Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2003
APOD 2003
365 entries from 2003: 365 images and 0 videos. 166 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2003 A Year of Resolving Cosmology
Credit: WMAP Science Team , NASA
November 30, 2003 A Venus Landing
Credit: Soviet Planetary Exploration Program, NSSDC
October 31, 2003 A Dark and Stormy Night
Credit & Copyright: T. Credner & S. Kohle, AlltheSky.com
September 30, 2003 The Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream
Drawing Credit & Copyright: David Martinez-Delgado ( MPIA ) & Gabriel Perez ( IAC )
August 31, 2003 The View from Everest
Credit & Copyright: Roddy Mackenzie
July 31, 2003 Galaxy Group HCG 87
Credit: GMOS-S Commissioning Team, Gemini ObservatoryThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2003 (31)
- Dec 31 A Year of Resolving Cosmology
- Dec 30 A Dust Devil Crater on Mars
- Dec 29 The Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 28 Trifid Pillars & Jets
- Dec 27 The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Dec 26 Young Star, Dark Cloud
- Dec 25 Venus and the 37 Hour Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Layered Hills on Mars
- Dec 23 Comet Encke Returns Copyrighted
- Dec 22 The Andromeda Galaxy from GALEX
- Dec 21 N159 and the Papillon Nebula
- Dec 20 The Flight Of Helios
- Dec 19 Inside the Elephant's Trunk
- Dec 18 Express to Mars
- Dec 17 A Proton Aurora
- Dec 16 Retrograde Mars Copyrighted
- Dec 15 Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Close-up of the Face on Mars
- Dec 13 A Flock of Stars Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Full Moondark Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Arp 81: 100 Million Years Later
- Dec 10 Cassini Approaches Saturn
- Dec 9 NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
- Dec 8 An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Dec 7 NGC 2392 Nebula from Hubble
- Dec 6 Jaipur Observatory Sundial Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Startling Star V838 Mon
- Dec 4 New Horizons at Jupiter Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow Copyrighted
- Dec 2 NGC 869 & NGC 884: A Double Open Cluster Copyrighted
- Dec 1 A Lenticular Cloud Over Hawai'i Copyrighted
November 2003 (30)
- Nov 30 A Venus Landing
- Nov 29 Phobos Over Mars
- Nov 28 The Most Distant X-Ray Jet
- Nov 27 The Long Shadow of the Moon
- Nov 26 The Turbulent Neighborhood of Eta Carina
- Nov 25 A Late Leonid from a Sparse Shower
- Nov 24 IC 405: The Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 23 A Superwind from the Cigar Galaxy Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Moon AND Sun Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Sunset Moonlight Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Voyager at 90 AU
- Nov 19 Light Can Twist as Well as Spin Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Leonids Over Indian Cove Copyrighted
- Nov 17 Canis Major Dwarf: A New Closest Galaxy Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Leonids from Leo Copyrighted
- Nov 15 LL Orionis: When Cosmic Winds Collide
- Nov 14 Jupiter Portrait
- Nov 13 Aurora Oklahoma Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Mars Then and Now Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Eclipsed Moonlight from Connelly's Springs Copyrighted
- Nov 10 An Intermediate Polar Binary System Copyrighted
- Nov 9 Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation
- Nov 8 Eclipsed Moon in Infrared
- Nov 7 November's Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Nov 6 Flare Well AR 10486
- Nov 5 The Lynx Arc
- Nov 4 Aurora Over Edmonton Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3982 Before Supernova
- Nov 2 A Giant Starspot on HD 12545 Copyrighted
- Nov 1 Halo of the Cat's Eye
October 2003 (31)
- Oct 31 A Dark and Stormy Night Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Aurora in Colorado Skies Copyrighted
- Oct 29 A Powerful Solar Flare
- Oct 28 The SDSS 3D Universe Map Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Large Sunspot Groups 10484 and 10486 Copyrighted
- Oct 26 M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs
- Oct 25 Islands in the Photosphere Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Mars Moons Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Cygnus Nebulosities Copyrighted
- Oct 22 The Heart and Soul Nebulas Copyrighted
- Oct 21 The Belt of Venus over the Valley of the Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Neptune and Triton from Palomar Copyrighted
- Oct 19 An Unusual Globule in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Oct 18 The Last Moon Shot
- Oct 17 Astronomy Quilt of the Week Copyrighted
- Oct 16 NGC 6888: X-Rays in the Wind
- Oct 15 Space Rock SQ222 Noticed After Pass Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Iridescent Clouds Over Aiguille de la Tsa Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Pelican Nebula Ionization Front
- Oct 12 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Moonrise Over Seattle Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Peculiar Arp 295
- Oct 9 Radio Jupiter
- Oct 8 The Sombrero Galaxy from HST
- Oct 7 The Colorful Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 6 A Near Record Ozone Hole in 2003
- Oct 5 Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
- Oct 4 X-Ray Moon
- Oct 3 Cold Comet Halley
- Oct 2 Reflections on the 1970s Copyrighted
- Oct 1 An Unusual Event Over South Wales Copyrighted
September 2003 (30)
- Sep 30 The Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Aurora Over the Chugach Mountains Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Our Galaxy in Stars, Gas, and Dust Copyrighted
- Sep 27 Surveyor Slides
- Sep 26 IC1340 in the Eastern Veil Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Logarithmic Spirals Isabel and M51 Copyrighted
- Sep 24 M33: Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum Copyrighted
- Sep 23 Egging On the Autumnal Equinox
- Sep 22 Opportunity Rockets Toward Mars
- Sep 21 Inside the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
- Sep 19 Galileo's Europa
- Sep 18 Saturn by Three
- Sep 17 The 2MASS Galaxy Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Hurricane Isabel Approaches
- Sep 15 Globular Cluster M3 Copyrighted
- Sep 14 The Crab Nebula from VLT
- Sep 13 NGC 3132: The Eight Burst Nebula
- Sep 12 A Note on the Perseus Cluster
- Sep 11 NGC 3370: A Sharper View
- Sep 10 Aurora Over Clouds Copyrighted
- Sep 9 A Gemini Sky
- Sep 8 Stars and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 7 The Galactic Center in Infrared
- Sep 6 Jupiter Unpeeled
- Sep 5 SIRTF Streak Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Composite Crab
- Sep 3 Galactic Supernova Remnant IC 443 Copyrighted
- Sep 2 Contemplating Mars Copyrighted
- Sep 1 A Beautiful Trifid Copyrighted
August 2003 (31)
- Aug 31 The View from Everest Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Recycling Cassiopeia A
- Aug 29 The Mineral Moon
- Aug 28 Mars Rising Behind Elephant Rock Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Big Mars from Hubble
- Aug 26 Earth Webcam Catches Mars Rotation
- Aug 25 The Northern Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- Aug 23 The Tarantula Zone
- Aug 22 Shadow Rise Copyrighted
- Aug 21 X-Rays from M17
- Aug 20 The E Nebula in Aquila Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Mars Through a Small Telescope Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Bright Lights, Dark City Copyrighted
- Aug 17 Natural Saturn On The Cassini Cruise
- Aug 16 Thackeray's Globules
- Aug 15 Sedimentary Mars
- Aug 14 Dark Matter Map
- Aug 13 Mars Rising Behind Poodle Rock Copyrighted
- Aug 12 X-Rays from Stephan's Quintet
- Aug 11 Elements of the Swan Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Lunation Copyrighted
- Aug 9 A Perseid Aurora Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Blue Stragglers in NGC 6397
- Aug 7 Palomar at Night Copyrighted
- Aug 6 Dusty Galaxy Centaurus A
- Aug 5 Shuttle Ferry
- Aug 4 In the Center of the Virgo Cluster Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos
- Aug 2 Island Universe, Cosmic Sand Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Moons and Bright Mars Copyrighted
July 2003 (31)
- Jul 31 Galaxy Group HCG 87
- Jul 30 Frosty Mountains on Mars
- Jul 29 Orange Sun Simmering Copyrighted
- Jul 28 Launch of the Spirit Rover Toward Mars
- Jul 27 The Aquarius Dwarf Copyrighted
- Jul 26 Spiral Galaxy NGC 7742
- Jul 25 Dumbbell Nebula Halo Copyrighted
- Jul 24 Mars at the Moon's Edge Copyrighted
- Jul 23 GRACE Maps the Gravity of Earth
- Jul 22 A Tornado on Planet Earth
- Jul 21 IC 4603: Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchius Copyrighted
- Jul 20 An Ion Drive for Deep Space 1
- Jul 19 NGC 3621: Far Beyond the Local Group
- Jul 18 The Planet, the White Dwarf, and the Neutron Star
- Jul 17 The Cat's Paw Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 16 Mars' Simulated View
- Jul 15 Mars Rising Through Arch Rock Copyrighted
- Jul 14 The Satellites that Surround Earth
- Jul 13 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 12 X-Ray Milky Way
- Jul 11 NGC 1068 and the X-Ray Flashlight
- Jul 10 Dust Storm Over Northern Mars
- Jul 9 HD70642: A Star with Similar Planets Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Mt. Anatahan Erupts Copyrighted
- Jul 7 At the Edge of the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 6 Fractal Interstellar Dust Up-Close Copyrighted
- Jul 5 Centaurus A: X-Rays from an Active Galaxy
- Jul 4 N49's Cosmic Blast
- Jul 3 The Vela Pulsar's Dynamic Jet
- Jul 2 Aurora Over Cape Cod Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Martian Moon Phobos from MGS
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June 2003 (30)
- Jun 30 Disappearing Clouds in Carina
- Jun 29 The Solar Spectrum Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Messiers and Mars Copyrighted
- Jun 27 SpaceShipOne
- Jun 26 Martian Analemma Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Galaxies in the GOODS
- Jun 24 The Sun's Surface in 3D
- Jun 23 KamLAND Verifies the Sun
- Jun 22 Massive Stars of 30 Doradus
- Jun 21 A Crescent Earth at Midnight
- Jun 20 Snake in the Dark Copyrighted
- Jun 19 The Moon Maiden Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Clouds and the Moon Move to Block the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 17 The Bubble Nebula from NOAO
- Jun 16 APOD Turns Eight Copyrighted
- Jun 15 Noctilucent Clouds Copyrighted
- Jun 14 The Planetary Nebula Show
- Jun 13 Neptune: Still Springtime After All These Years
- Jun 12 Cyg X-1: Can Black Holes Form in the Dark?
- Jun 11 Two Million Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Zooming in on the First Stars Copyrighted
- Jun 9 The Pencil Nebula Supernova Shockwave
- Jun 8 Rhea: Saturn's Second Largest Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO 510-13
- Jun 6 Sun, Moon, Hot Air Balloon Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Ring of Fire from Cape Wrath Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Eclipse in the Mist Copyrighted
- Jun 3 The Milky Way Behind an Eclipsed Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 2 The Fogs of Mars
- Jun 1 GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
May 2003 (31)
- May 31 NGC 1818: Pick A Star
- May 30 Ring of Fire Revisited Copyrighted
- May 29 Frizion Illume Copyrighted
- May 28 SNR 0103-72.6: Oxygen Supply
- May 27 A Mercury Transit Sequence Copyrighted
- May 26 The Earth and Moon from Mars
- May 25 Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 Almost Sideways Copyrighted
- May 24 M74: The Perfect Spiral
- May 23 Eclipsed Moon and Stars Copyrighted
- May 22 Eclipsed Moon Montage Copyrighted
- May 21 Copper Moon, Golden Gate Copyrighted
- May 20 A Primordial Quasar
- May 19 The Andromeda Deep Field
- May 18 The Holographic Principle Copyrighted
- May 17 Dark Sky, Bright Sun
- May 16 A Tale of Two Nebulae Copyrighted
- May 15 Moon Slide Slim Copyrighted
- May 14 The North Pole of Venus
- May 13 Mercury Transits the Sun Copyrighted
- May 12 In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula Copyrighted
- May 11 M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT
- May 10 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
- May 9 International Space Station in Transit Copyrighted
- May 8 Mercury Spotting
- May 7 The Southern Sky from the International Space Station
- May 6 A Chicago Meteorite Fall Copyrighted
- May 5 NGC 1275: A Galactic Collision
- May 4 A Sonic Boom
- May 3 Denizen of the Tarantula Nebula
- May 2 Five to Mars
- May 1 The Energetic Jet from Centaurus A
April 2003 (30)
- Apr 30 A Lenticular Cloud Over New Hampshire Copyrighted
- Apr 29 In the Center of the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Rollout of a Soyuz TMA-2 Aboard an R7 Rocket
- Apr 27 Venus' Once Molten Surface
- Apr 26 Big Blue Marble Earth
- Apr 25 M17: A Hubble Close-Up
- Apr 24 Earth at Twilight
- Apr 23 The Stars of NGC 1705
- Apr 22 Springtime on Mars
- Apr 21 A Halo Around the Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 20 The Gum Nebula Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Spiral Galaxy In Centaurus
- Apr 18 Double Eruptive Prominences
- Apr 17 M106 in Canes Venatici
- Apr 16 Magma Bubbles from Mt. Etna Copyrighted
- Apr 15 A Crescent Nebula Star Field Copyrighted
- Apr 14 A Gamma Ray Burst – Supernova Connection
- Apr 13 NGC 1365: A Nearby Barred Spiral Galaxy
- Apr 12 Mercury on the Horizon Copyrighted
- Apr 11 London at Night
- Apr 10 Energized Nebula in the LMC
- Apr 9 The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
- Apr 8 Aurora From Space
- Apr 7 NGC 281: Cluster, Clouds, and Globules Copyrighted
- Apr 6 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Apr 5 The Seasons of Saturn
- Apr 4 Clusters and Nebulae of the Hexagon Copyrighted
- Apr 3 Jupiter in the Hive Copyrighted
- Apr 2 V838 Light Echo: The Movie
- Apr 1 A New Constellation Takes Hold
March 2003 (31)
- Mar 31 Mt. Etna Lava Plumes Copyrighted
- Mar 30 Beijing Ancient Observatory Copyrighted
- Mar 29 The Shadow of Phobos
- Mar 28 1006 AD: Supernova in the Sky Copyrighted
- Mar 27 Light Echoes from V838 Mon
- Mar 26 A Lenticular Cloud Over Wyoming Copyrighted
- Mar 25 A Slow Explosion
- Mar 24 A Digital Sunset Over Europe and Africa Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
- Mar 22 M57: The Ring Nebula
- Mar 21 Stars and Planets in the Halo of the Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Sunrise Analemma Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Jupiter's Great Dark Spot
- Mar 18 Coronal Holes on the Sun
- Mar 17 SN 1006: History's Brightest Supernova
- Mar 16 NGC 253: The Sculptor Galaxy
- Mar 15 Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
- Mar 14 DEM L71: When Small Stars Explode
- Mar 13 WIRO at Jupiter
- Mar 12 Lunar Farside from Apollo 11
- Mar 11 Iridescent Clouds Copyrighted
- Mar 10 M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Farewell Jupiter
- Mar 8 Solar Sail
- Mar 7 The Star Trails of Kilimanjaro Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Comet NEAT in Southern Skies Copyrighted
- Mar 5 Where People Live on Planet Earth
- Mar 4 In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula
- Mar 3 Will the Universe End in a Big Rip? Copyrighted
- Mar 2 In the Center of the Trapezium
- Mar 1 Stereo Eros
February 2003 (28)
- Feb 28 Fox Fur, the Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Feb 27 When Moons and Shadows Dance Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Anticrepuscular Rays Over Horseshoe Canyon Copyrighted
- Feb 25 M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Comet Neat Passes an Erupting Sun
- Feb 23 A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence
- Feb 22 Infrared Saturn
- Feb 21 Melting Snow and the Gullies of Mars
- Feb 20 Cold Wind from the Boomerang Nebula
- Feb 19 Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Candor and Ophir Chasmata
- Feb 17 Universe Age from Microwave Background
- Feb 16 Southwest Mercury
- Feb 15 Happy Birthday Jules Verne
- Feb 14 The Heart in NGC 346
- Feb 13 The Eagle Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Feb 12 WMAP Resolves the Universe
- Feb 11 Dumbbell Nebula Close-Up from Hubble
- Feb 10 Comet NEAT Approaches the Sun Copyrighted
- Feb 9 COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
- Feb 8 AB Aurigae: How To Make Planets
- Feb 7 Orion on Film Copyrighted
- Feb 6 X-Rays from M83
- Feb 5 Unusual Gullies and Channels on Mars
- Feb 4 Wisps of the Veil Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 3 Space Shuttle and Crew Lost During Re-Entry
- Feb 2 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Feb 1 The Nebula And The Neutron Star
January 2003 (31)
- Jan 31 Auroral Rocket Launch Copyrighted
- Jan 30 Comet Kudo-Fujikawa: Days in the Sun
- Jan 29 Orion's Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 28 The Lost World of Lake Vida Copyrighted
- Jan 27 BHR 71: Stars, Clouds, and Jets Copyrighted
- Jan 26 The Lyman Alpha Forest Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Palomar 13's Last Stand
- Jan 24 Seyfert's Sextet
- Jan 23 Launch of the Sun Pillar Copyrighted
- Jan 22 M11: The Wild Duck Cluster Copyrighted
- Jan 21 The Reflecting Dust Clouds of Orion Copyrighted
- Jan 20 Io at Sunset
- Jan 19 Fullerenes as Miniature Cosmic Time Capsules Copyrighted
- Jan 18 Filaments in the Cygnus Loop
- Jan 17 Stars and the Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 16 NGC 1700: Elliptical Galaxy and Rotating Disk
- Jan 15 Ringed Planet Uranus
- Jan 14 0313-192: The Wrong Galaxy
- Jan 13 The Dumbbell Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen Copyrighted
- Jan 12 A Spherule from Outer Space
- Jan 11 Apollo 17: Boulder in Stereo
- Jan 10 The Crab that Played with the Planet Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Abell 1689 Warps Space
- Jan 8 X-Rays from the Galactic Core
- Jan 7 Open Star Cluster M38 Copyrighted
- Jan 6 Shadow Cone of a Total Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jan 5 Atlantis to Orbit
- Jan 4 A Magellanic Starfield
- Jan 3 POX 186: Not So Long Ago
- Jan 2 Mt. Etna Eruption Plume
- Jan 1 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Copyrighted
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