Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2009
APOD 2009
364 entries from 2009: 361 images and 3 videos. 224 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2009 Dust and the Helix Nebula
NASA , JPL-Caltech , Kate Su ( Steward Obs. , U. Arizona), et al.
November 30, 2009 Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station
Credit: STS-129 Crew , NASA
October 31, 2009 VdB 152: Reflection Nebula in Cepheus
Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin
September 30, 2009 Saturn at Equinox
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
August 31, 2009 Open Cluster M25
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & Giovanni Anselmi ( Coelum Astronomia ), Hawaiian Starlight
July 31, 2009 Hubble View: Jupiter Impact
Credit: NASA , ESA , H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Co.), and the Jupiter Impact TeamThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2009 (31)
- Dec 31 Dust and the Helix Nebula
- Dec 30 Spitzer's M101
- Dec 29 Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 28 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
- Dec 27 The Cat's Eye Nebula
- Dec 26 M51 Hubble Remix
- Dec 25 A Graceful Arc Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Gamma Cas and Friends Copyrighted
- Dec 23 December Sunrise, Cape Sounion Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Planetary Systems Now Forming in Orion
- Dec 21 Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
- Dec 20 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash Copyrighted
- Dec 18 Southern Geminids Copyrighted
- Dec 17 Mojave Desert Fireball Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth Copyrighted
- Dec 15 A Fading Moonset Over Hong Kong Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Saturns Hexagon Comes to Light
- Dec 13 Crescent Neptune and Triton
- Dec 12 Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Messier Craters in Stereo
- Dec 10 The Colors of IC 1795 Copyrighted
- Dec 9 HUDF Infrared: Dawn of the Galaxies
- Dec 8 Ice Moon Tethys from Saturn-Orbiting Cassini
- Dec 7 The International Space Station Over the Horizon
- Dec 6 The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Himalayan Skyscape Copyrighted
- Dec 4 The Double Cluster Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660 Copyrighted
- Dec 2 Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 1 NGC 6992: Filaments of the Veil Nebula Copyrighted
November 2009 (30)
- Nov 30 Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station
- Nov 29 Ancient Layered Hills on Mars
- Nov 28 Annapurna Star Trails Copyrighted
- Nov 27 The Jets of NGC 1097 Copyrighted
- Nov 26 M78 Wide Field Copyrighted
- Nov 25 All-Sky Milky Way Panorama Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Cassini Flyby Shows Enceladus Venting
- Nov 23 Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta Spacecraft Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Light Echoes from V838 Mon
- Nov 21 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Meteor between the Clouds Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Leonid over Mono Lake Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Water Discovered in Moon Shadow
- Nov 17 Dawn Before Nova Copyrighted
- Nov 16 M83's Center from Refurbished Hubble
- Nov 15 M57: The Ring Nebula
- Nov 14 DIA Sunrise Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
- Nov 12 Art and Science in NGC 918 Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Great Observatories Explore Galactic Center
- Nov 10 Saturn After Equinox
- Nov 9 NGC 2623: Galaxy Merger from Hubble
- Nov 8 M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Nov 7 Stickney Crater
- Nov 6 Ring Nebula Deep Field Copyrighted
- Nov 5 Halloween's Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 4 Blue Sun Bristling Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Seven Sisters Versus California Copyrighted
- Nov 2 Ares 1-X Rocket Lifts Off Copyrighted
- Nov 1 The Average Color of the Universe
October 2009 (31)
- Oct 31 VdB 152: Reflection Nebula in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Oct 30 The Bubble and M52 Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Zodiacal Light Over Laguna Verde Copyrighted
- Oct 28 JKCS041: The Farthest Galaxy Cluster Yet Measured
- Oct 27 Central Cygnus Skyscape Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Galaxy Zoo Catalogs the Universe Copyrighted
- Oct 25 M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
- Oct 24 NGC 7331 and Beyond Copyrighted
- Oct 23 A Galilean Night Copyrighted
- Oct 22 Moon and Planets in the Morning Copyrighted
- Oct 21 Martian Dust Devil Trails
- Oct 20 A Solar Prominence Erupts in STEREO
- Oct 19 Nereus Crater on Mars
- Oct 18 The Star Pillars of Sharpless 171 Copyrighted
- Oct 17 Bright Nebulae of M33 Copyrighted
- Oct 16 Herschel Views the Milky Way
- Oct 15 Fireball Meteor Over Groningen Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Pleiades and Stardust Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Giant Dust Ring Discovered Around Saturn
- Oct 12 Stars Over Easter Island Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
- Oct 10 LCROSS Centaur Impact Flash
- Oct 9 Starburst Galaxy IC 10 Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Target Crater Cabeus
- Oct 7 A Double Ringed Basin on Mercury
- Oct 6 The Lagoon Nebula from GigaGalaxy Zoom
- Oct 5 The International Space Station Over Earth
- Oct 4 The Same Color Illusion
- Oct 3 Old Faith-Full Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 2 Comet and Orion Copyrighted
- Oct 1 Carina Pillar and Jets
September 2009 (30)
- Sep 30 Saturn at Equinox
- Sep 29 Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Water Discovered on the Moon
- Sep 27 To Fly Free in Space
- Sep 26 Gigagalaxy Zoom: Milky Way Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Gigagalaxy Zoom: Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Equinox Sunset Copyrighted
- Sep 23 CoRoT Satellite Discovers Rocky Planet
- Sep 22 Aurora Over Yellowknife Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Abell 370: Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lens
- Sep 20 Ganymede Enhanced
- Sep 19 NGC 3621: Far Beyond the Local Group Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Take My Hand
- Sep 17 Ultraviolet Andromeda
- Sep 16 The Tarantula Zone Copyrighted
- Sep 15 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 14 The Center of Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
- Sep 13 The Holographic Principle Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Summer Night in Astronomy Town Copyrighted
- Sep 11 Stephan's Quintet
- Sep 10 The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble
- Sep 9 Star Trails Over Oregon Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Unexpected Impact on Jupiter
- Sep 7 Jupiter Over the Mediterranean Copyrighted
- Sep 6 CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
- Sep 5 Supernova Remnant E0102-72
- Sep 4 6 Years of Saturn Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Despina, Moon of Neptune Copyrighted
- Sep 2 Discovery's Rainbow
- Sep 1 Shadows of Saturn at Equinox
August 2009 (31)
- Aug 31 Open Cluster M25 Copyrighted
- Aug 30 D. rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
- Aug 29 NGC 7771 Galaxy Group Copyrighted
- Aug 28 NGC 7822 in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Aug 27 A Dark Sky Over Sequoia National Park
- Aug 26 Classic Orion Nebulae Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Equinox at Saturn
- Aug 24 Morning Glory Clouds Over Australia
- Aug 23 Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Images
- Aug 22 The Gum Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 21 The Whale and the Hockey Stick Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Eclipse City Copyrighted
- Aug 19 IC 1396 and Surrounding Starfield Copyrighted
- Aug 18 The Milky Way Over the Badlands Copyrighted
- Aug 17 Perseids from Perseus Copyrighted
- Aug 16 A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center
- Aug 15 Meteor by Moonlight Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Shuttle and Meteor Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Block Island Meteorite on Mars
- Aug 12 Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Inside Barringer Meteor Crater Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Moonbow and Rainbows Over Patagonia Video Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
- Aug 8 Diamonds in a Cloudy Sky Copyrighted
- Aug 7 The Star Clusters of NGC 1313
- Aug 6 Galaxies in Pegasus Copyrighted
- Aug 5 Betelgeuse Resolved
- Aug 4 A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay Copyrighted
- Aug 3 T Tauri: A Star is Formed Copyrighted
- Aug 2 Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559 Copyrighted
- Aug 1 SN 1006 Supernova Remnant
July 2009 (31)
- Jul 31 Hubble View: Jupiter Impact
- Jul 30 6 Minutes 42 Seconds Copyrighted
- Jul 29 The Milky Way Over Devils Tower Copyrighted
- Jul 28 A Floral Aurora Corona Copyrighted
- Jul 27 NGC 1097: Spiral Galaxy with a Central Eye
- Jul 26 The Big Corona Copyrighted
- Jul 25 The Eagle Rises Copyrighted
- Jul 24 Eclipse over Chongqing, China Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Jupiter's New Impact Scar Copyrighted
- Jul 22 The Lagoon Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 21 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 20 Apollo 11: Onto a New World
- Jul 19 From the Moon to the Earth
- Jul 18 Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jul 17 Starburst Galaxy M94 Copyrighted
- Jul 16 The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jul 15 The Chameleon's Dark Nebulae Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Moons and Jupiter Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Erupting Volcano Anak Krakatau Copyrighted
- Jul 12 A Cosmic Call to Nearby Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 11 Noctilucent Cloud Storm Panorama
- Jul 10 The Pillars of Eagle Castle Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Fermi's Gamma-ray Pulsars
- Jul 8 The Dark River to Antares Copyrighted
- Jul 7 The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust Copyrighted
- Jul 6 Unknown Dark Material on Mercury
- Jul 5 Genesis Mission's Hard Impact
- Jul 4 Mount Rushmore's Starry Night Copyrighted
- Jul 3 Perihelion and Aphelion Copyrighted
- Jul 2 Lyman Alpha Blob
- Jul 1 Three Galaxies in Draco Copyrighted
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June 2009 (29)
- Jun 30 The North America and Pelican Nebulae Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
- Jun 27 Saharan Starry Night Copyrighted
- Jun 26 Solstice to Solstice Solargraph Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Sarychev Peak Volcano in Stereo
- Jun 24 Noctilucent Clouds Over Germany Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Jun 22 Atlas 5 Rocket Launches to the Moon
- Jun 21 Sunrise over the Parthenon Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Seaside Moon Mirage Copyrighted
- Jun 19 Dunhuang Star Atlas Copyrighted
- Jun 18 NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies
- Jun 17 M13: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Moonrise Over Turkey Copyrighted
- Jun 15 Streaming Dark Nebulas near B44 Copyrighted
- Jun 14 Stars at the Galactic Center
- Jun 13 The Milky Road Copyrighted
- Jun 12 SNR 0104: An Unusual Suspect
- Jun 11 Pyrenees Paraselene Copyrighted
- Jun 10 A Dusty Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Markarian's Chain of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Possible Jet Blown Shells Near Microquasar Cygnus X-1 Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Asteroid Eros Reconstructed
- Jun 6 One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725 Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Sunspots on a Cloudy Day Copyrighted
- Jun 3 VB 10: A Large Planet Orbiting a Small Star
- Jun 2 Spokes Reappear on Saturn's Rings
- Jun 1 Spirit Encounters Soft Ground on Mars
May 2009 (31)
- May 31 A Solar Prominence from SOHO
- May 30 A Beautiful Trifid Copyrighted
- May 29 Messier 106 Copyrighted
- May 28 Moon in the Mullica Copyrighted
- May 27 Volcanic Terrain on Mercury
- May 26 Whirlpool Galaxy Deep Field Copyrighted
- May 25 Hubble Floats Free
- May 24 Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
- May 23 Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View
- May 22 East of Antares Copyrighted
- May 21 IC 4592: A Blue Horsehead Copyrighted
- May 20 Above Earth, Fixing Hubble
- May 19 Sagittarius and the Central Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 18 Moon Rays Over Thurso Castle Copyrighted
- May 17 Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater
- May 16 Atlantis and Hubble Side by Side Copyrighted
- May 15 M97: The Owl Nebula Copyrighted
- May 14 Elusive Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- May 13 A Space Shuttle Before Dawn Copyrighted
- May 12 A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio Copyrighted
- May 11 Forty Thousand Meteor Origins Across the Sky Copyrighted
- May 10 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- May 9 A Starry Night in Brazil Copyrighted
- May 8 Galaxies of the Perseus Cluster Copyrighted
- May 7 A Halo for NGC 6164 Copyrighted
- May 6 A Spring Sky Over Hirsau Abbey Copyrighted
- May 5 Titan Beyond the Rings
- May 4 Rembrandt Impact Basin on Mercury Copyrighted
- May 3 NGC 2392 Nebula from Hubble
- May 2 The Whale Galaxy Copyrighted
- May 1 Lyrid Meteor and Milky Way Copyrighted
April 2009 (30)
- Apr 30 Framed by Clouds Copyrighted
- Apr 29 GRB 090423: The Farthest Explosion Yet Measured
- Apr 28 NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge Copyrighted
- Apr 27 Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers
- Apr 26 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
- Apr 25 Dark Markings of the Sky Copyrighted
- Apr 24 Moon and Morning Star Copyrighted
- Apr 23 Sharpless 308 Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Sky Panorama Over Lake Salda Copyrighted
- Apr 21 Global Warming Predictions Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars
- Apr 19 The View Near a Black Hole
- Apr 18 NGC 1333 Stardust Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Castle and Full Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 15 Jagged Shadows May Indicate Saturn Ring Particles
- Apr 14 M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 13 Star Trails over the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Video Copyrighted
- Apr 12 M39: Open Cluster in Cygnus
- Apr 11 The Big Picture Copyrighted
- Apr 10 ISS and Astronaut Copyrighted
- Apr 9 Venus Near Inferior Conjunction Copyrighted
- Apr 8 Unusual Dusty Galaxy NGC 7049
- Apr 7 The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274
- Apr 6 International Space Station Expands Again
- Apr 5 Orange Sun Oozing Video
- Apr 4 Star Party on Planet Earth Copyrighted
- Apr 3 Around the World in 80 Telescopes Copyrighted
- Apr 2 100 Hours of Astronomy Begins Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Astronaut's Head Upgraded During Spacewalk
March 2009 (31)
- Mar 31 In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula
- Mar 30 Possible Mud Volcanoes on Mars
- Mar 29 Signals of a Strange Universe
- Mar 28 Almahata Sitta 15 Copyrighted
- Mar 27 The Seagull Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Stars Young and Old Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Orcus of the Outer Solar System
- Mar 24 Martian Dunes and the Shadow of Opportunity
- Mar 23 The Seahorse of the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Mar 22 Sungrazer
- Mar 21 Fermi's Gamma-Ray Sky
- Mar 20 Sunset at the Portara Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Saturn: Moons in Transit
- Mar 18 GLOBE at Night: Help Track Light Pollution Copyrighted
- Mar 17 Tycho's Supernova Remnant
- Mar 16 Martian Moon Deimos from MRO
- Mar 15 A Prominent Solar Prominence from SOHO
- Mar 14 Haute-Provence Star Trails Copyrighted
- Mar 13 Hickson Compact Group 90
- Mar 12 Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359) and Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 11 Lunar X Copyrighted
- Mar 10 Horsehead and Orion Nebulae Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Kepler's Streak Copyrighted
- Mar 8 Gibbous Europa
- Mar 7 Comet Lulin and Distant Galaxies Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Crescent Moon and Venus Copyrighted
- Mar 5 IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 4 Saturn in View Copyrighted
- Mar 3 The Helix Nebula from La Silla Observatory
- Mar 2 Earthgrazer: The Great Daylight Fireball of 1972 Copyrighted
- Mar 1 Omega Centauri: The Largest Nearby Globular Cluster Copyrighted
February 2009 (28)
- Feb 28 NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Lulin and Saturn near Opposition Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars Copyrighted
- Feb 25 Two Tails of Comet Lulin Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Barnard's Loop around the Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 23 An Etruscan Vase Moon Rising Copyrighted
- Feb 22 Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
- Feb 21 The Swift View of Comet Lulin
- Feb 20 Snake in the Dark Copyrighted
- Feb 19 Mauna Kea Milky Way Panorama Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Satellites Collide in Low Earth Orbit Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota Copyrighted
- Feb 16 The Great Carina Nebula
- Feb 15 Antarctic Ice Shelf Vista Copyrighted
- Feb 14 IC 1805: The Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Circle 'round the Moon Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Zodiacal Light Vs. Milky Way Copyrighted
- Feb 11 Orion's Belt Continued Copyrighted
- Feb 10 Orion's Belt Copyrighted
- Feb 9 Anemic Galaxy NGC 4921 at the Edge
- Feb 8 Inside the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 7 Comet Lulin Tails Copyrighted
- Feb 6 Space Station in the Moon Copyrighted
- Feb 5 NGC 604: X-rays from a Giant Stellar Nursery
- Feb 4 A Dangerous Summer on HD 80606b
- Feb 3 Lenticular Clouds Above Washington Copyrighted
- Feb 2 Comet Lulin Approaches Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Auroral Corona Over Norway Copyrighted
January 2009 (31)
- Jan 31 Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Jan 30 NGC 1579: Trifid of the North Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Eclipse Shirt 2009 Copyrighted
- Jan 28 A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay Copyrighted
- Jan 27 The Milky Way Over Mauna Kea Copyrighted
- Jan 26 AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire Copyrighted
- Jan 24 The Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 23 Globular Cluster NGC 2419 Copyrighted
- Jan 22 Planetary Nebula NGC 2818
- Jan 21 A Lenticular Cloud Over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Jan 20 Bonestell Panorama from Mars
- Jan 19 Methane Discovered in the Atmosphere of Mars
- Jan 18 Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters
- Jan 17 IC 410 and NGC 1893 Copyrighted
- Jan 16 ISS: Reflections of Earth Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Suspension Bridge Solargraph Copyrighted
- Jan 14 NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Largest Full Moon of 2009 Copyrighted
- Jan 12 Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia Copyrighted
- Jan 11 In the Shadow of Saturn
- Jan 10 Martian Sunset
- Jan 9 NGC 4945 in Centaurus Copyrighted
- Jan 8 NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 7 The Galactic Core in Infrared
- Jan 6 Jupiter Eclipsing Ganymede
- Jan 5 Comet and Meteor Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Breaking Distant Light
- Jan 3 Double Cluster in Perseus Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Alpine Conjunction Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy
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