Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 2022

APOD, April 2022

30 entries from April 2022: 30 images and 0 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Leaning Tower, Active Sun April 1, 2022 · Copyrighted

Leaning Tower, Active Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Tartarini
Nova Scotia Northern Lights April 2, 2022 · Copyrighted

Nova Scotia Northern Lights

Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Dain
The featured image depicts the cosmic microwave background radiation as seen by the NASA's COBE mission over four years ending in 1993. The hot and cold dipole pattern is indiciative of the Sun moving with respect to this microwave light, b April 3, 2022

CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe

Image Credit: DMR , COBE , NASA , Four-Year Sky Map
The featured image depicts a bright aurora that occurred over Iceland in March. The curvature of the aurora makes it look like a vortex. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 4, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Vortex Aurora over Iceland

Image Credit & Copyright: Christophe Suarez
The featured image shows a wide field with the red California Nebula on the far left, the blue Pleiades Star Cluster on the right, and much brown interstellar dust in between. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 5, 2022 · Copyrighted

Seven Sisters versus California

Image Credit & Copyright: Neven Krcmarek
The featured image depicts a star in the distant universe that has been magnified by a foreground cluster of galaxies to appear over one thousand times brighter here on Earth. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 6, 2022

Earendel: A Star in the Early Universe

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , B. Welch ( JHU ), D. Coe ( STScI ); Processing: A. Pagan ( STScI )
Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud April 7, 2022 · Copyrighted

Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud

Image Credit & Copyright: Gabriel Rodrigues Santos
Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997 April 8, 2022 · Copyrighted

Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997

Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip ( TWAN )
Mars-Saturn Conjunction April 9, 2022 · Copyrighted

Mars-Saturn Conjunction

Image Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach
The featured image shows the permanently shadowed region at the Moon's South Pole. The picture is a composite of many lunar images taken from many illumination angles revealing which parts are never in direct sunlight. Please see the explan April 10, 2022

Shadows at the Moon's South Pole

Image Credit: NASA , Arizona State U. , Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The featured image shows a time-lapse silhouette of the International Space Station (ISS) crossing the face of the Sun. The Sun shows filaments, prominences and a sunspot. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 11, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Space Station Crosses a Busy Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian ( Eyes at Night )
The featured image shows the dark nebula N11 which appears in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 12, 2022

N11: Star Clouds of the LMC

Image Credit: NASA , ESA ; Processing: Josh Lake
The featured image shows Devils Tower in Wyoming, USA under a brilliant sky that includes a deep image of the central bank of our Milky Way galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 13, 2022 · Copyrighted

Milky Way over Devils Tower

Image Credit & Copyright: MaryBeth Kiczenski
Messier 96 April 14, 2022 · Copyrighted

Messier 96

Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby
The Gator-Back Rocks of Mars April 15, 2022

The Gator-Back Rocks of Mars

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS
Orion Pines April 16, 2022 · Copyrighted

Orion Pines

Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( Starry Earth , TWAN )
The featured image shows a the NASA space shuttle approaching the International Space Station with the Earth's atmosphere in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 17, 2022

Shuttle Over Earth

Image Credit: NASA , Expedition 22 Crew
The featured image shows a very dark sky over the Mertola steppe in Portugal. Visible night sky objects include the Andromeda galaxy, the bright star Vega, planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars, and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Please see April 18, 2022 · Copyrighted

Stars and Planets over Portugal

Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro ( TWAN , Dark Sky Alqueva)
The featured image shows a central region of IC 2944, the Running Chicken Nebula. Visible are stars and dense clouds that form stars one day. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 19, 2022 · Copyrighted

Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Steve Bemmerl
The featured image shows four planets lined up behind the RFK Triboro bridge in New York City. The image was taken just before sunrise two days ago. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 20, 2022 · Copyrighted

Planet Line over New York Bridge

Image Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda
Apollo 16 Moon Panorama April 21, 2022

Apollo 16 Moon Panorama

Image Credit: Apollo 16 , NASA ; Panorama Assembly: Mike Constantine
Planet Earth at Twilight April 22, 2022

Planet Earth at Twilight

Image Credit: ISS Expedition 2 Crew , Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth , NASA
Messier 104 April 23, 2022 · Copyrighted

Messier 104

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Legacy Archive ; Processing & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
Split the Universe April 24, 2022

Split the Universe

Image Credit: NASA , Erwin Schrödinger’s cat
The featured image shows a central region of IC 2944, the Running Chicken Nebula. Visible are stars and dense clouds that form stars one day. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 25, 2022 · Copyrighted

The Great Nebula in Carina

Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Javier Diaz Bobillo
The featured image shows four planets lined up behind the Sydney Opera House in Australia. The image was taken five days ago just before sunrise. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 26, 2022 · Copyrighted

Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House

Image Credit & Copyright: Prasun Agrawal
The featured image shows the planet Jupiter as seen by NASA's passing robotic spaceship Juno. A large dark spot seen on Jupiter is the shadow of Jupiter's moon Io. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. April 27, 2022

Moon Shadow on Jupiter

Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS ; Processing & License: Thomas Thomopoulos
Lyrid of the Lake April 28, 2022 · Copyrighted

Lyrid of the Lake

Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai ( TWAN )
Portrait of NGC 3628 April 29, 2022 · Copyrighted

Portrait of NGC 3628

Image Credit & Copyright: Wilhelm Michael Kasakow , Olaf Guillaume
M44: The Beehive Cluster April 30, 2022 · Copyrighted

M44: The Beehive Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Drew Evans

Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.

All of 2022 → · All years and topics →

Source

The images and explanations belong to their creators. OpenOrbit is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA.