Astronomy Picture of the Day · June 2023

APOD, June 2023

30 entries from June 2023: 27 images and 3 videos. 14 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Recycling Cassiopeia A June 1, 2023

Recycling Cassiopeia A

Image Credit: X-ray – NASA , CXC, SAO ; Optical – NASA,STScI
Messier 101 June 2, 2023

Messier 101

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CFHT , NOAO ; Acknowledgement – K.Kuntz ( GSFC ), F.Bresolin ( U.Hawaii ), J.Trauger ( JPL ), J.Mould ( NOAO ), Y.-H.Chu ( U. Illinois )
Charon: Moon of Pluto June 3, 2023

Charon: Moon of Pluto

Image Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins Univ./APL , Southwest Research Institute , U.S. Naval Observatory
A black and white line drawing depicts a person peering outside of a spherical room into a greater universe. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 4, 2023

Color the Universe

Image Credit: Unknown, possibly C. Flammarion
A bright red gaseous nebula is pictures with three dark dust lanes meeting in the center. The top of the nebula appears blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 5, 2023 · Copyrighted

In the Center of the Trifid Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
Star Eats Planet June 6, 2023 · Video

Star Eats Planet

Illustrative Video Credit: K. Miller & R. Hurt ( Caltech, IPAC )
A spiral galaxy is seen in the image center with a distinct purple hue. The galaxy features a bright inner ring, but even outside of that appears another large ring. The outer rings appears light brown. Foreground stars are visible througho June 7, 2023 · Copyrighted

M94: A Double Ring Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Brennan
Elephant's Trunk and Caravan June 8, 2023 · Copyrighted

Elephant's Trunk and Caravan

Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cannistra ( StarryWonders )
Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies June 9, 2023

Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), Processing: Alyssa Pagan ( STScI )
Mars and the Beehive June 10, 2023 · Copyrighted

Mars and the Beehive

Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri
A rainbow of the Sun's colors is shown from deep red on the upper left to deep blue on the lower right. Some horizontal lines have gaps that appear dark where some colors are missing. the image. Please see the explanation for more detailed June 11, 2023

The Sun and Its Missing Colors

Image Credit: Nigel Sharp ( NSF ), FTS , NSO , KPNO , AURA , NSF
A crescent moon is shown against blue background. Many craters are visible in great detail. To the upper left appears some kind of small machine which is actually the International Space Station also in orbit around the Earth. Please see th June 12, 2023 · Copyrighted

The Largest Satellites of Earth

Image Credit & Copyright: Tianyao Yang
Moons Across Jupiter June 13, 2023 · Video

Moons Across Jupiter

Image Credit: NASA ; ESA , JPL , Cassini Imaging Team , SSI ; Processing: Kevin M. Gill
A dark brown cloud that appears similar to a shark is seen against a background filled with stars and less prominent blue-shaded nebulas. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 14, 2023 · Copyrighted

The Shark Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Kennedy
M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster June 15, 2023

M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Legacy Archive ; Processing: Ehsan Ebrahimian
Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 16, 2023 · Copyrighted

Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea

Image Credit & Copyright: Bernd Pröschold ( TWAN )
Planet Earth at Night II June 17, 2023 · Video

Planet Earth at Night II

Video Credit: NASA , Gateway to Astronaut Photography , ISS Expedition 53 ; Music: The Low Seas (The 126ers)
Saturn's north pole is shown with vibrant false colors. The outer boundary appears as a rounded hexagon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 18, 2023 · Copyrighted

Saturn's Northern Hexagon

Image Credit & Copyright: NASA , ESA , JPL , SSI , Cassini Imaging Team
The center of the Lagoon Nebula is pictured in false colors. Toward the center left, dark dust swirls around glowing gas and bright stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 19, 2023

The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing: Francisco Javier Pobes Serrano
Two identical images are shown side by side. On each, a silhouette of a person holding a long stick is shown standing on a rock before the sea. Above the person, running diagonally, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. On the right June 20, 2023 · Copyrighted

The Ñandú in the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier ; Line Drawing: Alfonso Rosso
The Sun's path is shown while setting in multiple exposures over three separate days. The top path was taken during a summer solstice, the middle path during an equinox, and the lower path during a winter solstice. The foreground shows gras June 21, 2023 · Copyrighted

Three Sun Paths

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace & Giuseppe De Donà
Stars and Dust across Corona Australis June 22, 2023 · Copyrighted

Stars and Dust across Corona Australis

Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Cipolat Bares
Giant Galaxies in Pavo June 23, 2023 · Copyrighted

Giant Galaxies in Pavo

Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby , Observatorio El Sauce
3D Ingenuity June 24, 2023

3D Ingenuity

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS , ASU
A large swirling cloud on Jupiter is shown with a bright green spot near its top. The cloud is surrounded by other less descript parts of Jupiter's upper atmosphere. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 25, 2023

Lightning on Jupiter

Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS ; Processing & License : Kevin M. Gill
An orange sky hovers above snow-covered mountains. A blurry line divides the orange sky from a darker sky. In the foreground are hills and a house. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 26, 2023 · Copyrighted

The Belt of Venus over Mount Everest

Image Credit & Copyright: Soumyadeep Mukherjee
MAVEN's Ultraviolet Mars June 27, 2023

MAVEN's Ultraviolet Mars

Image Credit: MAVEN , Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. Colorado , NASA
Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud June 28, 2023 · Copyrighted

Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud

Image Credit & Copyright: Emmanuel Astronomono
The illustration shows the beams from pulsars around the image and a pair of merging black holes on the upper left. A grid depicting the warping of spacetime by passing gravitational waves spreads across the image center. Please see the exp June 29, 2023

A Message from the Gravitational Universe

Illustration Credit: NANOGrav Physics Frontier Center; Text: Natalia Lewandowska ( SUNY Oswego )
A dark background is filled with many light-blue ellipses. Toward the center, near circles that are labelled as the orbits of the inner planets of our Solar System are drawn. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 30, 2023

Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Illustration Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech

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