Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 2024

APOD, May 2024

31 entries from May 2024: 26 images and 5 videos. 19 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

A colorful star forming region is shown that resembles a fish swimming to the right. Dark dust is apparent across the lower right, and a sparse starfield is visible all over the image. Please see the explanation for more detailed informatio May 1, 2024 · Copyrighted

IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Colombari & Mauro NarduzziM100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy May 2, 2024 · Copyrighted

M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Drew EvansTemperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b May 3, 2024

Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b

Illustration Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Ralf Crawford ( STScI ) Science: Taylor Bell (BAERI), Joanna Barstow (The Open University), Michael Roman (University of Leicester)3 ATs May 4, 2024 · Copyrighted

3 ATs

Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory , TWAN )An illustration shows a small black dot in the center which is a black hole. A red stream or gas arcs in from the top. The black hole is also surrounded by a dark and dusty disk. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 5, 2024

A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star

Illustration Credit: NASA , JPL-CaltechA Total Solar Eclipse from Sliver to Ring May 6, 2024 · Video · Copyrighted

A Total Solar Eclipse from Sliver to Ring

Video Credit & Copyright: Reinhold Wittich ; Music: Sunrise from Also sprach Zarathusra ( R. Strauss ) by Sascha EndeA swirling blue disk is illustrated with a deep colorful indentation in the middle. A light colored jet shoots out of this middle, from a small dot that is a black hole. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 7, 2024

Black Hole Accreting with Jet

Illustration Credit: NASA , Swift , Aurore Simonnet ( Sonoma State U. )Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk May 8, 2024 · Video

Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk

Visualization Credit: NASA ‘s Goddard Space Flight Center , Jeremy SchnittmanThe Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole May 9, 2024

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Event Horizon Telescope CollaborationSimulation: Two Black Holes Merge May 10, 2024 · Video

Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge

Simulation Credit: Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes ProjectThe Sun is shown in black and white showing dark sunspots on the far right. The large sunspot group is expanded in an inset image at the bottom left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 11, 2024 · Copyrighted

AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group

Image Credit & Copyright: Franco Fantasia & Guiseppe Conzo ( Gruppo Astrofili Palidoro )Red and purple aurora appear over a field in Poland. A tree is seen to the right, and a person stands in the distance holding a glowing phone. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 12, 2024 · Copyrighted

Red Aurora over Poland

Image Credit & Copyright: Mariusz DurlejA distant Sun is seen over water and between foreground trees. On the lower part of the Sun is the gigantic active region AR 3664 visible by its dark sunspots. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 13, 2024 · Copyrighted

AR 3664 on a Setting Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Marco MenieroThe 37 Cluster May 14, 2024 · Copyrighted

The 37 Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio EguivarPart of the Sun is pictured, oriented as the right edge. The surface is textured like a carpet. Over the edge a long multi-pronged prominence stands out. Behind the Sun is the darkness of space. Please see the explanation for more detailed May 15, 2024 · Copyrighted

AR 3664 at the Sun's Edge

Image Credit & Copyright: Sebastian VoltmerAurora Georgia May 16, 2024 · Copyrighted

Aurora Georgia

Image Credit & Copyright: Wright DobbsAurora Banks Peninsula May 17, 2024 · Copyrighted

Aurora Banks Peninsula

Image Credit & Copyright: Kavan ChayNorth Celestial Aurora May 18, 2024 · Copyrighted

North Celestial Aurora

Image Credit & Copyright: Chirag UpretiJupiter Diving May 19, 2024 · Video

Jupiter Diving

Animated Video Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SwRI , MSSS , Gerald Eichstadt , Justin CowartA large purple transparent dome appears to cover much of a starry sky. A person stands in a field looking toward the unusual spectacle. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 20, 2024 · Copyrighted

Aurora Dome Sky

Image Credit & Copyright: Xuecheng Liu & Yuxuan LiuThe 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. May 21, 2024

CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy

Image Credit: CTIO , NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA; Processing: T. A. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)A big green arc is seen arching across the night sky. The arc fades away above into a green haze, while no green glow is seen below the arc. A dark sky filled with stars and constellations fills the background. Snow and distant trees line t May 22, 2024 · Copyrighted

Green Aurora over Sweden

Image Credit & Copyright: Göran StrandUnraveling NGC 3169 May 23, 2024 · Copyrighted

Unraveling NGC 3169

Image Credit & Copyright: Christophe Vergnes , Aziz KaeouachA star field filled with complex dark dust and bright purple nebulas is shown. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 24, 2024

M78 from the Euclid Space Telescope

Image Credit & License: ESA , Euclid , Euclid Consortium , NASA ; Processing: J.-C. Cuillandre ( CEA Paris-Saclay ), G. AnselmiManicouagan Impact Crater from Space May 25, 2024

Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space

Image Credit: NASA , International Space Station Expedition 59A large filament on the upper left is seen lifting away from the Sun, pictured on the lower right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 26, 2024

A Solar Filament Erupts

Image Credit: NASA ‘s GSFC , SDO AIA TeamChamaeleon I Molecular Cloud May 27, 2024 · Copyrighted

Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud

Image Credit & Copyright: Amiel ContulianoSolar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns May 28, 2024 · Video

Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns

Video Credit: NASA , Solar Dynamics ObservatoryA star filled sky shows the arch of the central band of our Milky Way galaxy across the top of the image. In the foreground is a rocky landscape with a hill ahead and a pathway that leads to stairs up that hill. Please see the explanation f May 29, 2024 · Copyrighted

Stairway to the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin RosadzińskiThe famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France is pictured on the left lit up in gold at night. A blue laser shines out from the top. Clouds dot the background sky. The Moon is also visible through the clouds, but is circled by colorful rings: a May 30, 2024 · Copyrighted

A Lunar Corona over Paris

Image Credit & Copyright: Valter BinottoThe Nebulous Realm of WR 134 May 31, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Nebulous Realm of WR 134

Image Credit & Copyright: Xin Long

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