Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2004
APOD 2004
365 entries from 2004: 365 images and 0 videos. 133 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2004 A Year of Mars Roving
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA
November 30, 2004 Lake Effect Snow on Earth
Credit: SeaWiFS Project , NASA
October 31, 2004 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
Credit: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri ( Observatoire de Paris ) et al., ESA , NASA
September 30, 2004 Crater Wall on Solis Planum
Credit: G. Neukum ( FU Berlin ) et al., Mars Express , DLR , ESA
August 31, 2004 The Dotted Dunes of Mars
Credit & Copyright: Malin Space Science Systems , MOC , MGS , JPL , NASA
July 31, 2004 Tonight: A Blue Moon
Credit & Copyright: Vic Winter ( ICSTARS )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2004 (30)
- Dec 31 A Year of Mars Roving
- Dec 30 M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field
- Dec 28 Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 27 Andromeda's Core Copyrighted
- Dec 26 GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
- Dec 25 Big Beautiful Saturn
- Dec 24 Swift RocketCam
- Dec 23 3C58: Pulsar Power
- Dec 22 Comet, Meteor, Nebula, Star Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Titan Disguised Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Titan Surmised Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Dec 18 Europa: Ice Line
- Dec 17 Prometheus and the Rings of Saturn
- Dec 16 The Arms of NGC 7424
- Dec 15 Looking Back Over Mars
- Dec 14 Nearby Spiral M33 Copyrighted
- Dec 13 Announcing Comet Machholz
- Dec 12 Atlantis to Orbit
- Dec 11 M87's Energetic Jet
- Dec 10 Debris Disks Surround Distant Suns
- Dec 9 Jupiter and the Moon's Shadowed Horizon Copyrighted
- Dec 8 In the Center of the Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 7 A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Filaments Across the Sun Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Kemble's Cascade Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Reflecting Merope
- Dec 3 I Zwicky 18: Young Galaxy
- Dec 2 Mimas, Rings, and Shadows
- Dec 1 Saturn's Moon Dione from Cassini
November 2004 (30)
- Nov 30 Lake Effect Snow on Earth
- Nov 29 Saturn's Moon Tethys from Cassini
- Nov 28 Doomed Star Eta Carinae
- Nov 27 NGC 2683: Spiral Edge-On Copyrighted
- Nov 26 Magnetars In The Sky
- Nov 25 What the Hubble Saw Copyrighted
- Nov 24 A Radar View of Titan
- Nov 23 Leonid Meteors Streak
- Nov 22 Swift Launches
- Nov 21 Spiral Galaxies in Collision
- Nov 20 Stereo Phobos
- Nov 19 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Nov 18 A Sharper View of a Tilted Planet
- Nov 17 Aurora Over Wisconsin Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
- Nov 15 Burns Cliff on Mars
- Nov 14 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Moon Over Shiraz Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Missouri's Green Ribbon Sky Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Pastel Planet, Triple Eclipse
- Nov 10 Leo A: Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Copyrighted
- Nov 9 A Full Sky Multicolored Auroral Corona Copyrighted
- Nov 8 Jupiter and Venus at Sunrise Copyrighted
- Nov 7 The Galactic Center in Infrared
- Nov 6 X-Rays from the Galactic Core
- Nov 5 Supernova Remnant Imaged in Gamma Rays
- Nov 4 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 3 A Time-Lapse Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Nov 2 Storm Alley on Saturn
- Nov 1 Spooky Star Forming Region DR 6
October 2004 (31)
- Oct 31 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
- Oct 30 Pumpkin Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Red Moon Triple Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Tantalizing Titan
- Oct 27 Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
- Oct 26 Titan Through the Haze
- Oct 25 The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
- Oct 24 Inside the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Surveyor Slides
- Oct 22 SOFIA's Mirror
- Oct 21 Apogee Moon, Perigee Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 20 NGC 281: Cluster, Clouds, and Globules Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Old Planetary Dust Disks Found by SST
- Oct 18 Southern Saturn from Cassini
- Oct 17 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
- Oct 16 The Bubbling Cauldron of NGC 3079
- Oct 15 Night MAGIC
- Oct 14 Glimpse of a Globular Star Cluster
- Oct 13 Contrail Clutter over Georgia
- Oct 12 M3: Inconstant Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Mosaic of Endurance Crater on Mars
- Oct 10 Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet
- Oct 9 The Averted Side Of The Moon
- Oct 8 Kepler's SNR from Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer
- Oct 7 Moon Lightning Copyrighted
- Oct 6 N11: A Giant Ring of Emission Nebulas Copyrighted
- Oct 5 SpaceShipOne Wins the X-Prize Copyrighted
- Oct 4 NGC 6823: Cloud Sculpting Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Comet Hale-Bopp and the North America Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 2 Toutatis Nears Planet Earth Copyrighted
- Oct 1 Earth Nears Asteroid Toutatis
September 2004 (30)
- Sep 30 Crater Wall on Solis Planum
- Sep 29 HUDF: Dawn of the Galaxies
- Sep 28 Aurora Over a Communications Tower Copyrighted
- Sep 27 The Great Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Sep 26 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth Copyrighted
- Sep 25 The Iron Sun
- Sep 24 Fornax Cluster in Motion
- Sep 23 La Silla's Starry Night
- Sep 22 Spirit Rover at Engineering Flats on Mars
- Sep 21 M24: A Sagittarius Starscape Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Seeing Through Saturn's C-Ring
- Sep 19 Earth's North Magnetic Pole
- Sep 18 M55: Globular Star Cluster
- Sep 17 IC 1805: Light from the Heart Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Microquasar in Motion
- Sep 15 Above the Eye of Hurricane Ivan
- Sep 14 Genesis Mission's Hard Impact
- Sep 13 Identify this Phenomenon
- Sep 12 Mercury: A Cratered Inferno
- Sep 11 The Star Trails of Kilimanjaro Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Cat's Eye
- Sep 9 Sagittarius Triplet Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Molecular Torus Surrounds Black Hole
- Sep 7 A Supernova in Nearby Galaxy NGC 2403
- Sep 6 C153 Takes the Plunge
- Sep 5 M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars
- Sep 4 Neutron Mars
- Sep 3 Hurricane Frances Approaches Florida
- Sep 2 The Large Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Sep 1 An Inner Neptune for 55 Cancri
August 2004 (31)
- Aug 31 The Dotted Dunes of Mars Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Announcing Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Lunation Copyrighted
- Aug 28 M17: A Hubble Close-Up
- Aug 27 The Sedna Scenario
- Aug 26 Cassiopeia A in a Million
- Aug 25 Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Supply Ship Approaches the Space Station
- Aug 23 Looking Out Over Mars
- Aug 22 Earth at Night
- Aug 21 Solar Sail
- Aug 20 Raining Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Windblown N44F
- Aug 18 Lightning on Earth Copyrighted
- Aug 17 The Unusual Blueberries at Bylot Rock
- Aug 16 Close-Up of the Lagoon Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Hoag's Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy
- Aug 14 Messenger Launch Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Perseid Fireball Over Japan Copyrighted
- Aug 12 The Spectrum of a Meteor Copyrighted
- Aug 11 A Perseid Meteor Copyrighted
- Aug 10 The Double Haze above Titan
- Aug 9 The Dark River to Antares Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Contemplating the Sky Copyrighted
- Aug 7 Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Images
- Aug 6 The Giant and the Glory Copyrighted
- Aug 5 Emission Nebula IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Solar Arcs and Halos Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Shadow of a Martian Robot
- Aug 2 Spicules: Jets on the Sun
- Aug 1 A Force from Empty Space: The Casimir Effect Copyrighted
July 2004 (31)
- Jul 31 Tonight: A Blue Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 30 Northern Lights Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Melas Chasma
- Jul 28 A Cygnus Starfield Copyrighted
- Jul 27 Razorbacks in Endurance Crater
- Jul 26 A Large Active Region Crosses the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 25 A Solar Filament Lifts Off
- Jul 24 A String Of Pearls
- Jul 23 Saturn's Rings in Natural Color
- Jul 22 Aura Launch Copyrighted
- Jul 21 A Shadow on the Rings of Saturn
- Jul 20 Space Station, Venus, Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 19 Attacking Mars
- Jul 18 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 17 Transit of Venus Stereogram
- Jul 16 The Bubble Copyrighted
- Jul 15 Stars and Dust in Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Polar Polygons on Mars Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Cassini Images Saturn's A Ring
- Jul 11 WMAP Resolves the Universe
- Jul 10 Phoebe Craters in Stereo
- Jul 9 Ringed Nebulae Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Southern Cross Star Colors Copyrighted
- Jul 7 N11B: Star Cloud of the LMC
- Jul 6 Titan from Cassini in Infrared
- Jul 5 Cassini Images Density Waves in Saturn's Rings
- Jul 4 M57: The Ring Nebula
- Jul 3 Cassini To Venus
- Jul 2 The Encke Gap: A Moon Goes Here
- Jul 1 NGC 7331: A Galaxy So Inclined
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June 2004 (30)
- Jun 30 Phoebe: Comet Moon of Saturn
- Jun 29 In the Center of NGC 6559
- Jun 28 Spirit Rover Reaches the Columbia Hills on Mars
- Jun 27 Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Warps Space
- Jun 26 Neptune: Still Springtime After All These Years
- Jun 25 Planet Earth from SpaceShipOne
- Jun 24 The Galaxy Within Centaurus A
- Jun 23 A Picturesque Venus Transit Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Unusual Spires Found on Comet Wild 2
- Jun 21 Analemma over Ancient Nemea Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Solstice Celebration
- Jun 19 Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
- Jun 18 The Trifid Nebula from Hubble
- Jun 17 Comet NEAT and the Beehive Cluster Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Elliptical Galaxy M87 Copyrighted
- Jun 15 A Rare Annular Venusian Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jun 14 Unusual Layers on Saturn's Moon Phoebe
- Jun 13 Volcano and Aurora in Iceland Copyrighted
- Jun 12 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
- Jun 11 Venus and the Chromosphere Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Venus at the Edge
- Jun 9 Venus Transit at Sunrise Copyrighted
- Jun 8 A Planet Transits the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Mammatus Clouds Over Mexico Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Mercury Spotting
- Jun 5 Apollo 17's Lunar Rover
- Jun 4 Sedna at Noon
- Jun 3 Cosmic Construction Zone RCW 49
- Jun 2 The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
- Jun 1 The Supergalactic Wind from Starburst Galaxy M82
May 2004 (31)
- May 31 24 Million Kilometers to Saturn
- May 30 Astronaut at Work
- May 29 Cone Nebula Close-Up
- May 28 A Manhattan Sunset Copyrighted
- May 27 Two Comets in Southern Skies Copyrighted
- May 26 At the Summit of Olympus Mons
- May 25 Moon Between the Stones Copyrighted
- May 24 Planets Over Easter Island Copyrighted
- May 23 Working in Space
- May 22 X-Rays From Tycho's Supernova Remnant
- May 21 Phases of Venus Copyrighted
- May 20 Sharpless 140
- May 19 Brain Crater on Mars
- May 18 Comet NEAT (Q4) Over Indian Cove Copyrighted
- May 17 NGC 3372: The Great Nebula in Carina Copyrighted
- May 16 Venus: Earth's Cloudy Twin Copyrighted
- May 15 Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail
- May 14 Zubenelgenubi and Friends Copyrighted
- May 13 Rungs of the Red Rectangle
- May 12 The Tails of Comet NEAT (Q4) Copyrighted
- May 11 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- May 10 Endurance Crater on Mars
- May 9 Antares and Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- May 8 Good Morning Sydney Copyrighted
- May 7 Look West for a NEAT Comet Copyrighted
- May 6 A Lunar Eclipse Mosaic Copyrighted
- May 5 NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula
- May 4 Missoula Crater on Mars
- May 3 Comets Bradfield and LINEAR Rising Copyrighted
- May 2 Io in True Color
- May 1 A Western Sky at Twilight Copyrighted
April 2004 (30)
- Apr 30 Eyeful of Saturn
- Apr 29 Titan's X-Ray
- Apr 28 The Smooth Spheres of Gravity Probe B
- Apr 27 Comet Bradfield Rising Copyrighted
- Apr 26 Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 from Hubble
- Apr 25 D. rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
- Apr 24 M27: Not A Comet
- Apr 23 Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
- Apr 21 Nebulas Surrounding Wolf-Rayet Binary BAT99-49 Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Comet Hale-Bopp Over Indian Cove Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Comet Bradfield Passes the Sun
- Apr 18 Stellar Spectral Types: OBAFGKM Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Lunar Dust and Duct Tape
- Apr 16 The Stars of NGC 300
- Apr 15 Venus and the Pleiades Copyrighted
- Apr 14 Massive Star Forming Region DR21 in Infrared
- Apr 13 An Iridescent Cloud Over France Copyrighted
- Apr 12 Apollo 17 Panorama: Astronaut Running Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- Apr 10 Facing NGC 6946 Copyrighted
- Apr 9 NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge
- Apr 8 Elusive Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 Copyrighted
- Apr 6 Unusually Strong Cyclone Off the Brazilian Coast
- Apr 5 A Berry Bowl of Martian Spherules
- Apr 4 The Lost World of Lake Vida Copyrighted
- Apr 3 A Mystery In Gamma Rays
- Apr 2 Mercury and Venus in the West Copyrighted
- Apr 1 April Fools Day More Intense On Mars
March 2004 (31)
- Mar 31 M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus Copyrighted
- Mar 30 A Prominent Solar Prominence from SOHO
- Mar 29 NASA's X-43A Scramjet Sets Air Speed Record
- Mar 28 Stars and the Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 27 Mir Dreams
- Mar 26 Moon and Planets Sky Copyrighted
- Mar 25 An Orion of a Different Color Copyrighted
- Mar 24 Intriguing Dimples Near Eagle Crater on Mars
- Mar 23 Lava Flows on Venus
- Mar 22 Asteroid 2004 FH Whizzes By Copyrighted
- Mar 21 A Green Flash from the Sun Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Equinox + 1 Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Going Wild
- Mar 18 Spirit Pan from Bonneville Crater's Edge
- Mar 17 Redshift 10: Evidence for a New Farthest Galaxy
- Mar 16 Sedna of the Outer Solar System
- Mar 15 The Orion Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass Copyrighted
- Mar 13 A Cerro Tololo Sky
- Mar 12 X-Ray Saturn
- Mar 11 Henize 206: Cosmic Generations
- Mar 10 Humphrey Rock Indicates Ancient Martian Water
- Mar 9 The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
- Mar 8 Moon and Venus over Corona Del Mar Beach Copyrighted
- Mar 7 An Anomalous SETI Signal Copyrighted
- Mar 6 N49's Cosmic Blast
- Mar 5 V838 Mon: Echoes from the Edge
- Mar 4 Cold Mountain Sky Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Opportunity Rover Indicates Ancient Mars Was Wet
- Mar 2 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 1 Cassini Closes in on Saturn
February 2004 (29)
- Feb 29 Julius Caesar and Leap Days
- Feb 28 POX 186: Not So Long Ago
- Feb 27 Rumors of a Strange Universe
- Feb 26 Galaxy Cluster in the Early Universe
- Feb 25 White Boat Rock on Mars
- Feb 24 X-Rays Indicate Star Ripped Up by Black Hole
- Feb 23 Heaven on Earth Copyrighted
- Feb 22 The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Feb 21 The Spiral Arms of NGC 4622
- Feb 20 SN1987A's Cosmic Pearls
- Feb 19 McNeil's Nebula
- Feb 18 Anvil Cloud Over Sicily Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Galaxy Cluster Lenses Farthest Known Galaxy
- Feb 16 A Patch of Spherules on Mars
- Feb 15 A Spherule from the Earth's Moon
- Feb 14 Solar System Portrait
- Feb 13 NGC 613: Spiral of Dust and Stars
- Feb 12 Supernova Survivor
- Feb 11 M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy
- Feb 10 Unusual Spherules on Mars
- Feb 9 Announcing Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Copyrighted
- Feb 8 In the Center of the Omega Nebula
- Feb 7 NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula
- Feb 6 Magnified Mars
- Feb 5 NGC 1569: Starburst in a Small Galaxy
- Feb 4 Opportunity's Horizon
- Feb 3 X-Rays From Antennae Galaxies
- Feb 2 The Tarantula Nebula from Spitzer
- Feb 1 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
January 2004 (31)
- Jan 31 A Galaxy is not a Comet Copyrighted
- Jan 30 X-Ray Rings Expand from a Gamma Ray Burst
- Jan 29 Valles Marineris Perspective from Mars Express
- Jan 28 The Crab Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Opportunity on Mars
- Jan 26 A Landing at Meridiani Planum
- Jan 25 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
- Jan 24 Valles Marineris from Mars Express
- Jan 23 NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy
- Jan 22 Columbia Memorial Station
- Jan 21 Adirondack Rock on Mars
- Jan 20 Unexpected Galaxy String in the Early Universe
- Jan 19 STARDUST Flyby of Comet Wild 2
- Jan 18 A Close-Up of Martian Soil
- Jan 17 Saturn: Lord of the Rings
- Jan 16 Martian Surface in Perspective
- Jan 15 An Orion Deep Field Copyrighted
- Jan 14 A Mars Panorama from the Spirit Rover
- Jan 13 An Apollo 15 Panorama
- Jan 12 A Hole Punch Cloud Over Alabama Copyrighted
- Jan 11 NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
- Jan 10 Two Worlds, One Sun
- Jan 9 Sol 5 Postcard from Mars
- Jan 8 The Hills of Mars
- Jan 7 Red Mars from Spirit
- Jan 6 Spirit's 3D View Toward Sleepy Hollow
- Jan 5 Spirit Pan from Gusev Crater
- Jan 4 Spirit Rover Bounces Down on Mars
- Jan 3 Comet Wild 2's Nucleus from Stardust
- Jan 2 An Apollo 12 Panorama
- Jan 1 Structure in N63A
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