Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 2020
APOD, December 2020
31 entries from December 2020: 26 images and 5 videos. 21 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 1, 2020 NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster in the SMC
Image Credit & License: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing: Judy Schmidt
December 2, 2020 · Copyrighted Eye of Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Zachery Cooley
December 3, 2020 The Antennae Galaxies in Collision
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble NASA
December 4, 2020 · Copyrighted Curly Spiral Galaxy M63
Image Credit & Copyright: Fabian Neyer , Rainer Spani Collaboration Credit: I.D. Karachentsev, F. Neyer, R. Spani, T. Zilch
December 5, 2020 · Copyrighted Mons Rumker in the Ocean of Storms
Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Yves Letellier
December 6, 2020 M16: Pillars of Star Creation
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Space Telescope , J. Hester, P. Scowen ( ASU )
December 7, 2020 · Copyrighted Mammatus Clouds over Mount Rushmore
Image Credit & Copyright: Laure Mattuzzi
December 8, 2020 · Copyrighted Great Conjunction over Sicilian Lighthouse
Image Credit & Copyright: Kevin Saragozza
December 9, 2020 · Video Arecibo Telescope Collapse
Video Credit: Carlos Perez, Adrian Bague, Arecibo Observatory , NSF
December 10, 2020 · Copyrighted Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
Image Credit & Copyright: Georges Attard
December 11, 2020 · Copyrighted Messier Craters in Stereo
Image Credit: Apollo 11 , NASA ; Stereo Image Copyright Patrick Vantuyne
December 12, 2020 · Copyrighted Saturn and Jupiter in Summer 2020
Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel ( TWAN ), Onur Durma
December 13, 2020 · Copyrighted Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory
Image Credit & Copyright: Steed Yu and NightChina.net
December 14, 2020 · Video Capsule Returns from Asteroid Ryugu
Video Credit: JAXA , Hayabusa2
December 15, 2020 · Copyrighted Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter Converge
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer
December 16, 2020 · Video Sonified: The Matter of the Bullet Cluster
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI, Magellan/U.Arizona; Lensing Map: NASA/STScI, ESO WFI, Magellan/U.Arizona; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
December 17, 2020 · Copyrighted Gemini's Meteors
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano Pellegrini
December 18, 2020 · Copyrighted Diamond in the Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: Mariano Ribas (Planetario de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires)
December 19, 2020 · Copyrighted Conjunction after Sunset
Image Credit & Copyright: Alireza Vafa
December 20, 2020 · Copyrighted A Volcanic Great Conjunction
Image Credit & Copyright: Francisco Sojuel
December 21, 2020 · Copyrighted Solstice: Sunrises Around the Year
Image Credit & Copyright: Zaid M. Al-Abbadi
December 22, 2020 Trifid Pillars and Jets
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Space Telescope , HLA ; Processing: Advait Mehla
December 23, 2020 · Copyrighted Jupiter Meets Saturn: A Red Spotted Great Conjunction
Image Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach
December 24, 2020 · Copyrighted Portrait of NGC 1055
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
December 25, 2020 · Copyrighted Northern Winter Night
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block
December 26, 2020 · Copyrighted Fox Fur, Unicorn, and Christmas Tree
Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro ( TWAN , Dark Sky Alqueva )
December 27, 2020 Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
Color Credit: Karl Glazebrook & Ivan Baldry ( JHU )
December 28, 2020 · Copyrighted M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Paladini
December 29, 2020 · Video Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse
Video Credit: GOES-16 , ABI , NOAA , NASA
December 30, 2020 · Video Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction: The Movie
Video Credit: Thanakrit Santikunaporn ( National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand ); Text: Matipon Tangmatitham
December 31, 2020 · Copyrighted Trail of the Returner
Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoxiao WangThumbnails 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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