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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 21h

🔭 Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge Credit: Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS - Panorama: Andrew Bodrov ap261003

Fisheye wide-angle image of the Curiosity rover on Mars.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/10/2026

🔭 The Complete Sharpless Catalog: 313 Nebulas Credit: Bing Xin ap261002

313 separate images of nebulae that resemble a variety of shapes and brightnesses. Some are dim and whispy, others are bright and create structure. Each image traces the complex behavior of interstellar gas.

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 05/09/2026

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

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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 · 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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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 01/09/2026

🔭 A Plane Lunar Eclipse Image Credit: Paulo Ferreira ap260901

The Moon is seen in front of clouds but with part
of its lower left being unusually dark. On the upper
right, a foreground airplane appears flying into the disk of
the Moon.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 30/08/2026

🔭 M74: A Grand Design Spiral Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA)- ESA / Hubble Collaboration Acknowledgment: R. Chandar (U. Toledo) & J. Miller (U. Michigan) ap260830

A large spiral galaxy occupies the frame, with
a bright white center slightly toward the upper left,
and blue hued spiral arms laced with dark dust
surrounding the center.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 29/08/2026

🔭 Eclipse Pair Image Credit & Copyright: Gwenaël Blanck ap260829

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 28/08/2026

🔭 The Sky Turns Above Paranal Image Credit & Copyright: Osvaldo Castillo ap260828

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 27/08/2026

🔭 Colorful Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall Image Credit & Copyright: Victor Lima Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260827

A night view of a waterfall with a colorful aurora in shades
of green, yellow, red and purple, and stars in the background.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/08/2026

🔭 JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260826

A white dwarf is the bright central point of the image. An irregular bubble of gas surrounds it. A more diffuse cloud of gas extends past the bubble. Strands of dust radiate outward within the gas cloud. Stars and galaxies dot the background.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 25/08/2026

🔭 Earth's Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses Image Credit & Copyright: Tim Martin ap260825

Many images of Earth's Moon are shown each partly
eclipsed. The lunar images are arranged so that the
eclipsed dark part is toward the center, showing a
large dark circle in the center.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 24/08/2026

🔭 Comet 220P in Outburst Image Credit & Copyright: Spilios Asimakopoulos ap260824

A starfield appears with a bright comet near the
center. The comet has a bright green head and a short
white tail. Around the frame is a complex array of
faint gray nebulas.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 22/08/2026

🔭 Mostly Perseids Image Credit & Copyright: Jakub Koukal (Valašské Meziříčí Observatory) ap260822

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 20/08/2026

🔭 The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus Image Credit & Copyright: Eddie Sgarbossa ap260820

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 18/08/2026

🔭 Perseids from Perseus Image Credit & Copyright: Jakub Kuřák ap260818

A starfield is bounded by trees on three sides and
a pond on the bottom. Amongst the stars are many streaks
of light appearing to emanate from a place on the sky
just above a foreground bridge.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/08/2026

🔭 A Golden Corona Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Rui Santos (Living Impressions) ap260817

A total eclipse Sun is featured in the image center.
Around the Sun is a filamentary gold-hued corona flowing
out in all directions.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 16/08/2026

🔭 Milky Way over Yellowstone Image Credit & Copyright: Dave Lane ap260816

A landscape image shows a starfield above a lake.
Part of the lake is evaporating into the sky on the
right. The arch of the Milky Way Galaxy curves overhead.
It may look like the evaporation is creating the Milky Way.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 15/08/2026

🔭 Bright Perseids from Sweden Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén (Clear Skies, TWAN) ap260815

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 14/08/2026

🔭 Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland Image Credit & Copyright: Aditya Madhavan ap260814

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 13/08/2026

🔭 Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain Image Credit & Copyright: Ruiyu Zhang Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260813

The Moon covers the Sun in the middle of the sky above an ornate church. A ring of bright whisps from the Sun's corona surrounds the Moon. In front of the church is a river that shows ripples across the eclipse's reflection. Some people are boating in the river.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 12/08/2026

🔭 Perseids Over a little Planet Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Rosadziński Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260812

The ground is shown in a little planet perspective, surrounded by the sky with a diffuse glow. The Milky Way is visible in the sky, as well as some nebulae in red and over a hundred meteors. Most of them appear to come from the same point.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 11/08/2026

🔭 Six Moons of Saturn Image Credit & Copyright: Alexandre Trentini ap260811

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 10/08/2026

🔭 Three Galaxy Pairs Image Credit & Copyright: Rafael Sampaio ap260810

A dark starfield shows three pairs of galaxies. One pair
near the top, one near the middle, and one near the bottom.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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

🔭 Contemplating the Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Gilbert ap260809

A light disk is visible on the lower left but the
rest of the disk is eclipsed by a darker disk of the
same apparent size. At the bottom of the image are the
silhouettes of several people.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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

🔭 A Messier Moment for Tempel 2 Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett ap260808

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 07/08/2026

🔭 Rubin's COSMOS field Image Credit & Copyright: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260807

A deep field image of the sky, with some
highlighted areas shown with a zoom-in.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 06/08/2026

🔭 New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability Image Credit: NSF, NSO, AURA, MPS, Inouye Tel. ap260806

A image shows flowery dark and light structures
on a yellow background.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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