Astronomy Picture of the Day 2016

Astronomy Picture of the Day

 

2016.12.20

Sharpless 308: Star Bubble 
Image Credit & Copyright: Anis Abdul

2016.09.20

The Helix Nebula in Infrared 
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope; Processing: Judy Schmidt

2016.09.09

Mars in the Clouds 
Image Credit & Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer

2016.08.26

The Milky Way Sets 
Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (TWAN, Earth and Stars)

 

 

 

 

 

2016.07.18

The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK-I 
Image Credit: ESO, VLT, HAWK-I, H. Drass et al.

 

 

 

 

2016.07.07

The Altiplano Night 
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)

 

 

 

 

 

2016.06.24

Sagittarius Sunflowers 
Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Campbell

 

 

 

 

 

2016.05.31

Stars and Gas of the Running Chicken Nebula 
Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Campbell

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.05.27

The Great Carina Nebula 
Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)

 

 

 

 

 

2016.05.24

Milky Way Over the Spanish Peaks 
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt

 

 

 

 

 

2016.04.22

NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula 
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA) 

 

 

 

 

2016.04.13

Orion in Red and Blue 
Image Credit & Copyright: David Lindemann

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.04.07

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte 
Image Credit: ESO, VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.03.30

NGC 6188 and NGC 6164 
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh & Rick Stevenson

 

 

 

 

 

2016.03.28

Orion's Belt and Sword over Teide's Peak 
Image Credit & Copyright: Cesar & Carlos Tejedor

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.02.17

Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia 
Image Credit: Michael Goh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.01.26

A Candidate for the Biggest Boom Yet Seen 
Illustration Credit: Jin Ma (Beijing Planetarium)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.01.20

Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula 
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016.01.14

Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud 
Image Credit: ESA / NASA / JPL-Caltech / STScI