Astronomy Picture of the Day · January 2023

APOD, January 2023

30 entries from January 2023: 30 images and 0 videos. 22 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

The featured image shows several streaks on a dark background with a pale blue dot in one of the streaks. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 1, 2023

The Largest Rock in our Solar System

Image Credit: NASA , Voyager 1 spacecraftThe featured image is a wide-angle image featuring a Turkish village in the foreground and a sky containing off of planets in our Solar System in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 2, 2023 · Copyrighted

After Sunset Planet Parade

Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel ( TWAN )The featured image shows a line of bright stars strewn diagonally across a starfield of more dim stars. A cluster of stars is also visible near the top left of the image. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 3, 2023 · Copyrighted

Kemble's Cascade of Stars

Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy LeaseThe featured image shows a distant galaxy on the left next to a gas cloud on the right. An opening in the gas cloud is on the same side as the galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 4, 2023 · Copyrighted

CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby & Mark HansonMessier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione January 5, 2023 · Copyrighted

Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione

Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan ThrunMoon O'Clock 2022 January 6, 2023 · Copyrighted

Moon O'Clock 2022

Image Credit & Copyright: Niveth KumarSpace Stations in Low Earth Orbit January 7, 2023 · Copyrighted

Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit

Image Credit & Copyright: Zarcos PalmaA version of the periodic table of the elements color-coded with where each element is thought to have originated. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 8, 2023

Where Your Elements Came From

Image Credit & License: Wikipedia : Cmglee ; Data: Jennifer Johnson ( OSU )New Comet ZTF is pictured sporting three tails in front of a background of stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 9, 2023 · Copyrighted

Tails of Comet ZTF

Image Credit & Copyright: Jose Francisco HernándezA conical interstellar dust pillar is pictured. The pillar is mostly brownish-red but surrounded by stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 10, 2023 · Copyrighted

NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Matthew DieterichA green aurora is pictured above and beyond a dark rocky arch. Faint stars dot the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 11, 2023 · Copyrighted

Spiral Aurora over Iceland

Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano PellegriniStardust in Perseus January 12, 2023 · Copyrighted

Stardust in Perseus

Image Credit & Copyright: Jack GrovesYoung Star Cluster NGC 346 January 13, 2023

Young Star Cluster NGC 346

Image Credit: Science – NASA , ESA , CSA , Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA) Processing – Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Nolan Habel (USRA), Laura Lenkić (USRA), Laurie E. U. Chu (NASA Ames)Perihelion Sun 2023 January 14, 2023 · Copyrighted

Perihelion Sun 2023

Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Ward ( Barden Ridge Observatory )A messy array of colorful filaments is shown in front of a field of stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 15, 2023

M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , J. Hester, A. Loll ( ASU )Earth's Moon is pictured but shown with exaggerated details and colors. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 16, 2023 · Copyrighted

Moon Enhanced

Image Credit & Copyright: Darya Kawa MirzaA deep image of M31, the Andromeda galaxy, shows unexpected oxygen-glowing arcs to its left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 17, 2023 · Copyrighted

Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Yann Sainty & Marcel DrechslerDistant galaxies appear as yellow blurry dots while a few nearby bright stars appear in white and surrounded by spikes caused by diffraction. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 18, 2023

MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Dan Coe ( STScI ), Rebecca Larson (UT), Yu-Yang Hsiao (JHU); Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Text: Michael Rutkowski ( Minn. St. U. Mankato )The Seagull Nebula January 19, 2023 · Copyrighted

The Seagull Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos TaylorGalaxy Wars: M81 and M82 January 20, 2023 · Copyrighted

Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82

Image Credit & Copyright: Andreas AufschnaiterNaked-eye Comet ZTF January 21, 2023 · Copyrighted

Naked-eye Comet ZTF

Image Credit & Copyright: Óscar Martín Mesonero ( Organización Salmantina de la Astronáutica y el Espacio )A person stands on a steep snow-covered hill with their arms raised. In the distance green aurora are visible. Past that stars are visible. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 22, 2023 · Copyrighted

In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

Image Credit & Copyright: Max RiveTwo spiral galaxies are shown right next to each other, with a smaller distorted galaxy on the far left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 23, 2023 · Copyrighted

The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan ÖzsaraçAn image of a foreboding dark nebula before a red-glowing gas background and many bright and colorful stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 25, 2023 · Copyrighted

LDN 1622: The Boogeyman Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Joshua CarterActive Galaxy NGC 1275 January 26, 2023

Active Galaxy NGC 1275

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage , A. Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing January 27, 2023 · Copyrighted

Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing

Image Credit & Copyright: Dan BartlettComet ZTF over Mount Etna January 28, 2023 · Copyrighted

Comet ZTF over Mount Etna

Image Credit & Copyright: Dario GiannobileA dark comma-shaped cloud appears in the middle of a dense field of stars. No stars are visible through the center of the cloud. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 29, 2023

Barnard 68: Dark Molecular Cloud

Image Credit: FORS Team , 8.2-meter VLT Antu , ESOA ball of stars containing thousands of stars is shown with mostly light colored stars but with some stars having vibrant colors. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 30, 2023

Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASA , E. Noyola , R. CohenComet ZTF is shown high above and far beyond a row of silhouetted trees. The top inset image shows how the comet looked through binoculars, while the lower inset image shows how the comet looked, last week, thought a small telescope. The lo January 31, 2023 · Copyrighted

A Triple View of Comet ZTF

Image Credit & Copyright: Javier Caldera & Miguel Gracia

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