Astronomy Picture of the Day · February 2020
APOD, February 2020
29 entries from February 2020: 26 images and 3 videos. 15 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
February 1, 2020 Apollo 14 Heads for Home
Image Credit Apollo 14 , NASA , JSC, ASU (Image Reprocessing: Andy Saunders )
February 2, 2020 Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Spitzer Space Telescope
February 3, 2020 · Video Solar Granules at Record High Resolution
Image Credit: NSO , NSF , AURA , Inouye Solar Telescope
February 4, 2020 · Copyrighted A Sunset Night Sky over the Grand Canyon
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Q. Fugate
February 5, 2020 · Copyrighted Lunar Eclipse Perspectives
Image Credit: F. Pichardo , G. Hogan , P. Horálek , F. Hemmerich , S. Schraebler , L. Hašpl , R. Eder ; Processing & Copyright : Matipon Tangmatitham ; Text: Matipon Tangmatitham ( NARIT )
February 6, 2020 · Copyrighted Southern Moonscape
Image Credit & Copyright: Tom Glenn
February 7, 2020 NGC 7331 Close Up
Image Credit & License: ESA/Hubble & NASA/D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University)
February 8, 2020 · Copyrighted Cosmic Clouds in the Unicorn
Image Credit & Copyright: Bray Falls
February 9, 2020 To Fly Free in Space
Image Credit: NASA , STS-41B
February 10, 2020 · Copyrighted Solar Eclipse over the UAE
Image Credit & Copyright: Joshua Cripps
February 11, 2020 · Copyrighted Launch of the Solar Orbiter
Image Credit & Copyright: Derek Demeter ( Emil Buehler Planetarium )
February 12, 2020 · Copyrighted Star Trails of the North and South
Image Credit & Copyright: Saeid Parchini
February 13, 2020 Spitzer's Trifid
Image Credit: J. Rho ( SSC/Caltech ), JPL-Caltech , NASA
February 14, 2020 The Pale Blue Dot
Image Credit: Voyager Project , NASA , JPL-Caltech
February 15, 2020 · Copyrighted Carina Nebula Close Up
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , ESO , Amateur Data; Processing & Copyright: Robert Gendler & Roberto Colombari
February 16, 2020 NGC 2392: Double-Shelled Planetary Nebula
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , Chandra ; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
February 17, 2020 The Changing Surface of Fading Betelgeuse
Image Credit: ESO , M. Montargès et al.
February 18, 2020 · Copyrighted Orion over the Central Bohemian Highlands
Image Credit & Copyright: Vojtěch Bauer
February 19, 2020 · Copyrighted UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing & Copyright: Leo Shatz
February 20, 2020 · Copyrighted Trifecta at Twilight
Image Credit & Copyright: Paul Schmit , Gary Schmit
February 21, 2020 · Copyrighted LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
Image Credit & Copyright: Min Xie
February 22, 2020 Central Centaurus A
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA )-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
February 23, 2020 · Video Illustris Simulation of the Universe
Video Credit: Illustris Collaboration , NASA , PRACE , XSEDE , MIT , Harvard CfA ; Music: The Poisoned Princess ( Media Right Productions )
February 24, 2020 · Copyrighted Moon Corona, Halo, and Arcs over Manitoba
Image Credit & Copyright: Brent Mckean
February 25, 2020 · Video Jupiter's Magnetic Field from Juno
Video Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Harvard U. , K. Moore et al.
February 26, 2020 NGTS-10b: Discovery of a Doomed Planet
Illustration Credit: ESA , C. Carreau; Text: Alex R. Howe ( NASA / USRA , Science Meets Fiction Blog)
February 27, 2020 · Copyrighted Two Hemisphere Night Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek /ESO, Juan Carlos Casado /IAC ( TWAN )
February 28, 2020 · Copyrighted South Celestial Rocket Launch
Image Credit & Copyright: Brendan Gully
February 29, 2020 Julius Caesar and Leap Days
Image Credit & License: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. , WikimediaThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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- Astronomy Picture of the Day — NASA Science, science.nasa.gov/apod/archive
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