Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2005
APOD 2005
365 entries from 2005: 365 images and 0 videos. 151 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2005 A Year at Saturn
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
November 30, 2005 Reflections on the Horsehead Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Daniel Verschatse ( Antilhue Observatory )
October 31, 2005 A Martian Halloween
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (Astropics.com)
September 30, 2005 IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up
Credit: Nick Wright ( University College London ), IPHAS Collaboration
August 31, 2005 Crepuscular Rays Over Utah
Credit & Copyright: Jean Nesheim
July 31, 2005 Solar System Object Larger than Pluto Discovered
Credit: M. Brown ( Caltech ), C. Trujillo ( Gemini ), D. Rabinowitz ( Yale ), NSF , NASAThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2005 (31)
- Dec 31 A Year at Saturn
- Dec 30 The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Dec 29 The Iris Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Dec 28 Smooth Sections on Asteroid Itokawa Copyrighted
- Dec 27 IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 26 SN 1006: Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
- Dec 25 The Mysterious Cone Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Earthrise
- Dec 23 Hydrogen and Dust in the Rosette Nebula
- Dec 22 Andromeda Island Universe Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Sunrise by Season Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Star Trails Above Mauna Kea Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Thin Rings Around Polarized Saturn
- Dec 18 M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT
- Dec 17 Apollo 17: Last on the Moon
- Dec 16 GLIMPSE the Milky Way
- Dec 15 Autumn Moon Encore Copyrighted
- Dec 14 A Digital Opportunity Rover on Mars
- Dec 13 620 Kilometers Above Rhea
- Dec 12 30 Doradus: The Tarantula Zone Copyrighted
- Dec 11 R136: The Massive Stars of 30 Doradus
- Dec 10 The Last Moon Shot
- Dec 9 December Moon Meets Evening Star Copyrighted
- Dec 8 X-Rays from the Perseus Cluster Core
- Dec 7 Europe at Night Copyrighted
- Dec 6 The Veil Nebula Unveiled Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Fountains Discovered on Saturn's Enceladus
- Dec 4 Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Astro 1 In Orbit
- Dec 2 Crab Nebula Mosaic from HST
- Dec 1 SOHO's Uninterrupted View of the Sun
November 2005 (30)
- Nov 30 Reflections on the Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant from Palomar
- Nov 28 Vista Inside Gusev Crater on Mars
- Nov 27 Light Echoes from V838 Mon
- Nov 26 A Stereo Sun Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Moon Over Antarctica Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Dusty NGC 1333
- Nov 23 Pandora: A Shepherd Moon of Saturn
- Nov 22 Galactic Collision in Cluster Abell 1185 Copyrighted
- Nov 21 The Missing Craters of Asteroid Itokawa Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Rays from an Unexpected Aurora Copyrighted
- Nov 19 NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet
- Nov 18 The 37 Cluster Copyrighted
- Nov 17 Young Stars of NGC 346
- Nov 16 A Robot's Shadow on Asteroid Itokawa Copyrighted
- Nov 15 A Taurid Meteor Fireball
- Nov 14 Everest Panorama from Mars
- Nov 13 Lunation Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Surveyor Hops
- Nov 11 Mountains of Creation
- Nov 10 Gravitational Tractor Copyrighted
- Nov 9 A Solar Prominence from SOHO
- Nov 8 The Drifts of Mars
- Nov 7 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 6 A Sunspot Up Close
- Nov 5 Aurora from Space
- Nov 4 M78: Stardust and Starlight Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Possible Pluto Moons
- Nov 2 Epimetheus and Janus: Interchangeable Moons of Saturn
- Nov 1 A Soyuz Spacecraft Approaches the Space Station
October 2005 (31)
- Oct 31 A Martian Halloween Copyrighted
- Oct 30 A Dark and Stormy Night
- Oct 29 NGC 3242: The Ghost of Jupiter
- Oct 28 October Mars Copyrighted
- Oct 27 The Last Titan
- Oct 26 4,500 Kilometers Above Dione
- Oct 25 Supernova Remnant N132D in Optical and X Rays
- Oct 24 Angular Sand on Martian Hills
- Oct 23 At the Center of the Milky Way
- Oct 22 Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 from Hubble
- Oct 21 Ringside
- Oct 20 The Andromeda Galaxy in Infrared
- Oct 19 On the Possibility of Ascending to Mars Copyrighted
- Oct 18 AE Aurigae: The Flaming Star Copyrighted
- Oct 17 Short Gamma-Ray Bursts Localized
- Oct 16 Astronomy Quilt of the Week Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Dusty Environs of Eta Carinae
- Oct 14 Eclipse Shirt Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka
- Oct 12 Cratered Cliffs of Ice on Saturn's Tethys
- Oct 11 NGC 869 & NGC 884: A Double Open Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 10 The Swirling Storms of Saturn
- Oct 9 Rollout of Soyuz TMA-2 Aboard an R7 Rocket
- Oct 8 Peculiar Arp 295
- Oct 7 Eclipse Madrid Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1350
- Oct 5 Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution Copyrighted
- Oct 4 The Milky Way in Stars and Dust Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters
- Oct 2 Magma Bubbles from Mt. Etna Copyrighted
- Oct 1 NGC 613: Spiral of Dust and Stars
September 2005 (30)
- Sep 30 IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up
- Sep 29 An Unexplored Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 28 A Rocket Launch at Sunset Copyrighted
- Sep 27 The Star Pillars of Sharpless 171
- Sep 26 Streams of Stars in the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
- Sep 25 WMAP Resolves the Universe
- Sep 24 Cat's Eye
- Sep 23 Portrait of RY Tauri
- Sep 22 Orange Moon, Red Flash Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Shoreline Terrain on Saturn's Titan
- Sep 20 M1: The Crab Nebula from NOT Copyrighted
- Sep 19 Approaching Asteroid Itokawa Copyrighted
- Sep 18 M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 17 The Shadow of Phobos
- Sep 16 Northern Lights, September Skies Copyrighted
- Sep 15 The Nucleus of Comet Tempel 1
- Sep 14 The Boomerang Nebula in Polarized Light
- Sep 13 A Quadruple Sky Over Great Salt Lake Copyrighted
- Sep 12 The Colliding Galaxies of NGC 520 Copyrighted
- Sep 11 Jupiter's Clouds from Cassini
- Sep 10 Supernova Survivor
- Sep 9 Moon River Copyrighted
- Sep 8 IC 1396 in Cepheus
- Sep 7 The View from Husband Hill on Mars
- Sep 6 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
- Sep 5 Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae from SALT
- Sep 4 Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Venus Unveiled
- Sep 2 X-Ray Portrait of Trumpler 14
- Sep 1 One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725
August 2005 (31)
- Aug 31 Crepuscular Rays Over Utah Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Albireo: A Bright and Beautiful Double Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico
- Aug 28 Muon Wobble Possible Door to Supersymmetric Universe
- Aug 27 3D International Space Station
- Aug 26 Full Moon, Green Rim Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Barred Spiral Milky Way
- Aug 24 Epimetheus: A Small Moon of Saturn
- Aug 23 NGC 281: The Pacman Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Desolate Mars: Rub al Khali
- Aug 21 A Lenticular Cloud Over Hawai'i Copyrighted
- Aug 20 The Stars of NGC 300
- Aug 19 NGC 1 and NGC 2 Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Sylvia, Romulus and Remus
- Aug 17 Planets over Paranal Copyrighted
- Aug 16 The International Space Station from Orbit
- Aug 15 Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Heating Coronal Loops
- Aug 13 SNR 0103-72.6: Oxygen Supply
- Aug 12 A Meteor Shower Fireball Movie Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Young Suns of NGC 7129 Copyrighted
- Aug 10 The Heart and Soul Nebulas Copyrighted
- Aug 9 The Belt of Venus over Elwood Beach Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Mars to Appear Normal This August Copyrighted
- Aug 7 Dueling Auroras Copyrighted
- Aug 6 Raining Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 5 HD 188753: Triple Sunset
- Aug 4 Stars Young and Old Copyrighted
- Aug 3 The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 2 A Shuttle Back Flip at the Space Station
- Aug 1 2003 UB313: A Tenth Planet?
July 2005 (31)
- Jul 31 Solar System Object Larger than Pluto Discovered
- Jul 30 M106 in Canes Venatici
- Jul 29 ISS and Discovery Transit the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 28 Spherical Planetary Nebula Abell 39 Copyrighted
- Jul 27 America Returns to Human Space Flight
- Jul 26 Hyperion: Sponge Moon of Saturn
- Jul 25 Unusual Gas Filaments Surround Galaxy NGC 1275 Copyrighted
- Jul 24 A Chicago Meteorite Fall Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Ringed Nebulae Copyrighted
- Jul 22 Tethys, Rings, and Shadows
- Jul 21 X-Ray Stars of 47 Tuc
- Jul 20 Water Ice in a Martian Crater Copyrighted
- Jul 19 A Nearby Supernova in M51 Copyrighted
- Jul 18 Deep Impact on Comet Tempel 1 from Hubble
- Jul 17 The Center of Centaurus A
- Jul 16 Galaxy Group HCG 87
- Jul 15 Reflections on the Inner Solar System Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Star Trails Over Vienna Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Analemma of the Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Launch of the Red Bird
- Jul 11 Sunrise Over Kilimanjaro Copyrighted
- Jul 10 In the Center of the Trapezium
- Jul 9 The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
- Jul 8 NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge Copyrighted
- Jul 7 Fire Glow and Star Trails at Sunset Crater Copyrighted
- Jul 6 The Landscape on Comet Tempel 1
- Jul 5 Thirteen Seconds After Impact
- Jul 4 A Panorama from Mauna Kea Copyrighted
- Jul 3 A Swift Look at Tempel 1
- Jul 2 Three Planets by the Sea Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Ring Around Fomalhaut
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June 2005 (30)
- Jun 30 Three Planets from Mt. Hamilton Copyrighted
- Jun 29 Thirteen Million Kilometers from Comet Tempel 1
- Jun 28 The Giant Radio Lobes of Fornax A
- Jun 27 Globular Cluster M22 from CFHT Copyrighted
- Jun 26 The 2MASS Galaxy Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Venus: Just Passing By
- Jun 24 Planets in the West Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Moonrise, Cape Sounion, Greece Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Saturn's Rings from the Other Side
- Jun 21 The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Sunset Over Gusev Crater
- Jun 19 Noctilucent Clouds Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Visitors' Galaxy Gallery
- Jun 17 The Small Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Jun 16 APOD Is Ten Years Old Today
- Jun 15 Cassiopeia A Light Echoes in Infrared
- Jun 14 Gliese 876 System Includes Large Terrestrial Planet Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas Copyrighted
- Jun 12 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
- Jun 11 Earth at Twilight
- Jun 10 Titan's Cryovolcano
- Jun 9 Venus Returns to the Evening Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Rampaging Supernova Remnant N63A
- Jun 7 Galaxies in View Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Saturn: Dirty Rings and a Clean Moon
- Jun 5 A Milky Way Band Copyrighted
- Jun 4 First U.S. Spacewalk
- Jun 3 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 2 Sculpting the South Pillar
- Jun 1 White Dwarf Star Spiral
May 2005 (31)
- May 31 The Trifid Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- May 30 A Great White Spot on Rhea
- May 29 The Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream Copyrighted
- May 28 Himalayan Horizon From Space
- May 27 Titan's Odd Spot
- May 26 A Beautiful Trifid Copyrighted
- May 25 Particle Sizes in Saturn's Rings
- May 24 Swirls and Stars in IC 4678 Copyrighted
- May 23 A Wave Maker Moon in Saturn's Rings
- May 22 The Dust and Ion Tails of Comet Hale-Bopp Copyrighted
- May 21 Snake in the Dark Copyrighted
- May 20 Aurora Iowa Copyrighted
- May 19 X-Ray Stars in the Orion Nebula
- May 18 Three Kilometers Above Titan
- May 17 A Panorama of Mars from Larry's Lookout
- May 16 Deep Impact Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Comet
- May 15 On the Origin of Gold
- May 14 NGC 3370: A Sharper View
- May 13 When the Moon Was Young Copyrighted
- May 12 Stars, Galaxies, and Comet Tempel 1 Copyrighted
- May 11 The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
- May 10 The First Image of an Extra Solar Planet
- May 9 Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559 Copyrighted
- May 8 CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
- May 7 NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap
- May 6 Hybrid Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- May 5 Mira: The Wonderful Star
- May 4 Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane
- May 3 Solar System Rising Over Fire Island Copyrighted
- May 2 Methusaleh Outcrop on Mars
- May 1 Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula
April 2005 (30)
- Apr 30 The Moons of Earth
- Apr 29 Small Moon Epimetheus
- Apr 28 M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
- Apr 27 The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Apr 26 A Martian Dust Devil Passes
- Apr 25 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
- Apr 24 M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs
- Apr 23 Eclipsed Moon in Infrared
- Apr 22 Albert Einstein's Miraculous Year Copyrighted
- Apr 21 G21.5-0.9: A Supernova's Cosmic Shell
- Apr 20 Barnard's Loop Around Orion Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Orion in Infrared
- Apr 18 Saturnian Moon and Rings
- Apr 17 Asteroids in the Distance
- Apr 16 Celebrating Hubble With NGC 6751
- Apr 15 RCW 79: Stars in a Bubble
- Apr 14 April's Moon and the Pleiades Copyrighted
- Apr 13 A Window to the Once Secret Sky Copyrighted
- Apr 12 Earth or Mars? Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Clouds, Plane, Sun, Eclipse Copyrighted
- Apr 10 Venus' Once Molten Surface
- Apr 9 Inside the Elephant's Trunk
- Apr 8 Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628 Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Solar Eclipse in View Copyrighted
- Apr 6 The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Light From A Distant Planet
- Apr 4 NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide
- Apr 3 The Galactic Center Radio Arc
- Apr 2 Cyg X-1: Can Black Holes Form in the Dark?
- Apr 1 Water On Mars Copyrighted
March 2005 (31)
- Mar 31 Gamma-Ray Earth
- Mar 30 ULXs in M74
- Mar 29 Crescents of Titan and Dione
- Mar 28 A Tether in Space
- Mar 27 The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Composite Crab
- Mar 25 Huygens Discovers Luna Saturni Copyrighted
- Mar 24 Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Mar 23 A Dust Devil Swirling on Mars
- Mar 22 To Fly Free in Space
- Mar 21 Orion's Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 20 The Equal Night
- Mar 19 NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Moon, Mercury, Monaco Copyrighted
- Mar 17 Enceladus Close-Up
- Mar 16 Markarian's Chain of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Steep Cliffs on Mars
- Mar 14 The Fox Fur Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 13 A Message From Earth
- Mar 12 Accretion Disk Simulation
- Mar 11 Infrared Ring Nebula
- Mar 10 NGC 1499: California Nebula
- Mar 9 A Sun Halo Over Tennessee Copyrighted
- Mar 8 Crater on Mimas
- Mar 7 Mercury Over Leeds Copyrighted
- Mar 6 The View from Everest Copyrighted
- Mar 5 Tycho and Copernicus: Lunar Ray Craters Copyrighted
- Mar 4 NGC 1427A: Galaxy in Motion
- Mar 3 Still Life with NGC 2170 Copyrighted
- Mar 2 The Powerful Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake
- Mar 1 NGC 1531/2: Interacting Galaxies Copyrighted
February 2005 (28)
- Feb 28 Unusual Plates on Mars
- Feb 27 The Solar Spectrum Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Frizion Illume Copyrighted
- Feb 25 Saturn's Dragon Storm
- Feb 24 Ski Enceladus
- Feb 23 Voyage of an Antarctic Iceberg
- Feb 22 Persistent Saturnian Auroras
- Feb 21 Galactic Magnetar Throws Giant Flare Copyrighted
- Feb 20 Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors Copyrighted
- Feb 19 Saturnian Aurora
- Feb 18 Big Dipper Castle Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Melas, Candor, and Ophir: Valleys of Mariner
- Feb 16 Sunspot Metamorphosis: From Bottom to Top
- Feb 15 Saturn's Moon Rhea from Cassini
- Feb 14 The Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 13 In the Center of the Virgo Cluster Copyrighted
- Feb 12 NEAR at Eros: Before Touchdown
- Feb 11 Blue Saturn
- Feb 10 Red Saturn
- Feb 9 Heat Shield Impact Crater on Mars
- Feb 8 A Mysterious Streak Above Hawaii
- Feb 7 A Telescope Laser Creates an Artificial Star Copyrighted
- Feb 6 NGC 3132: The Eight Burst Nebula
- Feb 5 The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz
- Feb 4 V838 Mon: Light Echo Update
- Feb 3 SMART-1: Pythagoras Crater
- Feb 2 A Twisted Meteor Train Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Saturn's Iapetus: Moon with a Strange Surface
January 2005 (31)
- Jan 31 NGC 2467: From Gas to Stars Copyrighted
- Jan 30 The Holographic Principle Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Southern Cross in Mauna Loa Skies Copyrighted
- Jan 28 The Swarm
- Jan 27 Shadow Set
- Jan 26 First Launch of the Delta IV Heavy
- Jan 25 NGC 6946: The Fireworks Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 24 Riverbeds and Lakebeds Discovered on Saturn's Titan
- Jan 23 NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
- Jan 22 The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Copyrighted
- Jan 21 Metal on the Plains of Mars
- Jan 20 A Waterspout off the Florida Keys
- Jan 19 Eight Kilometers Above Titan
- Jan 18 NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
- Jan 17 Titan Landscape
- Jan 16 Nebula Nova Cygni Turns On
- Jan 15 Huygens Images Titan's Surface
- Jan 14 Descent to Titan
- Jan 13 Infrared Trifid
- Jan 12 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
- Jan 11 Machholz Meets the Pleiades Copyrighted
- Jan 10 Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Jupiter's Rings Revealed
- Jan 8 X-Ray Mystery in RCW 38
- Jan 7 S is for Venus Copyrighted
- Jan 6 UKIRT: Aloha Orion
- Jan 5 Comet Machholz in View Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Milky Way Illustrated Copyrighted
- Jan 3 The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Welcome to Planet Earth
- Jan 1 Manicouagan Impact Crater
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