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Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 2025

APOD, April 2025

30 entries from April 2025: 29 images and 1 videos. 17 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse

April 1, 2025 · Video · Copyrighted

A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse

Video Credit & Copyright: Jason Kurth ; Music: House of the Rising Sun ( Sebastian McQueen via SoundCloud )

The featured image shows Jupiter in infrared light as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Visible are clouds, the Great Red Spot -- appearing light in color -- and a prominent ring around the giant planet. Please see the explanation

Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI ; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

The Da Vinci Glow

April 3, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Da Vinci Glow

Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia Hofer

Hickson 44 in Leo

April 4, 2025 · Copyrighted

Hickson 44 in Leo

Image Credit & Copyright: Jiang Wu

The Gargoyles' Eclipse

April 5, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Gargoyles' Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Bertrand Kulik

An astronaut is seen standing on the Moon next to an instrument with the lunar lander several meters in the distance. The dark of deep space covers the top of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Moonquakes Surprisingly Common

Image Credit: NASA , Apollo 11 Crew

A bright spiral galaxy fills the image with blue spiral arms laced with red-brown dust. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA , O. Graur , S. W. Jha, A. Filippenko

A dark night sky is shown with clouds on the left. Just above center in blue is the Pleiades star cluster. Just below the Pleiades is a crescent moon, but bright enough so that you can see not only the brightly lit crescent but, more faintl

Moon Visits Sister Stars

Image Credit: Cayetana Saiz

A dark starfield is dominated by a red cone-like nebula with its base on the bottom right and extending diagonally through the image. At the peak of the cone toward the upper left is a background spiral galaxy. Please see the explanation fo

HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , JWST

38 Hours with the M81 Group

April 10, 2025 · Copyrighted

38 Hours with the M81 Group

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Yang K.

The ISS Meets Venus

April 11, 2025 · Copyrighted

The ISS Meets Venus

Image Credit & Copyright: A.J. Smadi

Moon Near the Edge

April 12, 2025 · Copyrighted

Moon Near the Edge

Image Credit & Copyright: Jordi Coy

A brown background is shown covered with a gray topping that has many holes. On the upper right, there is a deep hole in the brown background. In this hole is more gray topping. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

An Unusual Hole in Mars

Image Credit: NASA , MRO , HiRISE , JPL , U. Arizona

The featured image shows the very center of our Milky Way Galaxy as resolved by the MeerKAT array in radio light. Many supernova remnants and unusual filaments are visible. At the upper right is an inset image of a small region taken in inf

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , SARAO , S. Crowe ( UVA ), J. Bally (CU), R. Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), I. Heywood (Oxford)

A starfield is dominated by a multi-colored figure 8 in the middle, titled on a diagonal. The outsides of the nebula appear light colored, while the inside shows complex structure tinted red and purple. Please see the explanation for more d

Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , M. E. Ressler ( JPL ) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt

A dark starfield is dominated by a green nebula with intricate filaments all around. At the center is a bright glow surrounding a central star. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

April 16, 2025 · Copyrighted

Halo of the Cat's Eye

Image Credit & Copyright: Taavi Niittee ( Tõrva Astronomy Club )

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

April 17, 2025 · Copyrighted

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Adibi

Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN

April 18, 2025 · Copyrighted

Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN

Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett

Painting with Jupiter

Painting with Jupiter

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SwRI , MSSS ; Processing: Rick Lundh

A complex nebula fills the frame that is brightly colored, with red being prominent in the image center and blue being most prominent elsewhere. Stars also dot the image. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

April 20, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared

Image Credit & Copyright: Infrared: NASA , Spitzer Space Telescope ; Visible: Oliver Czernetz , Siding Spring Obs.

What looks like a single spiral galaxy is shown with a white center surrounded by inner blue arms and outer red arms. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb

Image Credit: ESA/Webb , NASA & CSA , G. Mahler

A full Moon is shown but with a much more detailed surface than is usually visible. Many craters, dark lunar mare, and light lunar highlands are discernable. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

April 22, 2025 · Copyrighted

Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows

Image Credit & Copyright: Rich Addis

A skyscape is shown over a rocky landscape. In the starry sky are the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy on the left, a meteor trail on the right, the dim band of zodiacal light in the center, and the photographer holding a light just bel

April 23, 2025 · Copyrighted

An Almost Everything Sky

Image Credit & Copyright: Koen van Barneveld

NGC 6164: A Dragon's Egg

April 24, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 6164: A Dragon's Egg

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern

Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Image Credit: Lucy/NASA/Goddard/ SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , STScI

A complex orange and purple nebula with a complex texture is shown in front of a dark starfield. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: R. Sahai ( JPL ) et al.

A starfield is shown dominated by a purple and red nebula. Several dark dust pillars are visible that appear not unlike tadpoles. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

April 28, 2025 · Copyrighted

Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles

Image Credit & Copyright: Francis Bozon & Cecil Navick ( AstroA. R. O. )

The planet Saturn is shown many times down the composite image. The top image was taken in 2020 and shows Saturn's rings very clearly, whereas the bottom image was taken in 2025 and the rings are only visible as a dark line across the plane

April 29, 2025 · Copyrighted

Saturn's Rings Appear to Disappear

Image Credit & Copyright: Natan Fontes

The featured image shows a night sky over a distant hill. The night sky has three bright objects: a crescent moon, the planet Venus (highest), and the planet Saturn. Taken together, the moon and planets make a happy face icon. Please see th

April 30, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Happy Sky over Bufa Hill in Mexico

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona

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