Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2023

APOD, May 2023

31 entries from May 2023: 30 images and 1 videos. 19 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

The featured image shows the northern part of the Great Carina Nebula featuring the Gabriela Mistral Nebula as well as other nebulae and star clusters. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 1, 2023 · Copyrighted

Carina Nebula North

Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos TaylorA view of Mars from the Curiosity rover on Mars is pictured in black and white. Many rocks and hills are visible, with a hill containing many unusually flat rocks visible on the right. Please see the explanation for more detailed informatio May 2, 2023 · Copyrighted

Flat Rock Hills on Mars

Image Credit & Copyright: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS ; Processing: Neville ThompsonA long duration image of the unusual galaxy Centaurus A. The galaxy appears as a light oval with a complex dark dust lane running across its center. A starfield surrounds the galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 3, 2023 · Copyrighted

Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars

Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi , Angus Lau & Tommy Tse; Text: Natalia Lewandowska ( SUNY Oswego )The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole May 4, 2023

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Event Horizon Telescope CollaborationShackleton from ShadowCam May 5, 2023

Shackleton from ShadowCam

Image Credit: NASA , ShadowCam , Korea Aerospace Research Institute , Arizona State UniversityTwilight in a Flower May 6, 2023 · Copyrighted

Twilight in a Flower

Image Credit & Copyright: Dario GiannobileA colorful circular nebula is shown that is beige in the center, red further out, and gas violet rings even further out. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 7, 2023

The Helix Nebula from CFHT

Image Credit: CFHT , Coelum , MegaCam , J.-C. Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & G. A. Anselmi ( Coelum )A majestic spiral galaxy is shown with spirals of bright blue stars, bright red nebulae, and dark dust. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 8, 2023

The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: ESA , NASA , Hubble ; Processing: Detlev OdenthalA sunset sky over Sicily is shown with, from top to bottom, a pink atmospheric band, a blue atmospheric band containing the Moon, a band with land containing buildings, and a band of water reflecting the pink and blue atmospheric bands. Ple May 9, 2023 · Copyrighted

Shadows of Earth

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia PaceA person in silhouette looks out over a desert punctuated by unusual rock formations. High above is a colorful sky including the band of our Milky Way Galaxy and the Rho Ophiuchi star clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed inf May 10, 2023 · Copyrighted

Milky Way over Egyptian Desert

Image Credit & Copyright: Amr AbdulwahabFomalhaut's Dusty Debris Disk May 11, 2023

Fomalhaut's Dusty Debris Disk

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Processing: András Gáspár (Univ. of Arizona), Alyssa Pagan ( STScI ), Science: A. Gáspár (Univ. of Arizona) et al.Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way May 12, 2023 · Copyrighted

Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in OpavaApollo 17: The Crescent Earth May 13, 2023

Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth

Image Credit: Apollo 17 , NASA ; Restoration – Toby OrdAn astronaut is seen hovering over the Earth. In the top part of the image, the astronaut is seen against the darkness of space. In the lower part of the image, the Earth is bright blue with white clouds. Please see the explanation for more May 14, 2023

To Fly Free in Space

Image Credit: NASA , STS-41BA deep image of the Eagle Nebula in many scientifically assigned colors. The area around the nebula appears red, but the center is blue with unusual pillars visible. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 15, 2023 · Copyrighted

M16: Eagle Nebula Deep Field

Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni LacroceA deep image of the Sun's surrounding corona during the April 2023 total solar eclipse. The central disk is dark and many bright and complex rays are seen extending out. A few hot pink filaments can be seen just around the Sun's edge. Pleas May 16, 2023 · Copyrighted

Total Eclipse: The Big Corona

Image Credit & Copyright: Reinhold WittichDark spots against a yellow background are shown. When viewed in detail, a light bridge crosses the largest spot, while the yellow background appears composed of small, irregularly shaped components. Please see the explanation for more deta May 17, 2023 · Copyrighted

Sunspot with Light Bridge

Image Credit & Copyright: Mark JohnstonWR 134 Ring Nebula May 18, 2023 · Copyrighted

WR 134 Ring Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Craig StocksCurly Spiral Galaxy M63 May 19, 2023 · Copyrighted

Curly Spiral Galaxy M63

Image Credit & Copyright: Sophie Paulin , Jens Unger , Jakob SahnerGalileo's Europa May 20, 2023

Galileo's Europa

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SETI Institute , Cynthia Phillips, Marty ValentiAn usual looking creature is pictured which may appear alien but is actually a Earth-dwelling tardigrade. The tardigrade has no apparent eyes, a light brown body, a circular gear-like snout, and claws at the end of its numerous feet. The ta May 21, 2023 · Copyrighted

Tardigrade in Moss

Image Credit & Copyright: Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes / Eye of Science / Science Source ImagesA sprawling spiral galaxy is pictured with a new bright spot visible near the image bottom. This spot is a recently discovered supernova. A roll-over image shows the same galaxy in an image taken the previous month without the new supernova May 22, 2023 · Copyrighted

Supernova Discovered in Nearby Spiral Galaxy M101

Image Credit & Copyright: Craig StocksThe cloud tops of Jupiter are pictured in a closeup flyby of the Juno spacecraft. A big white oval cloud is visible in the foreground, while many swirls of many muted colors are visible trailing behind. A dark night sky is in the background May 23, 2023

Jupiter's Swirls from Juno

Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS ; Processing & License : Kevin M. GillA dark mountain lies in the center with an observatory building sporting two telescope domes. The background sky appears dark blue. Behind the center of the observatory is part of a crescent moon, with an unusual bright spot to its upper le May 24, 2023 · Copyrighted

Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter

Image Credit & Copyright: Rick Whitacre ; Text: Natalia Lewandowska ( SUNY Oswego )Cat's Eye Wide and Deep May 25, 2023 · Copyrighted

Cat's Eye Wide and Deep

Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-François Bax , Guillaume GruntzVirgo Cluster Galaxies May 26, 2023 · Copyrighted

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Image Credit & Copyright: Abdullah AlharbiThe picture shows the planet Neptune and its moon Triton, both in crescent phases, as captured by the passing Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 27, 2023

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Image Credit: NASA , Voyager 2A pair of asteroids are shown with a large, elongated and cratered one on the left and a much smaller one on the far right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 28, 2023

Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon

Image Credit: NASA , JPL , Galileo MissionA shoreline glowing with blue bioluminescent plankton is shown, with a stand of trees in the distance. Above all is a starry sky which includes red nebulae and the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Please see the explanation for more de May 29, 2023 · Copyrighted

Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava , Sovena JaniAn expansive interstellar gas cloud is shown with an orange interior and outer blue filaments. Many stars are visible in the dark background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 30, 2023 · Copyrighted

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Patrick A. CosgroveSimulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms May 31, 2023 · Video

Simulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms

Video Credit: TNG Collaboration , MPCDF , FAS Harvard U. ; Music: World’s Sunrise ( YouTube: Jimena Contreras )

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