Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2007
APOD 2007
364 entries from 2007: 355 images and 9 videos. 207 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2007 A Year of Spectacular Comets
Credit & Copyright: Bob Nanz ( San Diego Astronomy Association )
November 30, 2007 Aristarchus Plateau
Credit & Copyright: Alan Friedman
October 31, 2007 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
Credit: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri ( Observatoire de Paris ) et al., ESA , NASA
September 30, 2007 A Milky Way Band
Credit & Copyright: John P. Gleason , Celestial Images
August 31, 2007 Stars Forming in Serpens
Credit & Copyright: ESO , HAWK-1 Instrument Team
July 31, 2007 A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center
Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2007 (31)
- Dec 31 A Year of Spectacular Comets Copyrighted
- Dec 30 Mammatus Clouds Over Mexico Copyrighted
- Dec 29 Saturn's Infrared Glow
- Dec 28 A Beautiful Boomerang Nebula
- Dec 27 Earth at Twilight
- Dec 26 Trifid Pillars and Jets
- Dec 25 Mars and Orion Over Monument Valley Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Emission Nebula IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Dec 23 Moon and Mars Tonight Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Horizon to Horizon Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Reflections on the 1970s Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Stars and Dust through Baade's Window Copyrighted
- Dec 18 Unusual Silica Rich Soil Discovered on Mars
- Dec 17 Saturn's Ancient Rings
- Dec 16 The Holographic Principle Copyrighted
- Dec 15 Mountains of Creation
- Dec 14 Apollo 17: Shorty Crater Panorama
- Dec 13 T Tauri and Hind's Variable Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Mars Rover Races to Survive
- Dec 11 The Universe Nearby Copyrighted
- Dec 10 A Jet from the Sun Copyrighted
- Dec 9 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
- Dec 8 Star Trails at Dawn Copyrighted
- Dec 7 Double Cluster in Perseus Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Mars in View Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Comet Holmes Over Hungary Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Movie: Analemma Over New Jersey Video Copyrighted
- Dec 3 A Complete Solar Cycle from SOHO
- Dec 2 Gibbous Europa
- Dec 1 M74: The Perfect Spiral
November 2007 (30)
- Nov 30 Aristarchus Plateau Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Stardust in Perseus Copyrighted
- Nov 28 Comet Holmes from the Hubble Space Telescope
- Nov 27 Space Station Over the Ionian Sea
- Nov 26 Moon Over Pigeon Point Lighthouse Copyrighted
- Nov 25 An Iridescent Cloud Over Colorado Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Galaxies in Pegasus Copyrighted
- Nov 23 The Medusa Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Pleiades and Stardust Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Expansive Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Aurora in the Distance Copyrighted
- Nov 18 M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Nov 17 Forest and Sky Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Rocket Fuel Copyrighted
- Nov 15 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- Nov 14 Tunguska: The Largest Recent Impact Event
- Nov 13 The Inner Coma of Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Cosmic Rays from Galactic Centers
- Nov 11 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 10 A Tale of Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Nov 9 Skyscape with Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Nov 8 VERITAS and Venus Copyrighted
- Nov 7 The Sloan Great Wall: Largest Known Structure? Copyrighted
- Nov 6 An X Class Flare Region on the Sun Video
- Nov 5 Comet Holmes Grows a Tail Copyrighted
- Nov 4 The Closest Galaxy: Canis Major Dwarf Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Golden Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Nov 2 Three Nebulae in Narrow Band Copyrighted
- Nov 1 Peculiar Arp 87
October 2007 (31)
- Oct 31 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
- Oct 30 Comet Holmes' Coma Expands Copyrighted
- Oct 29 A Telescopic View of Erupting Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Noctilucent Clouds Over Sweden Copyrighted
- Oct 27 The Great Carina Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Comet Holmes in Outburst Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Apogee Moon, Perigee Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Ring Scan
- Oct 23 Crescent Saturn
- Oct 22 Victoria Crater on Mars
- Oct 21 Will the Universe End in a Big Rip? Copyrighted
- Oct 20 The Milky Road Copyrighted
- Oct 19 IC 5067 in the Pelican Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 18 The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Oct 17 I Zwicky 18: The Case of the Aging Galaxy
- Oct 16 SN 2005ap: The Brightest Supernova Yet Found
- Oct 15 Jupiter's Clouds from New Horizons
- Oct 14 NGC 3132: The Eight Burst Nebula
- Oct 13 Enceladus Ice Geysers
- Oct 12 The Whale and The Hockey Stick Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Bright Planets, Crescent Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 10 The Strange Trailing Side of Saturn's Iapetus
- Oct 9 Aurora, Stars, Meteor, Lake, Alaska Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Galaxy NGC 474: Cosmic Blender Copyrighted
- Oct 7 Two Million Galaxies Copyrighted
- Oct 6 X-ray Stars of Orion
- Oct 5 Starburst Cluster in NGC 3603
- Oct 4 50th Anniversary of Sputnik: Traveling Companion
- Oct 3 Comet Encke's Tail Ripped Off
- Oct 2 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma Copyrighted
- Oct 1 The Small Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
September 2007 (30)
- Sep 30 A Milky Way Band Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Dawn Launch Mosaic Copyrighted
- Sep 28 A Hole in Mars Close Up
- Sep 27 Hole in the Sun
- Sep 26 Saguaro Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn Copyrighted
- Sep 24 A Galactic Star Forming Region in Infrared
- Sep 23 The Equal Night
- Sep 22 Pangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years? Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Coronet in the Southern Crown
- Sep 20 Northern Cygnus Copyrighted
- Sep 19 4,000 Kilometers Above Saturn's Iapetus
- Sep 18 Tungurahua Erupts Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Inside Victoria Crater on Mars
- Sep 16 To Fly Free in Space
- Sep 15 Iapetus: 3D Equatorial Ridge
- Sep 14 Iapetus in Black and White
- Sep 13 NGC 7129 and NGC 7142 Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Six Rainbows Across Norway Copyrighted
- Sep 11 A Scorpius Sky Spectacular Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Building Galaxies in the Early Universe
- Sep 9 The Great Basin on Saturn's Tethys
- Sep 8 The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle
- Sep 7 South Pole Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Sep 6 Time Tunnel Copyrighted
- Sep 5 Aurigids from 47,000 Feet
- Sep 4 A Path Into Victoria Crater
- Sep 3 The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
- Sep 2 Lunation Copyrighted
- Sep 1 Kalamalka Lake Eclipse Copyrighted
August 2007 (31)
- Aug 31 Stars Forming in Serpens Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Dark Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Gigantic Jets Over Oklahoma Video
- Aug 28 Could Hydrogen Peroxide Life Survive on Mars?
- Aug 27 Huge Void Implicated in Distant Universe
- Aug 26 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over North Carolina Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Just Passing Through Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Astronomer's Moon Copyrighted
- Aug 23 Southern Moonscape Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 21 A Red Dome Under the Big Dipper Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Cluster Crash Illuminates Dark Matter Conundrum
- Aug 19 A Sonic Boom
- Aug 18 ISS Over Mont-Megantic Observatory Copyrighted
- Aug 17 The Tail of a Wonderful Star
- Aug 16 Moonless Perseid Sky Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Mysterious Streaks Over Turkey Copyrighted
- Aug 14 A Spectacular Sky Over the Grand Tetons Copyrighted
- Aug 13 The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust Copyrighted
- Aug 12 Raining Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Cosmic Tornado HH49/50
- Aug 10 Star Factory Messier 17 Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Star Cluster Messier 67 Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Phoenix Rises Toward Mars
- Aug 7 Old Faithful Below a Yellowstone Sky Copyrighted
- Aug 6 CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule Copyrighted
- Aug 5 The Dotted Dunes of Mars Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Sagittarius Triplet Copyrighted
- Aug 3 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 2 M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Unusual Cratering on Saturn's Dione
July 2007 (30)
- Jul 31 A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Jul 30 The Four Suns of HD 98800
- Jul 29 The Center of Centaurus A
- Jul 28 Full Moondark Copyrighted
- Jul 27 The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 Copyrighted
- Jul 26 Hot Stars in the Rosette Nebula
- Jul 25 Global Dust Storms Threaten Mars Rovers
- Jul 24 Spiral Galaxy M83: The Southern Pinwheel Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
- Jul 22 The Flight of Helios
- Jul 21 Infrared Andromeda
- Jul 20 Apollo 11: East Crater Panorama
- Jul 19 The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jul 18 Planets over Pony Express Lake Copyrighted
- Jul 17 The Same Color Illusion
- Jul 16 The Lagoon Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 15 Aurora from Space
- Jul 14 RCW 79: Stars in a Bubble
- Jul 12 NGC 6384: Beyond the Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 11 Constellations and Cloudy Skies Copyrighted
- Jul 10 NGC 4449: Close-Up of a Small Galaxy
- Jul 9 The Most Distant Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Shuttle Ferry
- Jul 7 Infrared Trifid
- Jul 6 Bright Galaxy NGC 2903 Copyrighted
- Jul 5 Night-Shining Clouds
- Jul 4 Red, White, and Blue Sky Copyrighted
- Jul 3 At the Edge of Victoria Crater
- Jul 2 Zooming in to the Pelican Nebula Video Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Steep Cliffs on Mars
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June 2007 (30)
- Jun 30 Jumbled Galaxy Centaurus A Copyrighted
- Jun 29 Cat's Eye Wide and Deep Copyrighted
- Jun 28 A Visit from Atlantis Copyrighted
- Jun 27 Neon Saturn
- Jun 26 Wisps of the Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 25 The International Space Station Expands Again
- Jun 24 All the Colors of the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 23 3D Barringer Meteorite Crater Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Small Worlds Ceres and Vesta
- Jun 21 Stars and the Solstice Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 20 A Daylight Eclipse of Venus Copyrighted
- Jun 19 Eris: More Massive than Pluto Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Monitoring M2-9
- Jun 17 Analemma over Ukraine Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Lunar Orbiter Views Crater Copernicus
- Jun 15 Messier 96 Copyrighted
- Jun 14 vdB 152: Reflection Nebula in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Warped Sky: Star Trails Panorama Copyrighted
- Jun 12 Shuttle Plume
- Jun 11 The Merope Reflection Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Globular Star Cluster M3 Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Markarian's Eyes Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Great Mountain Moonrise Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Jet Approaching a Crescent Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 4 IC 4603: Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchius Copyrighted
- Jun 3 Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to Moon
- Jun 2 3D Full Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 1 Messier 65 Copyrighted
May 2007 (31)
- May 31 Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
- May 30 Liquid Sea on Saturn's Titan
- May 29 Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 from Hubble
- May 28 A Hole in Mars
- May 27 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- May 26 The Moon's Saturn Copyrighted
- May 25 Jupiter, Vesta, and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 24 The Tulip in the Swan Copyrighted
- May 23 Venus Near the Moon Copyrighted
- May 22 Orange Sun Oozing Video
- May 21 In the Center of Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 Copyrighted
- May 20 A Spherule from the Earth's Moon
- May 19 Circum-axial Leaf Trails Copyrighted
- May 18 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- May 17 The Milky Way Near the Southern Cross Copyrighted
- May 16 Dark Matter Ring Modeled around Galaxy Cluster CL0024+17
- May 15 Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 in Ultraviolet from Galex
- May 14 Rotating Earth from Galileo Video
- May 13 The Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble
- May 12 HD 189733b: Hot Jupiter
- May 11 LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
- May 10 SN 2006GY: Brightest Supernova
- May 9 The Snowflake Cluster versus the Cone Nebula
- May 8 A Dark Sky Over Death Valley
- May 7 Europa Rising
- May 6 Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
- May 5 Sombrero Galaxy Across the Spectrum
- May 4 The Iron Tail of Comet McNaught
- May 3 Small Galaxy NGC 4449 Copyrighted
- May 2 Sunrise from the Surface of Gliese 581c Copyrighted
- May 1 Swirling Clouds Over the South Pole of Venus
April 2007 (30)
- Apr 30 Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula
- Apr 29 NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula
- Apr 28 Young Moon and Sister Stars Copyrighted
- Apr 27 M81 in Ursa Major Copyrighted
- Apr 26 Gliese 581 and the Habitable Zone
- Apr 25 Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
- Apr 24 The Sun in Three Dimensions
- Apr 23 A Supply Ship Approaches the Space Station
- Apr 22 Smooth Sections of Asteroid Itokawa Copyrighted
- Apr 21 3D Face on Mars
- Apr 20 Pantheon Earth and Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 19 NGC 5139: Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Apr 18 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672
- Apr 17 Water Claimed in Evaporating Planet HD 209458b
- Apr 16 MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 15 M3: Inconstant Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Apr 14 Venus by the Lake Copyrighted
- Apr 13 Seven Dusty Sisters
- Apr 12 The Cone Nebula Neighborhood Copyrighted
- Apr 11 The Arms of NGC 4258
- Apr 10 Saturn from Below
- Apr 9 Aurora Over Alaska
- Apr 8 The View from Everest Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Three Years of Saturn Copyrighted
- Apr 6 Four Years of Saturn Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Asteroid and Galaxy
- Apr 4 New Horizons at Io
- Apr 3 A Mysterious Hexagonal Cloud System on Saturn
- Apr 2 An Active Sunspot Viewed Sideways Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match
March 2007 (31)
- Mar 31 Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997 Copyrighted
- Mar 30 Three Galaxies and a Comet Copyrighted
- Mar 29 Jupiter Moon Movie Copyrighted
- Mar 28 NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe Copyrighted
- Mar 27 Enceladus Creates Saturn's E Ring
- Mar 26 Bullet Pillars in Orion Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Welcome to Planet Earth
- Mar 24 Lisbon Moonset Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Touran Sunrise Copyrighted
- Mar 22 Goa Silhouettes Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Molecular Cloud Barnard 163 Copyrighted
- Mar 20 A Blue Crescent Moon from Space
- Mar 19 Galaxy Group Hickson 44 Copyrighted
- Mar 18 A Higher Dimensional Universe? Copyrighted
- Mar 17 Eiffel Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 16 Eclipsing the Rings Copyrighted
- Mar 15 NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Barred Spiral Galaxy M95 Copyrighted
- Mar 13 Attacking Mars
- Mar 12 Watch Jupiter Rotate Video
- Mar 11 The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens Copyrighted
- Mar 10 Eclipse with Lighthouse Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Eclipse and Ecliptic Copyrighted
- Mar 8 Eclipsed Moon and Stars Copyrighted
- Mar 7 New Horizons Spacecraft Passes Jupiter
- Mar 6 Saturn from Above
- Mar 5 Illusion and Evolution in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2667
- Mar 4 Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon
- Mar 3 Lunar Transit from STEREO Video
- Mar 2 Solar Eclipse from the Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 1 Rosetta Over Mars
February 2007 (28)
- Feb 28 Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 2170 Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Atmospheres Detected for Two Extrasolar Planets
- Feb 26 A Rocket Debris Cloud Drifts Copyrighted
- Feb 25 The Far Side of the Moon
- Feb 24 X-rays and the Eagle Nebula
- Feb 23 Dust and the Helix Nebula
- Feb 22 Mystery Over Australia Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Mira Over Germany Copyrighted
- Feb 20 White Ridges on Mars
- Feb 19 Nova Over Iran Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Mir Dreams
- Feb 17 Supernova Remnant and Shock Wave
- Feb 16 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 2685 Copyrighted
- Feb 15 Planetary Nebula NGC 2440
- Feb 14 The Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Vela Supernova Remnant in Visible Light
- Feb 12 Comet McNaught Over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Feb 11 Io: The Prometheus Plume
- Feb 10 Stars of the Galactic Center
- Feb 9 Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Galaxies Away
- Feb 7 Liquid Lakes on Saturn's Titan
- Feb 6 Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
- Feb 5 Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning Copyrighted
- Feb 4 Shadow of a Martian Robot
- Feb 3 Alborz Mountains in Moonlight Copyrighted
- Feb 2 Flame Nebula Close-Up Copyrighted
- Feb 1 A Tail of Two Hemispheres Copyrighted
January 2007 (31)
- Jan 31 Movie: Cassini Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane
- Jan 30 Thor's Helmet from CFHT Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Movie: A Green Flash Over Italy Copyrighted
- Jan 28 Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters
- Jan 27 Castle and Sky Copyrighted
- Jan 26 The Star Clusters of NGC 1313
- Jan 25 Orion's Cradle Copyrighted
- Jan 24 A Comet Tail Horizon Copyrighted
- Jan 23 The Milky Way Over Paranal Copyrighted
- Jan 22 The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught Copyrighted
- Jan 21 The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
- Jan 20 SOHO: Comet McNaught Movie Video
- Jan 19 McNaught's Matinee Copyrighted
- Jan 18 Southern Comet Copyrighted
- Jan 17 Comet McNaught from New STEREO Satellite
- Jan 16 Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
- Jan 15 Comet McNaught Over Catalonia Copyrighted
- Jan 14 Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center
- Jan 13 Comet Over Krakow Copyrighted
- Jan 12 Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger Copyrighted
- Jan 11 The Eagle Nebula in Infrared
- Jan 10 NGC 602 and Beyond
- Jan 9 McNaught Now Brightest Comet in Decades Copyrighted
- Jan 8 The Big Dipper Copyrighted
- Jan 7 The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
- Jan 6 The Orion Deep Field Copyrighted
- Jan 5 Comet McNaught Heads for the Sun Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Central Cygnus Copyrighted
- Jan 3 Twenty Full Moons Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Light from the First Stars
- Jan 1 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Copyrighted
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