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I deiced to post a list of all the Astronomy Picture of the Day so far for 2024. This will go to a monthly instead of a daily post starting August 1st. The picture will be for the preceding month.
2024 June 30: Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction
2024 June 29: A Solstice Moon
2024 June 28: Comet 13P/Olbers
2024 June 27: Protostellar Outflows in Serpens
2024 June 26: Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way
2024 June 25: The Dark Doodad Nebula
2024 June 24: JADES GS z14 0: A New Farthest Object
2024 June 23: The Colors of Saturn from Cassini
2024 June 22: Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
2024 June 21: Hubble’s NGC 1546
2024 June 20: Sandy and the Moon Halo
2024 June 19: NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara
2024 June 18: Gigantic Jets over Himalayan Mountains
2024 June 17: Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula
2024 June 16: Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star
2024 June 15: Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun
2024 June 14: RCW 85
2024 June 13: Messier 66 Close Up
2024 June 12: Aurora over Karkonosze Mountains
2024 June 11: Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi
2024 June 10: Sh2 132: The Lion Nebula
2024 June 09: How to Identify that Light in the Sky
2024 June 08: Pandora’s Cluster of Galaxies
2024 June 07: Sharpless 308: The Dolphin Head Nebula
2024 June 06: NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
2024 June 05: Shadow of a Martian Robot
2024 June 04: Comet Pons Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
2024 June 03: NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
2024 June 02: Rotating Moon from LRO
2024 June 01: Stereo Helene
2024 May 31: The Nebulous Realm of WR 134
2024 May 30: A Lunar Corona over Paris
2024 May 29: Stairway to the Milky Way
2024 May 28: Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
2024 May 27: Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
2024 May 26: A Solar Filament Erupts
2024 May 25: Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
2024 May 24: M78 from the Euclid Space Telescope
2024 May 23: Unraveling NGC 3169
2024 May 22: Green Aurora over Sweden
2024 May 21: CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy
2024 May 20: Aurora Dome Sky
2024 May 19: Jupiter Diving
2024 May 18: North Celestial Aurora
2024 May 17: Aurora Banks Peninsula
2024 May 16: Aurora Georgia
2024 May 15: AR 3664 at the Suns Edge
2024 May 14: The 37 Cluster
2024 May 13: AR 3664 on a Setting Sun
2024 May 12: Red Aurora over Poland
2024 May 11: AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group
2024 May 10: Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge
2024 May 09: The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
2024 May 08: Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk
2024 May 07: Black Hole Accreting with Jet
2024 May 06: A Total Solar Eclipse from Sliver to Ring
2024 May 05: A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star
2024 May 04: 3 ATs
2024 May 03: Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP 43b
2024 May 02: M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
2024 May 01: IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
2024 April 30: GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula
2024 April 29: Comet, Planet, Moon
2024 April 28: Rings Around the Ring Nebula
2024 April 27: All Sky Moon Shadow
2024 April 26: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy
2024 April 25: NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
2024 April 24: Dragons Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula
2024 April 23: Contrail Shadow X
2024 April 22: Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt Etna
2024 April 21: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter
2024 April 20: Diamonds in the Sky
2024 April 19: The Great Carina Nebula
2024 April 18: Facing NGC 1232
2024 April 17: Total Eclipse and Comets
2024 April 16: Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant
2024 April 15: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb
2024 April 14: How a Total Solar Eclipse Ended
2024 April 13: Palm Tree Partial Eclipse
2024 April 12: Total Totality
2024 April 11: Eclipse in Seven
2024 April 10: Planets Around a Total Eclipse
2024 April 09: Moon Shadow over Lake Magog
2024 April 08: The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons Brooks
2024 April 07: A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming
2024 April 06: Unwinding M51
2024 April 05: The Solar Corona Unwrapped
2024 April 04: Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
2024 April 03: Unusual Nebula Pa 30
2024 April 02: Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona
2024 April 01: Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole
2024 March 31: Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World
2024 March 30: Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey
2024 March 29: Galileo’s Europa
2024 March 28: Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
2024 March 27: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
2024 March 26: Comet Pons Brooks Ion Tail
2024 March 25: Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant
2024 March 24: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
2024 March 23: Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
2024 March 22: Phobos: Moon over Mars
2024 March 21: The Leo Trio
2024 March 20: The Eyes in Markarian’s Galaxy Chain
2024 March 19: A Picturesque Equinox Sunset
2024 March 18: Comet Pons Brooks Swirling Coma
2024 March 17: NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision
2024 March 16: ELT and the Milky Way
2024 March 15: Portrait of NGC 1055
2024 March 14: Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow
2024 March 13: The Seagull Nebula
2024 March 12: A Galaxy Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral
2024 March 11: A Full Plankton Moon
2024 March 10: A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
2024 March 09: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring
2024 March 08: The Tarantula Zone
2024 March 07: The Crew-8 Nebula
2024 March 06: M102: Edge on Disk Galaxy
2024 March 05: NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art
2024 March 04: Light Pillars Over Inner Mongolia
2024 March 03: A Total Solar Eclipse Close Up in Real Time
2024 March 02: Odysseus on the Moon
2024 March 01: Odysseus and The Dish
2024 February 29: Julius Caesar and Leap Days
2024 February 28: Shades of Night
2024 February 27: Supernova Remnant Simeis 147
2024 February 26: Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon
2024 February 25: A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland
2024 February 24: Odysseus to the Moon
2024 February 23: The Pencil Nebula Supernova Shock Wave
2024 February 22: A View Toward M106
2024 February 21: Seagull Nebula over Pinnacles Peak
2024 February 20: AM1054: Stars Form as Galaxies Collide
2024 February 19: Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe
2024 February 18: Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy
2024 February 17: Meteor over the Bay of Naples
2024 February 16: Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
2024 February 15: NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe
2024 February 14: Rosette Deep Field
2024 February 13: A January Wolf Moon
2024 February 12: HFG1 & Abell 6: Planetary Nebulae
2024 February 11: Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon
2024 February 10: The Shadow of Ingenuity’s Damaged Rotor Blade
2024 February 09: When Roses Aren’t Red
2024 February 08: Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
2024 February 07: The Heart Shaped Antennae Galaxies
2024 February 06: NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
2024 February 05: In the Core of the Carina Nebula
2024 February 04: The Cone Nebula from Hubble
2024 February 03: Apollo 14: A View from Antares
2024 February 02: NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410
2024 February 01: NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
2024 January 31: Camera Orion Rising
2024 January 30: SLIM Lands on the Moon
2024 January 29: The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters
2024 January 28: Pluto in True Color
2024 January 27: Full Observatory Moon
2024 January 26: Epsilon Tauri: Star with Planet
2024 January 25: Jyväskylä in the Sky
2024 January 24: Earth and Moon from Beyond
2024 January 23: Deep Nebulas: From Seagull to California
2024 January 22: Shadows of Mountain and Moon
2024 January 21: The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
2024 January 20: Falcon Heavy Boostback Burn
2024 January 19: Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes
2024 January 18: Northern Lights from the Stratosphere
2024 January 17: America and the Sea of Serenity
2024 January 16: The Orion You Can Almost See
2024 January 15: Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb
2024 January 14: Dragon Aurora over Iceland
2024 January 13: Circling the Sun
2024 January 12: Good Morning Moon
2024 January 11: Quadrantids of the North
2024 January 10: The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
2024 January 09: Thor’s Helmet
2024 January 08: The Phases of Venus
2024 January 07: The Cat’s Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray
2024 January 06: The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko
2024 January 05: Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion
2024 January 04: Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
2024 January 03: A SAR Arc from New Zealand
2024 January 02: Rocket Transits Rippling Moon
2024 January 01: NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
















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