Astronomy Picture of the Day · November 2024

APOD, November 2024

30 entries from November 2024: 29 images and 1 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 November 1, 2024 · Copyrighted

Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

Image Credit & Copyright: John HayesSaturn at Night November 2, 2024

Saturn at Night

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Space Science Institute , Mindaugas MacijauskasSwirling clouds on the planet Jupiter are pictured, mostly in white, tan, and light blue. A dark spot appears in the center surrounded by swirling white and blue clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 3, 2024

Jupiter Abyss

Image Credit: NASA , Juno , SwRI , MSSS ; Processing & License: Gerald Eichstädt & Sean DoranA starfield is shown with a nebula glowing in red, purple, and blue. Dark brown gas is also seen on the lower left. A small cluster of stars appears in the center. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 4, 2024 · Copyrighted

M42: The Great Nebula in Orion

Credit & Copyright: Fényes LórándA grassy hill appears in the foreground with tall statues of human heads embeddd. High overhead the central band of the Milky Way galaxy crosses horizontally. Above the Milky Way is a dark sky filled with stars. Please see the explanation f November 5, 2024 · Copyrighted

Milky Way over Easter Island

Credit & Copyright: Josh DuryA town is shown in the foreground surrounded by tall mountains with even taller mountains in the distance. Above them all is a bright white streak that is a comet with both a tail and an anti-tail. High above are stars in the night sky. Ple November 6, 2024 · Copyrighted

Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Dolomites

Credit & Copyright: Alessandra MasiShell Galaxies in Pisces November 7, 2024 · Copyrighted

Shell Galaxies in Pisces

Image Credit & Copyright: George WilliamsHelping Hand in Cassiopeia November 8, 2024 · Copyrighted

Helping Hand in Cassiopeia

Image Credit & Copyright: Francesco RadiciNeptune at Night November 9, 2024 · Copyrighted

Neptune at Night

Image Credit & Copyright: Voyager 2, NASAA picture of Mars is shown as a large orange globe. Across the center of the planet a long canyon is visible. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 10, 2024

Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars

Image Credit: NASA , USGS , Viking ProjectA starfield is shown that includes a bright comet. A bright tail points to the upper right but has an unusual dark streak in it. A thin anti-tail points toward the lower left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 11, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas

Image Credit & Copyright: Bray FallsA starfield is shown with a unusual textured nebula in the center colored in brown with blue trimmings. Diffuse red nebula appear around the edges. In the center is an opaque brown object. Please see the explanation for more detailed inform November 12, 2024 · Copyrighted

NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Team AROBarred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb November 13, 2024

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Janice Lee ( NOIRLab ) – Processing: Alyssa Pagan ( STScI )IC 348 and Barnard 3 November 14, 2024 · Copyrighted

IC 348 and Barnard 3

Image Credit & Copyright: Ashraf Abu SaraApollo 12 and Surveyor 3 November 15, 2024 · Copyrighted

Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3

Image Credit: NASA , Apollo 12 , Alan Bean – Stereo Image Copyright: Kevin FrankPluto at Night November 16, 2024

Pluto at Night

Image Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins Univ./APL , Southwest Research InstituteA starfield is dominated by light brown dust. In the middle is a parabolic gas cloud opening toward the lower right. A bright star is near the center at the apex of the parabolic gas cloud. Please see the explanation for more detailed infor November 17, 2024

LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity

Image Credit: Hubble , NASA , ESA ; Processing & License: Judy SchmidtA blue glowing gas background shows numerous bright stars in the foreground. A dark red dust nebula is also visible toward the image center. Around the edges, dark dust clouds are also visible, sometime colored tan and other times dark brow November 18, 2024 · Copyrighted

Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm LoroA series of white parallel clouds are seen going off into the distance in a background blue sky. In the foreground is a hill with two domes at the top. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 19, 2024 · Copyrighted

Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory

Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory , TWAN ); h/t: Alice AllenEarthset from Orion November 20, 2024

Earthset from Orion

Image Credit: NASA , Artemis 1The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus November 21, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus

Image Credit: Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgio FerrariThe Medusa Nebula November 22, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Medusa Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Bruno Rota SargiInterplanetary Earth November 23, 2024

Interplanetary Earth

Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA & NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. WashingtonJourney to the Center of the Galaxy November 24, 2024 · Video

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

Video Credit: ESO /MPE/Nick Risinger ( skysurvey.org )/ VISTA /J. Emerson/ Digitized Sky Survey 2The top half glows red, while the bottom half is filled with dark dust. Protruding into the red is a dark dust lane that resembles a horse's head. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 25, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Horsehead Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Alex Lin ( Chilescope )The top panel shows a flat ring with a bright center in blue, even though it was taken in near infrared light. The bottom panel shows the same galaxy in visible light and shows a brighter and more expansive center against which the flat rin November 26, 2024

The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , Hubble Heritage Project ( STScI , AURA )A star-filled sky has two streaks in the foreground. A green and red streak toward the lower left was created by an ablating meteor, while the blue and white streak on the upper right is the coma and tail of a comet. Please see the explanat November 27, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Meteor and the Comet

Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Hao ; Processing: Song WentaoNGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda November 28, 2024 · Copyrighted

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto MarinoniMessier 4 November 29, 2024 · Copyrighted

Messier 4

Image Credit & Copyright: Steve CrouchWinter and Summer on a Little Planet November 30, 2024 · Copyrighted

Winter and Summer on a Little Planet

Image Credit & Copyright: Camille Niel

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