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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 27/09/2026

🔭 Andromeda before Photoshop Image Credit: Kees Scherer ap260927

A spiral galaxy is pictured that takes up much of the
frame. Many straight lines run through it. In the alternative
image, the straight lines have been removed.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/09/2026

🔭 Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) ap260926

See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 29/09/2026

🔭 Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Pawel Piechnik ap260929

A starfield has a bright pink swirling nebula
in it. The top part of the nebula shows much detail,
while the bottom part is mostly open.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 25/09/2026

🔭 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Image Credit & Copyright: Javier O. Cadenas Parra ap260925

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 28/09/2026

🔭 Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe Image Color Credit: Karl Glazebrook & Ivan Baldry (JHU) ap260928

A single color covers the image: that similar to a latte
cup of coffee. It is noted in text that apod.nasa.gov is moving
to science.nasa.gov/apod .
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 24/09/2026

🔭 The Ghosts of Five Supernovas Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter, Yann Sainty Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260924

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 27/09/2026

🔭 Andromeda before Photoshop Image Credit: Kees Scherer ap260927

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/09/2026

🔭 A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Intuitive Machines Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260923

Two images. The before image shows a lunar surface sprinkled with small craters. The after image shows the same location but taken over by a large dark impression surrounding by a ridge that slopes down to the surface.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/09/2026

🔭 Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) ap260926

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 22/09/2026

🔭 Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Inst. Physics Opava ap260922

An image of the Sun is shown with several dark
silhouettes superposed. On the upper right is an
airplane, on the right is the International Space
Station, and across the Sun are several sunspots.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 25/09/2026

🔭 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Image Credit & Copyright: Javier O. Cadenas Parra ap260925

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 21/09/2026

🔭 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field Image Credit & Copyright: Piotr Czerski ap260921

A starfield is shown against a patchy red-glowing
background. Two irregular brown trails occur, the lower
of which culminates in a bright pink and white region.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 24/09/2026

🔭 The Ghosts of Five Supernovas Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter, Yann Sainty Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260924

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 20/09/2026

🔭 Analemma over the Callanish Stones Image Credit & Copyright: Giuseppe Petricca ap260920

The featured image the Sun in many positions above
the Callanish stones.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/09/2026

🔭 A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Intuitive Machines Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260923

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 19/09/2026

🔭 A Zodiacal Night Image Credit & Copyright: Neelam and Ajay Talwar (TWAN) ap260919

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 22/09/2026

🔭 Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Inst. Physics Opava ap260922

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 18/09/2026

🔭 Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis ap260918

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 21/09/2026

🔭 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field Image Credit & Copyright: Piotr Czerski ap260921

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/09/2026

🔭 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260917

A colorful nebula resembles an open
treasure chest on a field of stars.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 20/09/2026

🔭 Analemma over the Callanish Stones Image Credit & Copyright: Giuseppe Petricca ap260920

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 16/09/2026

🔭 Webb's View of M64 Image Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (ESO), J. Lee (STScI), A. Leroy (OSU), and D. Thilker (JHU); Image Processing: G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University) Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260916

Hubble and JWST image of M64. A massive spiral galaxy glows with a yellow core, surrounded by arms full of orange-brown dust and pink and blue patches of star formation. Framed by a haze of dark dust, the galaxy shines against black space dotted with a few stars.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 19/09/2026

🔭 A Zodiacal Night Image Credit & Copyright: Neelam and Ajay Talwar (TWAN) ap260919

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 15/09/2026

🔭 A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus Image Credit & Copyright: Arnaud Mariat ap260915

A blue sky has a light cloud crossing the middle of
the image. Two crescent objects are visible through the
cloud, a large faint crescent in the center and a brighter
crescent above it.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 18/09/2026

🔭 Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis ap260918

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 14/09/2026

🔭 Where Your Elements Came From Image Credit: NASA's GSFC, SVS ap260914

A chart is shown which a version of the periodic
table of the elements. Each element has a thumbnail
image that indicates how it was first created in the
universe.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/09/2026

🔭 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260917

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 13/09/2026

🔭 Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea Video Credit & Copyright: Paolo Girotti ap260913

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 16/09/2026

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 12/09/2026

🔭 Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague) ap260912

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 15/09/2026

🔭 A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus Image Credit & Copyright: Arnaud Mariat ap260915

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 11/09/2026

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 14/09/2026

🔭 Where Your Elements Came From Image Credit: NASA's GSFC, SVS ap260914

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 10/09/2026

🔭 LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Merga Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260910

A brown nebula in the shape of a running giraffe
is seen in front of a dark field of stars.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 13/09/2026

🔭 Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea Video Credit & Copyright: Paolo Girotti ap260913

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 09/09/2026

🔭 Witness XZ Andromedae Wink Video Credit: Ogetay Kayali (MTU, Starfront Observatories) Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260909

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 12/09/2026

🔭 Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague) ap260912

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 08/09/2026

🔭 Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, HST; A. Sánchez-Lavega (UPV), A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. Wong (UC Berkeley); Processing: A. Pagan (STScI) ap260908

A dark field has a bright circular disk near the center.
Around the center of this disk are bands. One of the bands
appear particularly geometric and appears to have 10 sides.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 07/09/2026

🔭 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Killion ap260907

A busy starfield is dominated by red and blue glowing
gas and dark filamentary dust. The nebula appears to some
to have the shape of a pelican.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 10/09/2026

🔭 LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Merga Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260910

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 06/09/2026

🔭 Pluto in Enhanced Color Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. ap260906

The large sphere is pictured with different color regions
on its surface. Irregularly shaped parts of tan, white, and brown.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 09/09/2026

🔭 Witness XZ Andromedae Wink Video Credit: Ogetay Kayali (MTU, Starfront Observatories) Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260909

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 05/09/2026

🔭 Chasing the Moon's Shadow Image Credit: NASA ap260905

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 08/09/2026

🔭 Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, HST; A. Sánchez-Lavega (UPV), A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. Wong (UC Berkeley); Processing: A. Pagan (STScI) ap260908

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 07/09/2026

🔭 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Killion ap260907

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 03/09/2026

🔭 The Eclipse and the Stork Image Credit & Copyright: Włodzimierz Bubak Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260903

A sunset view of the solar eclipse,
framed behind a stork standing on one leg in her nest.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 06/09/2026

🔭 Pluto in Enhanced Color Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. ap260906

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/09/2026

🔭 Solar Eclipses and Culture Image Credit & Copyright: Javier Castro Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260902

The image is split into several vertical slices where each slice is an image of the Sun in the sky. It follows the Sun slowly becoming eclipsed by the Moon. The sky goes from light to dark. The total solar eclipse occurs in the central slice. As the eclipse goes away, the Sun is setting.

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