Astronomy Picture of the Day · January 2024

APOD, January 2024

31 entries from January 2024: 30 images and 1 videos. 22 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

A spiral galaxy with big blue spiral arms is shown with a center that appears more yellow. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 1, 2024

NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: FORS , 8.2-meter VLT Antu , ESOA rocket is pictured ascending during launch. A nearly full moon is behind it. The rocket exhaust, itself visible, causes the bottom of the Moon to appear unusually rippled. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 2, 2024 · Copyrighted

Rocket Transits Rippling Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Steven MadowA flat landscape with a pond is imaged at night below a starfield. A multicolored aurora is seen in an arc across the image center. Around this arc is another red arc that is particularly smooth. Please see the explanation for more detailed January 3, 2024 · Copyrighted

A SAR Arc from New Zealand

Image Credit & Copyright: Tristian McDonald ; Text: Tiffany Lewis ( Michigan Tech U. )Zeta Oph: Runaway Star January 4, 2024

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Spitzer Space TelescopeTrapezium: At the Heart of Orion January 5, 2024 · Copyrighted

Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion

Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Zimmer , Telescope LiveThe Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko January 6, 2024 · Video

The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Images Credit: ESA , Rosetta , MPS , OSIRIS; UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Animation: Jacint Roger PerezAn image of the Cat's Eye Nebula shows an unsually shaped gas structure glowing in purple with a bright orange center. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 7, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Legacy Archive ; Chandra X-ray Obs. ; Processing & Copyright: Rudy PohlMany images of Venus are shown superposed. Together, they make an arc from the top, around the left, to the bottom. The smallest images of Venus are at the top and show nearly complete circles. The largest are at the bottom and show thin cr January 8, 2024

The Phases of Venus

Image Credit & License: Stéphane GonzalesThe image shows a starfield with an oval shaped green-tinged nebula in the center. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 9, 2024 · Copyrighted

Thor's Helmet

Image Credit & Copyright: Ritesh BiswasThe Light, the Dark, and the Dusty January 10, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Image Credit & Copyright: Gábor GalambosQuadrantids of the North January 11, 2024 · Copyrighted

Quadrantids of the North

Image Credit & Copyright: 염범석 Bum-Suk YeomGood Morning Moon January 12, 2024 · Copyrighted

Good Morning Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy , Trier Observatory, TWANCircling the Sun January 13, 2024 · Copyrighted

Circling the Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Radoslav ZboranA person stands on snow and looks up at a starry sky. In the sky is a large green aurora that resembles a dragon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 14, 2024 · Copyrighted

Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang & Wang ZhengA cluster of stars is shown along with surrounding nebular gas a and dust. Shown in infrared light in pink, the dust winds around the nebula center and itself appears composed of many finer filaments. Please see the explanation for more det January 15, 2024

Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , and K. Luhman ( Penn State U. ) and C. Alves de Oliveira ( ESA )The constellation of Orion is shown, but the image is so deep that many nebula appear, making the belt stars and surrounding star almost recognizable. The rollover image labels the brightest stars. Please see the explanation for more detail January 16, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Orion You Can Almost See

Image Credit & Copyright: Michele GuzziniAmerica and the Sea of Serenity January 17, 2024 · Copyrighted

America and the Sea of Serenity

Image Credit & Copyright: Gene Cernan , Apollo 17 , NASA ; Anaglyph by Patrick VantuyneNorthern Lights from the Stratosphere January 18, 2024 · Copyrighted

Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

Image Credit & Copyright: Ralf RohnerJupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes January 19, 2024

Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

Image Credit & License: Aurélien GeninFalcon Heavy Boostback Burn January 20, 2024 · Copyrighted

Falcon Heavy Boostback Burn

Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis HuffA telephone poll is shown surrounded by snow. In the background, another telephone poll is visible, as are some distant trees. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 21, 2024

The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938

Image Credit: Bill Brinkman; Courtesy: Paula RoccoA black and white image of the Moon and a mountain are shown. Both are half lit by the Sun, with the other half shadowed. The half-moon is directly above the mountain peak. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 22, 2024 · Copyrighted

Shadows of Mountain and Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Enzo Massa MiconA very deep image of the night sky shows many stars and nebulas. Many bright nebulas appear to be connected by faint orange filaments. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 23, 2024 · Copyrighted

Deep Nebulas: From Seagull to California

Image Credit & Copyright: Alistair SymonThe Moon and the Earth are pictured before a black background. The Moon appears brown and slightly larger due to its closer proximity to the Artemis 1 camera. The Earth is seen as a cloudy blue orb above the Moon. Please see the explanation January 24, 2024

Earth and Moon from Beyond

Image Credit: NASA , Artemis I ; Processing: Andy SaundersJyväskylä in the Sky January 25, 2024 · Copyrighted

Jyväskylä in the Sky

Image Credit & Copyright: Harri KiiskinenEpsilon Tauri: Star with Planet January 26, 2024 · Copyrighted

Epsilon Tauri: Star with Planet

Image Credit & Copyright: Reg PrattFull Observatory Moon January 27, 2024 · Copyrighted

Full Observatory Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory , TWAN )The minor planet Pluto is shown up close, as seen by the passing New Horizons spacecraft, and in true color. Pluto is a complex mix of beige regions and some dark brown regions. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 28, 2024

Pluto in True Color

Image Credit: NASA , JHU APL , SwRI ; Processing: Alex ParkerThe famous Pleiades star cluster is shown surrounded by dust. Dust near the bright stars reflects blue light, but dust further away appears more red. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. January 29, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters

Image Credit & Copyright: Craig StocksThe lunar surface is shown with a box-like gold-colored machine in the middle. A close inspection of the machine reveals that its thrusters are at the top, so it is on its side. The background sky is dark. Two horizontal lines are an artifa January 30, 2024 · Copyrighted

SLIM Lands on the Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: JAXA , Takara Tomy , Sony Co. , Doshisha U.A snowy landscape is pictured with a big hill in the center. Above the hill is a starfield with the stars and nebulae of the constellation Orion appearing, with the red glow of the nebulas in great contrast to the dark sky and bright snow. January 31, 2024 · Copyrighted

Camera Orion Rising

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Ślipko

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