Astronomy Picture of the Day · July 2024

APOD, July 2024

31 entries from July 2024: 29 images and 2 videos. 21 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

An illustrated spiral is shown depicting many significant events that have occurred since the big bang. The big bang is at the center, and a city built by humans is at the spiral's end. Please see the explanation for more detailed informati July 1, 2024

Time Spiral

Illustration Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi via WikipediaA star cluster is shown in and around a gas cloud that looks like an oyster. The rollover image shows the same cluster not only in visible light, but X-ray and infrared too. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 2, 2024

NGC 602: Oyster Star Cluster

Image Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al; Optical: Hubble: NASA/STScI; Infrared: Spitzer: NASA/JPL-CaltechM83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies July 3, 2024 · Copyrighted

M83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael SidonioA Beautiful Trifid July 4, 2024 · Copyrighted

A Beautiful Trifid

Image Credit & Copyright: Jesús Carmona GuillénMount Etna Milky Way July 5, 2024 · Copyrighted

Mount Etna Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni TuminoNGC 7789: Caroline's Rose July 6, 2024 · Copyrighted

NGC 7789: Caroline's Rose

Image Credit & Copyright: Massimo Di FuscoA landscape shows the sky above, shallow water in front, and hills to the right. The sunset sky is filled with beautifully multicolored clouds. These clouds are clearly reflected by the calm water in front. Please see the explanation for mo July 7, 2024

Iridescent Clouds over Sweden

Image Credit: Goran StrandA graphic illustrates hundreds of possible exoplanets, with blue drawings of planets in the middle, red on the right, and tan on the left. Some exoplanets are drawn with rings. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 8, 2024 · Copyrighted

Exoplanet Zoo: Other Stars

Illustration Credit & Copyright: Martin Vargic , Halcyon MapsA dawn sky is shown that is black at the top and brown near the horizon. Wispy clouds converge on the right turning from a white to a blue hue. Near the apex of this convergence is a crescent moon. Please see the explanation for more detail July 9, 2024 · Copyrighted

Noctilucent Clouds over Florida

Credit & Copyright: Pascal FouquetA Sagittarius Triplet July 10, 2024 · Copyrighted

A Sagittarius Triplet

Image Credit & Copyright: Andy ErmolliGlobular Cluster Omega Centauri July 11, 2024 · Copyrighted

Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Image Credit & Copyright: Juergen SteinJones-Emberson 1 July 12, 2024 · Copyrighted

Jones-Emberson 1

Image Credit & Copyright: Team OURANOS , (Jean-Baptiste Auroux, Jean Claude Mario, Mathieu Guinot & Matthieu Tequi)Solar System Family Portrait July 13, 2024

Solar System Family Portrait

Image Credit: Voyager Project , NASAA distant spiral galaxy is seen in the image center. A multi-colored streak runs diagonally across the image from the upper left to the lower right. Parts of this streak have gas near it. The background is dark field filled with stars. Plea July 14, 2024 · Copyrighted

Meteor Misses Galaxy

Credit & Copyright: Aman ChokshiA spiral galaxy is shown on the upper left with a really long tail of stars and blue-glowing gas trailing to the lower left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 15, 2024

The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble

Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive , ESA , NASA ; Processing: Harshwardhan PathakA starfield is shown featuring many pillars of interstellar gas and dust, mostly in the center. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 16, 2024 · Copyrighted

Cometary Globules

Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson & Martin Pugh , Observatorio El SauceVillarrica Volcano Against the Sky July 17, 2024 · Video · Copyrighted

Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky

Video Credit & Copyright: Gabriel Muñoz ; Text: Natalia Lewandowska ( SUNY Oswego )Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud July 18, 2024 · Copyrighted

Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud

Image Credit & Copyright: Christopher FreeburnAnticrepuscular Rays at the Planet Festival July 19, 2024 · Copyrighted

Anticrepuscular Rays at the Planet Festival

Image Credit & Copyright: Pavel GabzdylApollo 11 Landing Panorama July 20, 2024

Apollo 11 Landing Panorama

Image Credit: Neil Armstrong , Apollo 11 , NASAThe band of the Milky Way runs across a night sky filled with stars. Colorful clouds are on the right horizon. A strange rock structure appears in the image center with a base and an extended arm that seems to point to the colorful horizon. July 21, 2024 · Copyrighted

King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Wayne Pinkston ( LightCrafter Photography )The featured image shows a dark nebula complex involving thick dust appearing brown and making a big July 22, 2024 · Copyrighted

Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas

Image Credit & Copyright: Chang LeeA multi-colored nebula is shown that is the expanding remnant of an exploded star. The central white and purple colors show X-ray light, while the outer red and blue colors show visible light. Please see the explanation for more detailed in July 23, 2024

The Crab Nebula from Visible to X-Ray

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , ASI , Hubble , Chandra , IXPEEarth's Moon is shown with the heights of surface features all greatly exaggerated. Also, the colors of the Moon have been exaggerated so areas of blue and red are more easily seen. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 24, 2024

Exaggerated Moon

Credit: Data: NASA , Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter ; Image & Processing: Ildar IbatullinNGC 7023: The Iris Nebula July 25, 2024 · Copyrighted

NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert ShepherdFacing NGC 6946 July 26, 2024 · Copyrighted

Facing NGC 6946

Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto MarinoniSaturn at the Moon's Edge July 27, 2024 · Copyrighted

Saturn at the Moon's Edge

Image Credit & Copyright: Chengcheng XuSun Dance July 28, 2024 · Video

Sun Dance

Video Credit: NASA , SDO ; Processing: Alan Watson via HelioviewerA starry sky is shown with the busy central band of our Milky Way Galaxy showing rising diagonally from the lower right. In the foreground are flat grasslands leading up to a huge orange rock mound named Uluru. Please see the explanation fo July 29, 2024 · Copyrighted

Milky Way over Uluru

Image Credit & Copyright: Max InwoodTwo large interacting galaxies are shown. The upper galaxy, has significant internal structure and is curved over the lower galaxy which is a featureless oval. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 30, 2024 · Copyrighted

Arp 142: Interacting Galaxies from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI ; Hubble Rollover Reprocessing & Copyright: Raul VillaverdePart of a large rock on Mars is shown being mostly orange. On the rock are several irregular light-colored areas surrounded by a dark border. The spots are only millimeters across but might carry big implications. Please see the explanation July 31, 2024

Leopard Spots on Martian Rocks

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS , Perseverance Rover

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