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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2024 September 8 – M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240908.html
APOD: 2024 September 6 - Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
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APOD: 2024 September 3 – Quarter Moon and Sister Stars
Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240903.html
APOD: 2024 September 1 – The Moon Dressed Like Saturn
Why does Saturn appear so big?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240901.html
APOD: 2024 August 30 - Southern Moonscape
Southern Moonscape
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APOD: 2024 August 27 – Moon Eclipses Saturn
What if Saturn disappeared?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240827.html
APOD: 2024 August 25 – Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturns Enceladus
Do underground oceans vent through canyons on Saturn's moon Enceladus?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240825.html
APOD: 2024 August 23 - Supernova Remnant CTA 1
There is a
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APOD: 2024 August 21 – Fermi's 12-year All-Sky Gamma-ray Map
Forget
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APOD: 2024 August 19 – IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula
Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240819.html
APOD: 2024 August 17 - Sky Full of SARs
On August 11 a
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APOD: 2024 August 15 - Late Night Vallentuna
Late Night Vallentuna
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240815.html
APOD: 2024 August 13 – Giant Jet from the International Space Station
What's that on the horizon?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240813.html
APOD: 2024 August 11 – Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower
https://www.meteorshowers.org/view/perseids
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240811.html
Where do Perseid meteors come from?
APOD: 2024 August 9 - A Perseid Below
Denizens of planet Earth typically watch meteor showers
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APOD: 2024 September 7 - Small Moon Deimos
Mars has two tiny moons, Phobos and
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APOD: 2024 September 5 - NGC 247 and Friends
About 70,000 light-years across,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240905.html
APOD: 2024 September 2 – A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240902.html
APOD: 2024 August 31 - IFN and the NGC 7771 Group
Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240831.html
APOD: 2024 August 29 - Star Factory Messier 17
A nearby star factory known as
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APOD: 2024 August 24 - South Pacific Shadowset
The
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APOD: 2024 August 22 - The Dark Tower in Scorpius
In silhouette against a crowded star field
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APOD: 2024 August 20 – Supermoon Beyond the Temple of Poseidon
A supermoon occurred yesterday.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240820.html
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One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence.
APOD: 2024 August 16 - Meteor Borealis
A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240816.html
APOD: 2024 August 14 – Meteors and Aurora over Germany
This was an unusual night.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240814.html
APOD: 2024 August 12 – Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge
What's happening in the sky above Stonehenge?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240812.html
APOD: 2024 August 10 - The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid
The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid
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APOD: 2024 August 8 - Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle
A Halley-type comet with an orbital period of about 133 years,
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