaxy IC 342
2006 October 04: Comet SWAN Brightens
2006 October 03: Light from the Heart Nebula
2006 October 02: Victoria Crater on Mars
2006 October 01: Earth at Night
2006 September 30: STS 115: Stereo Portrait
2006 September 29: NGC 5905 and 5908
2006 September 28: RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
2006 September 27: Earth from Saturn
2006 September 26: Mars Express: Return to Cydonia
2006 September 25: Mars Express Close Up of the Face on Mars
2006 September 24: NGC 1499: The California Nebula
2006 September 23: Triple Sunrise
2006 September 22: Central IC 1805
2006 September 21: Sharp Silhouette
2006 September 20: The International Space Station Expands Again
2006 September 19: Beagle Crater on Mars
2006 September 18: Eris: The Largest Known Dwarf Planet
2006 September 17: Anticrepuscular Rays Over Florida
2006 September 16: Discovery Orbiter Anaglyph
2006 September 15: 11 Hour Star Trails
2006 September 14: M33: Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum
2006 September 13: Atlantis to Orbit
2006 September 12: Saturn at Night
2006 September 11: Eclipsed Moon Rising Over England
2006 September 10: Star Clusters Young and Old
2006 September 09: Shadow Play
2006 September 08: Messier 110
2006 September 07: Colorful Moon Mosaic
2006 September 06: Green Aurora Over Lake Superior
2006 September 05: Bright Cliffs Across Saturns Moon Dione
2006 September 04: The Large Magellanic Cloud in Infrared
2006 September 03: Pluto in True Color
2006 September 02: Dusty Spiral M66
2006 September 01: Gemini South Star Trails
2006 August 31: Extra Galaxies
2006 August 30: A Backward Sunspot and the New Solar Cycle
2006 August 29: Supernova Remnant E0102 from Hubble
2006 August 28: Eight Planets and New Solar System Designations
2006 August 27: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
2006 August 26: Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
2006 August 25: Blue Lagoon
2006 August 24: The Matter of the Bullet Cluster
2006 August 23: Sandy Gas Jets Hypothesized on Mars
2006 August 22: A Smoke Angel from Airplane Flares
2006 August 21: Ceres: Asteroid or Planet
2006 August 20: A Map of Asteroid Vesta
2006 August 19: Ceci n'est pas un Meteore
2006 August 18: Spitzer's Orion
2006 August 17: Comet Dust over Colorado
2006 August 16: The North America and Pelican Nebulas
2006 August 15: IC 410 and NGC 1893
2006 August 14: Cosmic Rays
2006 August 13: The Comet and the Galaxy
2006 August 12: The First Explorer
2006 August 11: Perseid in the Light
2006 August 10: Galactic Center Star Clusters
2006 August 09: Magellanic Morning
2006 August 08: Horse Head Shaped Reflection Nebula IC 4592
2006 August 07: An Erupting Solar Prominence from SOHO
2006 August 06: A Cerro Tololo Sky
2006 August 05: Still Life with NGC 2170
2006 August 04: Burns Cliff Anaglyph
2006 August 03: M27: Not A Comet
2006 August 02: Methane Rain Possible on Titan
2006 August 01: The Milky Way over Utah
2006 July 31: Possible Methane Lakes on Titan
2006 July 30: Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
2006 July 29: The Swarm
2006 July 28: Four Supernova Remnants
2006 July 27: NGC 7331 and Beyond
2006 July 26: Explosions from White Dwarf Star RS Oph
2006 July 25: Jupiters Two Largest Storms Nearly Collide
2006 July 24: The International Space Station on the Horizon
2006 July 23: The Belt of Venus over the Valley of the Moon
2006 July 22: Mira: The Wonderful Star
2006 July 21: Strangers on Mars
2006 July 20: Constellation Construction
2006 July 19: Reflections on Planet Earth
2006 July 18: Noctilucent Clouds Over Sweden
2006 July 17: Venus Express Arrives at Venus
2006 July 16: The Galactic Center in Infrared
2006 July 15: Reflecting Merope
2006 July 14: The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
2006 July 13: A Space Shuttle Climbs to Orbit
2006 July 12: A Manhattan Sunset
2006 July 11: Crescent Rhea Occults Crescent Saturn
2006 July 10: Dark Sun Sizzling
2006 July 09: The Eskimo Nebula from Hubble
2006 July 08: Discovery in Motion
2006 July 07: Bright Galaxy M81
2006 July 06: NGC 6888: A Tricolor Starfield
2006 July 05: Spiral Galaxy NGC 2403 from Subaru
2006 July 04: Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A from CFHT
2006 July 03: The View toward Husband Hill on Mars
2006 July 02: Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas
2006 July 01: Wind from a Black Hole
2006 June 30: The Antennae
2006 June 29: Old Moon and Sister Stars
2006 June 28: The Cat's Paw Nebula
2006 June 27: The Moving Moons of Saturn
2006 June 26: Starry Night
2006 June 25: M57: The Ring Nebula
2006 June 24: Nix and Hydra
2006 June 23: East of Antares
2006 June 22: Planets, Bees, and a Donkey
2006 June 21: Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge
2006 June 20: Hideaway
2006 June 19: Bright Star Regulus near the Leo 1 Dwarf Galaxy
2006 June 18: Crescent Neptune and Triton
2006 June 17: Saturn, Mars, and the Beehive Cluster
2006 June 16: APOD Turns Eleven
2006 June 15: Gordel van Venus
2006 June 14: Sagittarius Triplet
2006 June 13: Driving Toward a Sun Halo
2006 June 12: Edge On Galaxy NGC 5866
2006 June 11: Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet
2006 June 10: Moon Over Haleakala
2006 June 09: Infrared Andromeda
2006 June 08: Enceladus Ice Volcanos
2006 June 07: An Alaskan Volcano Erupts
2006 June 06: NGC 6164: A Bipolar Emission Nebula
2006 June 05: The Road to Victoria Crater on Mars
2006 June 04: The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
2006 June 03: Gamma Ray Earth
2006 June 02: IC 443: Supernova Remnant and Neutron Star
2006 June 01: Reflections on NGC 6188
2006 May 31: Simulated Gamma ray Sky
2006 May 30: Ancient Craters on Saturns Rhea
2006 May 29: The NASA Television Channel
2006 May 28: GRO J1655 40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
2006 May 27: Gamma Ray Moon
2006 May 26: Omega Centauri
2006 May 25: NGC 1579: Trifid of the North
2006 May 24: A Five Quasar Gravitational Lens
2006 May 23: Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3 Passes the Earth
2006 May 22: Maneuvering in Space
2006 May 21: An Intermediate Polar Binary System
2006 May 20: Elliptical Galaxy M87
2006 May 19: The Gum Nebula
2006 May 18: Shell Game in the LMC
2006 May 17: The Host Galaxies of Long Duration GRBs
2006 May 16: The International Space Station from Above
2006 May 15: Volcanic Bumpy Boulder on Mars
2006 May 14: The Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes
2006 May 13: Crumbling Comet
2006 May 12: Comet Meets Ring Nebula: Part II
2006 May 11: Comet Meets Ring Nebula: Part I
2006 May 10: The Large Cloud of Magellan
2006 May 09: Rock Slab Growing at Mt St Helens Volcano
2006 May 08: Descent Panorama of Saturns Titan
2006 May 07: NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
2006 May 06: Three Galaxies in Draco
2006 May 05: Jupiter and the Red Spots
2006 May 04: Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: Fragment B
2006 May 03: Saturn in Blue and Gold
2006 May 02: Sunspot 875 Flares
2006 May 01: Open Cluster NGC 290: A Stellar Jewel Box
2006 April 30: 1006 AD: Supernova in the Sky
2006 April 29: Skylab Over Earth
2006 April 28: NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea
2006 April 27: NGC 4696: Energy from a Black Hole
2006 April 26: Crumbling Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3 Approaches
2006 April 25: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
2006 April 24: Star Clouds over Arizona
2006 April 23: The Solar Spectrum
2006 April 22: Z is for Mars
2006 April 21: NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe
2006 April 20: A Dust Cloud in NGC 281
2006 April 19: Mars and the Star Clusters
2006 April 18: NGC 246 and the Dying Star
2006 April 17: Barnard's Loop around the Horsehead Nebula
2006 April 16: A Solar Prominence from SOHO
2006 April 15: Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
2006 April 14: Smoke from the Cigar Galaxy
2006 April 13: Star Cluster Dreams
2006 April 12: Binary Black Hole in 3C 75
2006 April 11: A Sun Halo over Utah
2006 April 10: Mars: The View from HiRISE
2006 April 09: Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
2006 April 08: Vanishing Umbra
2006 April 07: The Crown of the Sun
2006 April 06: Unusual Bright Soil on Mars
2006 April 05: Slightly Beneath Saturn's Ring Plane
2006 April 04: A Total Solar Eclipse over Turkey
2006 April 03: Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
2006 April 02: A Cosmic Call to Nearby Stars
2006 April 01: Hubble Resolves Expiration Date For Green Cheese Moon
2006 March 31: Solar Eclipse and SOHO
2006 March 30: When Diamonds Aren't Forever
2006 March 29: Green and Black Auroras Over Norway
2006 March 28: Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth
2006 March 27: Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
2006 March 26: Doomed Star Eta Carinae
2006 March 25: Northern Spring on Mars
2006 March 24: When Roses Aren't Red
2006 March 23: Inflating the Universe
2006 March 22: Enceladus Near Saturn
2006 March 21: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
2006 March 20: Super Earths May Circle Other Stars
2006 March 19: Our Busy Solar System
2006 March 18: Red Spot Jr
2006 March 17: The Big Dipper Cluster
2006 March 16: Eta and Keyhole in the Carina Nebula
2006 March 15: McCool Hill on Mars
2006 March 14: CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
2006 March 13: Z Machine Sets Unexpected Earth Temperature Record
2006 March 12: Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN
2006 March 11: Colors of Comet Pojmanski
2006 March 10: Enceladus and the Search for Water
2006 March 09: Trio Leo
2006 March 08: Earth's Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet
2006 March 07: A Nearby Supernova in Spiral Galaxy M100
2006 March 06: Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible
2006 March 05: Colorful Light Pillars
2006 March 04: The Galaxy Within Centaurus A
2006 March 03: Venus and Comet Pojmanski
2006 March 02: Messier 101
2006 March 01: Multiverses: Do Other Universes Exist?
2006 February 28: The Flaming Star Nebula from CFHT
2006 February 27: GRB 060218: A Mysterious Transient
2006 February 26: Inside the Eagle Nebula
2006 February 25: SOFIA's Window Seat
2006 February 24: Recurrent Nova RS Ophiuci
2006 February 23: Saturn Storm by Ringshine
2006 February 22: An Unusually Smooth Surface on Saturns Telesto
2006 February 21: Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula
2006 February 20: SuitSat1: A Spacesuit Floats Free
2006 February 19: M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars
2006 February 18: Mir Dreams
2006 February 17: Supernova Remnant and Shock Wave
2006 February 16: The Color of the Moon
2006 February 15: Rotating Titan in Infrared Light
2006 February 14: Dust and Light in the Rosette Nebula
2006 February 13: The N44 Emission Nebula
2006 February 12: Phoebe: Comet Moon of Saturn
2006 February 11: Plato and the Lunar Alps
2006 February 10: M8: The Lagoon Nebula
2006 February 09: NGC 1309 and Friends
2006 February 08: The Great Basin on Tethys
2006 February 07: UB313: Larger than Pluto
2006 February 06: The N44 Superbubble
2006 February 05: A Sun Pillar in Red and Violet
2006 February 04: Shadow Set
2006 February 03: Cosmic Tornado HH 49 50
2006 February 02: Thor's Helmet in H-Alpha
2006 February 01: Venus Just After Sunset
2006 January 31: Huygens on Titan Illustrated
2006 January 30: NGC 1999: South of Orion
2006 January 29: Volcano and Aurora in Iceland
2006 January 28: Saturn in the Hive
2006 January 27: A New Storm on Saturn
2006 January 26: An Unusual Two Toned Rock on Mars
2006 January 25: The Expanding Light Echoes of SN 1987A
2006 January 24: New Horizons Launches to Pluto
2006 January 23: The LMC Galaxy in Glowing Gas
2006 January 22: D.rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
2006 January 21: Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
2006 January 20: LL Ori and the Orion Nebula
2006 January 19: Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
2006 January 18: Cartwheel Of Fortune
2006 January 17: A Roll Cloud Over Missouri
2006 January 16: Stardust Capsule Returns to Earth
2006 January 15: The Sombrero Galaxy from HST
2006 January 14: Lunokhod: Moon Robot
2006 January 13: Stars of the Galactic Center
2006 January 12: Infrared Helix
2006 January 11: The Tadpoles of IC 410
2006 January 10: The Phases of Venus
2006 January 09: M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
2006 January 08: Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail
2006 January 07: Apollo 17's Moonship
2006 January 06: The Tarantula Nebula
2006 January 05: New Year Mars Panorama
2006 January 04: Hauoli Makahiki Hou
2006 January 03: Dark Terrain on Saturn's Iapetus
2006 January 02: A Sun Pillar Over Maine
2006 January 01: The Largest Rock in the Solar System

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