Astronomy Picture of the Day · November 2025

APOD, November 2025

30 entries from November 2025: 29 images and 1 videos. 21 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Pleiades from Planet Earth November 1, 2025 · Copyrighted

Pleiades from Planet Earth

Image Credit & Copyright: Max InwoodA dark star field with several small galaxies features a yellowish galaxy in the center. Surrounding this galaxy is a blue nearly circular horseshoe shaped object. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 2, 2025

A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASAA wide angle image of the night sky is punctuated by a radio telescope on the lower left. Two bands of light run through the sky: the Milky Way and zodiacal light. The bands intertwine like a double helix. Near the top is an orange orb that November 3, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Chunlin LiuAn image of the night sky over distant mountains features a comet with long tails. One of the tails goes nearly to the edge of the picture on the upper right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 4, 2025 · Copyrighted

Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert BarsaA spiral galaxy covers the right part of the image. Brown dust and blue stars trace the spiral arms. On the left part of the image are several more red galaxies far in the distance. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 5, 2025

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA , A. Riess , K. NollNGC 253: Dusty Island Universe November 6, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

Image Credit & Copyright: Adam BlockA Dark Seahorse in Cepheus November 7, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus

Image Credit & Copyright: Jordi JofreA Full Moon at Perigee November 8, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Full Moon at Perigee

Image Credit & Copyright: Betul TurksoyThe picture shows the a composite image of Monument Valley, Utah, USA in the foreground, and the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy including the Galactic Center in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 9, 2025 · Copyrighted

Road to the Galactic Center

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael AbramyanTwo full Moons are shown. They are different sizes because the Micro Moon image on the left was captured when the Moon was near its furthest from the Earth, while the Super Moon on the right was captured when the Moon was near its closest t November 10, 2025 · Copyrighted

Micro Moon vs. Super Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Şenol Şanlı”The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colors of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explana November 11, 2025

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing & License: Judy SchmidtThe Moon is pictured in the center. ARound the Moon are colorful rings. The rings are nearly circular but have gaps. This but structured clouds are seen around the scene and at the bottom of the frame. Please see the explanation for more de November 12, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Super Lunar Corona

Image Credit & Copyright: Eric HouckOrion and the Running Man November 13, 2025 · Copyrighted

Orion and the Running Man

Image Credit & Copyright: R. Jay GabanyFlorida Northern Lights November 14, 2025 · Copyrighted

Florida Northern Lights

Image Credit & Copyright: Samil CabreraAndromeda and Friends November 15, 2025 · Copyrighted

Andromeda and Friends

Image Credit & Copyright: Piotr CzerskiThe planet Saturn is shown as an orange orb with bands. A blue line with bumps runs across the middle -- which is the rings seen sideways. The bumps are small moons. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 16, 2025

Crossing Saturn's Ring Plane

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , JPL , ISS , Cassini Imaging Team ; Processing: Fernando Garcia NavarroA starfield is shown above a mountain peak. Just above the mountain and extending up toward the upper right is a blue-tinted tail of a comet. The comet's head is just to the left of the peak. Please see the explanation for more detailed inf November 17, 2025

Comet Lemmon's Wandering Tail

Image Credit: Ignacio FernándezVideo November 18, 2025 · Video

The Galactic Plane: Radio Versus Visible

Image Credit: Radio: S. Mantovanini & the GLEAM team; Visible: Axel Mellinger ( milkywaysky.com )The featured image shows a dark nebula complex involving thick dust appearing brown and making a big November 19, 2025 · Copyrighted

Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas

Image Credit & Copyright: Xinran Li & Houbo ZhaoAlnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka November 20, 2025 · Copyrighted

Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka

Image Credit & Copyright: Aygen Erkaslan3I/ATLAS: A View from Planet Earth November 21, 2025 · Copyrighted

3I/ATLAS: A View from Planet Earth

Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando LigustriSaturn and its many atmospheric bands occupy the center of the image. Saturn's rings are barely visible as the image is looking along the edge of them. Two small circles, the moons, are traveling across the rings. November 22, 2025 · Copyrighted

Dione and Rhea Ring Transit

Image Credit & Copyright: Christopher GoA diagram is shown depicting various parts of the universe that are observable. In the middle are the parts closest to Earth, and around the far edges are parts furthest from Earth. Planets, galaxies, and the CMB are illustrated. Please see November 23, 2025

The Observable Universe

Illustration Credit & Licence: Wikipedia , Pablo Carlos BudassiA starfield has a large and unusual red and orange nebula in the middle. The nebula seems to contain not only swirls but also nearly transparent shells. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 24, 2025

Apep: Unusual Dust Shells from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , JWST ; Science: Y. Han ( Caltech ), R. White ( Macquarie U. ); Image Processing: A. Pagan ( STScI )A night skyscape is shown over snowcapped mountains. On the left is the band of the Milky Way Galaxy, while on the right is a bright comet with two tails -- a white tail going up and trailing to the right and a longer blue tail going up and November 25, 2025 · Copyrighted

Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan ( Tsinghua U. )A starfield is shown with thin wisps of gray and red running through it. In the center is an usual ball -- which is a globular cluster of stars upon closer inspection. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 26, 2025 · Copyrighted

Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field

Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez PerezPortrait of NGC 1055 November 27, 2025 · Copyrighted

Portrait of NGC 1055

Image Credit & Copyright: John HayesNGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula November 28, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Greg BassMoon Games November 29, 2025 · Copyrighted

Moon Games

Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia HoferA strange orange landscape is shown. What appears to be light and dark orange rocks are strewn about. The landscape appears roughly flat all the way out to the orange sky and horizon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information November 30, 2025

The Surface of Titan from Huygens

Image Credit: ESA , NASA , JPL , U. Arizona , Huygens Lander

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