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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Cosmos in Reflection

Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230922.ht #APOD
22 Sep 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
Twoowls Elt

@APoD any chance of some alt text please?

22 Sep 2023 at 7:42 | Open on mastodon.scot
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The Red Sprite and the Tree

Credit & Copyright: Maxime Villaeys

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230918.ht #APOD

A lone tree is seen on the right of a dark grassy field. Above and on the right, a bright red filamentary glow is seen in the sky. The filaments of this glow may seem similar to the branches of the tree.
18 Sep 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Lazarou Monkey Terror πŸš€πŸ’™πŸŒˆ

@APoD I can see why before we found out what these things were, people believed in 'sky jellyfish' and the usual UFO shenanigans as an explanation.

18 Sep 2023 at 12:56 | Open on mastodon.social
Toni Scott

@APoD
Thank you for an opportunity to learn something new!

18 Sep 2023 at 15:25 | Open on mastodon.scot
NoldolantΓ«
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The Meteor and the Galaxy

Credit & Copyright: Jose Pedrero

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230823.ht #APOD

A color meteor streak is seen above the Andromeda spiral galaxy.
23 Aug 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
Irfan

@APoD that meteor color indicates magnesium composition..

🌠

29 Aug 2023 at 12:34 | Open on mas.to
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Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide

Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (Starry Earth, TWAN)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230730.ht #APOD

A bright green spiral aurora is seen in a break in the clouds before a purple background. The foreground contains green grassland and a circular lake.
30 Jul 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall

Image Credit & Copyright: Cari Letelier

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230704.ht #APOD
4 Jul 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Pampa

@APoD

An absolutely stunning image. Thank you. Kudos, Cari Letelier!

4 Jul 2023 at 8:06 | Open on climatejustice.social
Amadandeanta

@APoD Oh no, it’s space bunny coming to eat us!

4 Jul 2023 at 8:41 | Open on mastodon.ie
Issacc Lee
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Color the Universe

Image Credit: Unknown, possibly C. Flammarion

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230604.ht #APOD

A black and white line drawing depicts a person peering outside of a spherical room into a greater universe.
4 Jun 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Shane Kerr

@APoD I know this engraving because it was on the cover of The Discoverers, a book which had a huge impression on me when I was young.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Di

4 Jun 2023 at 8:50 | Open on fosstodon.org
Pam Phillips

@APoD To me this image shows a humble shepherd who has climbed to the peak of a mountain and pierced the firmament that bounds the dome of the sky over our earthly realm. (Note that the Sun and Moon are part of this realm.) Now he is getting his mind blown by the wonders of the celestial realms beyond ordinary knowledge.

He's probably going to go found a cult.

4 Jun 2023 at 14:39 | Open on better.boston
Alexander Trivia Dragonson

@APoD hey @mattgrayyes @garybrannan

I know that name

There was a Citation Needed episode about Camille Flammarion

(which my girlfriend is coincidentally rewatching as we speak)

thank you for making my timeline a little more delightful this morning, several years ago and completely by accident

4 Jun 2023 at 14:49 | Open on wandering.shop
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Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr HorΓ‘lek / Institute of Physics in Opava, Sovena Jani

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230529.ht #APOD

A shoreline glowing with blue bioluminescent plankton is shown, with a stand of trees in the distance. Above all is a starry sky which includes red nebulae and the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy.
29 May 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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A Waterspout in Florida

Image Credit & Copyright: Joey Mole

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230423.ht #APOD

A thin gray funnel cloud is pictured connecting water at the bottom to a cloud near the top.
23 Apr 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Aurora Over Arctic Henge

Image Credit & Copyright: Cari Letelier

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230327.ht #APOD

Multi-colored aurora are seen above an unusual stone gateway, the first of several similar gateways seen in the distance.
27 Mar 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Jupiter and Venus Converge over Germany

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy (Trier Observatory)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230315.ht #APOD

Two bright objects appear in a sky over a hill. On the hill, the silhouettes of several people are visible, including a person looking though a telescope and what appears to be two children looking upward.
15 Mar 2023 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Moon over Makemake

Illustration Credit: Alex H. Parker (Southwest Research Institute)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221231.ht #APOD
31 Dec 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Saturn at Night

NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Mindaugas Macijauskas

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221126.ht #APOD
26 Nov 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
Gwenn the Koi

@APoD images that could be album covers.

26 Nov 2022 at 7:43 | Open on eightpoint.app
Beedge

@APoD can Night and Day be applied as measurements of time to whole planets though?

I would have thought this is the night side of Saturn, rather than Saturn at night..

Cool image though.

26 Nov 2022 at 9:07 | Open on mas.to
Zinahia

@APoD anyone else got a β€œjaws” theme music vibe from looking at this? 🦈πŸͺ

26 Nov 2022 at 9:09 | Open on techhub.social
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LDN 673: Dark Clouds in Aquila

Image Credit & Copyright: Frank Sackenheim, Josef Poepsel, Stefan Binnewies (Capella Observatory Team)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221029.ht #APOD
29 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Seven Years of Halley Dust

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221028.ht #APOD
28 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Fryhover

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221024.ht #APOD
24 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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NGC 1499: The California Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Kennedy

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221022.ht #APOD
22 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Andromeda in Southern Skies

Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221021.ht #APOD
21 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Pillars of Creation

Image Credit: Science - NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam Processing - Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221020.ht #APOD
20 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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A Galaxy Beyond Stars, Gas, Dust

Image Credit & Copyright: Howard Trottier; Text: Emily Rice

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221019.ht #APOD

The featured image shows distant spiral galaxy NGC 7497 in a field of foreground stars, gas, and dust. The foreground gas and dust is in our own Milky Way galaxy and so well in front of the galaxy -- but appears to go right through it.
19 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
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Stars, Dust, Pillars, and Jets in the Pelican Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Adriano Almeida

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221011.ht #APOD
11 Oct 2022 at 7:28 | Open on botsin.space
Stefan

@APoD oh boy, i freaking loving this Picture from a giant #GasCloud full of #Stars somewhere far away in #Space. πŸ€©πŸ‘

11 Oct 2022 at 11:17 | Open on quasselkopf.de
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