Astronomy Picture of the Day · February 2025

APOD, February 2025

28 entries from February 2025: 25 images and 3 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Nacreous Clouds over Sweden February 1, 2025 · Copyrighted

Nacreous Clouds over Sweden

Image Credit & Copyright: Vojan HöferA series of comet images is shown. On the far left the image shows Comet G3 ATLAS with a bright central concentration at its head near the bottom of the frame. By the far right, this central concentration is nearly gone. Please see the expl February 2, 2025

Comet G3 ATLAS Disintegrates

Image Credit: Lionel MajzikA starfield is shown with a large spherical nebula in the center. The nebula shows a great deal of internal structure. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 3, 2025

Wolf-Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine

Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive , NASA , ESA ; Processing & License: Judy SchmidtA rainbow is pictured over the sea between an island and land. A series of light rays appears to connect the horizon to the rainbow. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 4, 2025 · Copyrighted

Anticrepuscular Rays: A Rainbow Fan over Spain

Image Credit & Copyright: Julene EigurenComet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill February 5, 2025 · Video · Copyrighted

Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill

Video Credit & Copyright: Gabriel MuñozIC 2574: Coddington's Nebula February 6, 2025 · Copyrighted

IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand FenyesLEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy February 7, 2025

LEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)A Conjunction of Crescents February 8, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Conjunction of Crescents

Image Credit & Copyright: Aldo S. KleimanA flat landscape is shown at night that appears mostly brown. Numerous unusual rock spires are seen rising from the group. Above, a full star field is seen with the arch of our Milky Way Galaxy curving from left to right. Please see the exp February 9, 2025 · Copyrighted

Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael GohA snowy landscape sits below a star filled sky. Dominating the frame is a large aurora in red, green, yellow, purple, white. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 10, 2025 · Copyrighted

Auroral Hummingbird over Norway

Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael CoulonA star field has a red diffuse glow on the right-hand side. Distinct nebulas appear in the center and on the lower left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 11, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Spider and the Fly

Image Credit & Copyright: Dave BoddingtonAsteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life February 12, 2025 · Video

Asteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life

Video Credit: Data: NASA , SVS , U. Arizona , CSA , York U. , MDA ; Visualizer: Kel Elkins (lead, SVS); Text: Ogetay Kayali (Michigan Tech U.)Reflections on VdB 31 February 13, 2025 · Copyrighted

Reflections on VdB 31

Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto MarinoniA Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros February 14, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros

Image Credit & Copyright: Harry KaramitsosParhelia at Abisko February 15, 2025 · Copyrighted

Parhelia at Abisko

Image Credit & Copyright: Felipe MenzellaPerijove 11: Passing Jupiter February 16, 2025 · Video

Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter

Video Credit & License: NASA , Juno , SwRI , MSSS , Gerald Eichstadt ; Music: Moonlight Sonata ( Ludwig van Beethoven )Houses are seen on a street below the night sky. In the sky is a bright light plume that looks like the outline of a giant fish. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 17, 2025 · Copyrighted

SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin LaMontagneA tall starscape appears to have two bright nebulas. The large one at the top is colored mostly red and is known as the Seagull Nebula. The small one near the bottom right is known as Thor's Helmet. Please see the explanation for more detai February 18, 2025 · Copyrighted

Thor's Helmet versus the Seagull

Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Martino, Adrien Soto, Louis Leroux & Yann SaintyA dark field has a single, colorful, blurry structure in its center. Red-colored jets extend out from the center toward the top and bottom of the frame. A dark disk covers the center. Blue outflows appear on both sides of the horizontal dis February 19, 2025

HH 30: A Star System with Planets Now Forming

Image Credit: James Webb Space Telescope , ESA , NASA & CSA , R. Tazaki et al.Messier 87 February 20, 2025

Messier 87

Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage TeamHubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic February 21, 2025

Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Mission , B. F. Williams (Univ Washington), Z. Chen (Univ Washington), L. C. Johnson (Northwestern), Processing; Joseph DePasquale ( STScI )Rima Hyginus February 22, 2025 · Copyrighted

Rima Hyginus

Image Credit & Copyright: Vincenzo MirabellaThe planet Saturn is seen very close up. The clouds are tinted beige and tan, while parts of rings are seen at the top and bottom of the image. At the north pole of Saturn at the top, a blue-tinted hexagon is visible. Please see the explana February 23, 2025

Saturn in Infrared from Cassini

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SSI ; Processing: Maksim KakitsevA slope of volcano is pictured with red glowing lava running down its side. A dark starry sky is in the background. Up into the sky a red column is visible. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 24, 2025 · Copyrighted

Light Pillar over Erupting Etna

Image Credit & Copyright: Davide CaliòA starscape is shown with red filaments running diagonally from the lower left to the upper right. Many bright blue stars are visible across the center of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 25, 2025 · Copyrighted

M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Xinran LiA cluster of galaxies is shown with many galaxies around the cluster center. A close look at this center shows that it is encompassed by a narrow ring of light. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 26, 2025 · Copyrighted

Einstein Ring Surrounds Nearby Galaxy Center

Image Credit & Copyright: ESA , NASA , Euclid Consortium ; Processing: J.-C. Cuillandre , G. Anselmi, T. LiOpen Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 February 27, 2025 · Copyrighted

Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158

Image Credit & Copyright: Evan Tsai , LATTE: Lulin-ASIAA TelescopeAthena to the Moon February 28, 2025

Athena to the Moon

Image Credit: Intuitive Machines

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