Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2010
APOD 2010
363 entries from 2010: 356 images and 7 videos. 224 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2010 Analemma 2010
Image Credit & Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi ( TWAN )
November 30, 2010 A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana
Credit & Copyright: Sean R. Heavey
October 31, 2010 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
Credit: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri ( Observatoire de Paris ) et al., ESA , NASA
September 30, 2010 Coreshine from a Dark Cloud
Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Laurent Pagani (Obs.Paris/CNRS), Jurgen Steinacker (Obs. Paris/MPIA) et al.
August 31, 2010 The Annotated Galactic Center
Credit & Copyright: Jaime Fernandez
July 31, 2010 Four Planet Sunset
Image Credit & Copyright: Jia HaoThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2010 (31)
- Dec 31 Analemma 2010 Copyrighted
- Dec 30 Still Life with NGC 2170 Copyrighted
- Dec 29 Eclipse at Moonset Copyrighted
- Dec 28 Skylights Over Libya Copyrighted
- Dec 27 One Million Galaxies
- Dec 26 Sideways Orion Over Snowy Ireland Copyrighted
- Dec 25 Decorating the Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Star Trails in the North Copyrighted
- Dec 23 The Solstice Moon's Eclipse Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Hidden Galaxy IC 342 Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 20 A Lunar Eclipse on Solstice Day Copyrighted
- Dec 19 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
- Dec 18 North America and the Pelican Copyrighted
- Dec 17 A Meteor Moment Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Geminids over Kitt Peak Copyrighted
- Dec 15 A Huge Solar Filament Erupts Video
- Dec 14 Launch of a Delta IV Heavy Copyrighted
- Dec 13 Contemplating the Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Meteor in the Desert Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 10 A Twilight Occultation Copyrighted
- Dec 9 M81 and Arp's Loop Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Intrepid Crater on Mars
- Dec 7 Too Close to a Black Hole Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Mono Lake: Home to the Strange Microbe GFAJ-1
- Dec 5 Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Sunset at the Spiral Jetty Copyrighted
- Dec 3 M33: Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Dec 2 Hartley 2 Star Cluster Tour Copyrighted
- Dec 1 Martian Moon Phobos from Mars Express
November 2010 (30)
- Nov 30 A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter
- Nov 28 Anticrepuscular Rays Over Colorado Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Star Streams of NGC 4216 Copyrighted
- Nov 26 Flame Nebula Close-Up Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Stardust in Aries Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Flowing Auroras Over Norway Video Copyrighted
- Nov 23 Gas and Snow Jets from Comet Hartley 2
- Nov 22 A Dark Dune Field in Proctor Crater on Mars
- Nov 21 A Massive Star in NGC 6357
- Nov 20 Stephan's Quintet
- Nov 19 Nebulae in the Northern Cross Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Sisters of the Dusty Sky Copyrighted
- Nov 17 Frosted Leaf Orion Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Atoms-for-Peace Galaxy Collision
- Nov 15 Home from Above
- Nov 14 Multiverses: Do Other Universes Exist? Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Spiral Galaxy M66 Copyrighted
- Nov 12 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Two Views, Two Crescents Copyrighted
- Nov 10 Huge Gamma Ray Bubbles Found Around Milky Way
- Nov 9 NGC 4452: An Extremely Thin Galaxy
- Nov 8 700 Kilometers Below Comet Hartley 2
- Nov 7 The Center of Centaurus A
- Nov 6 The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Nov 5 Comet Hartley 2 Flyby
- Nov 4 Night Lights
- Nov 3 The Necklace Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 2 Spicules: Jets on the Sun
- Nov 1 The Milky Way Over the Peak of the Furnace Copyrighted
October 2010 (31)
- Oct 31 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
- Oct 30 Ghost of the Cepheus Flare Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Star Trails and the Captain's Ghost Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Mirach's Ghost Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Ultraviolet Andromeda
- Oct 26 Comet Hartley Passes a Double Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Water Ice Detected Beneath Moon's Surface
- Oct 24 A Bucket-Wheel Excavator on Earth Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Orion: Head to Toe Copyrighted
- Oct 22 NGC 7822 in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Oct 21 Methuselah Nebula MWP1 Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Venus Just After Sunset Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Prometheus Rising Through Saturn's F Ring
- Oct 18 It Came from the Sun
- Oct 17 NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
- Oct 16 The Large Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Vista with NGC 2170 Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Clusters, Hartley, and the Heart Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Science Museum Hubble
- Oct 12 Saturn: Light, Dark, and Strange
- Oct 11 NGC 2683: Spiral Edge-On
- Oct 10 Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
- Oct 9 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6934
- Oct 8 Two Planet Opposition Copyrighted
- Oct 7 Pacman and Hartley Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Aurora Over Alaska Copyrighted
- Oct 5 Horsehead and Orion Nebulas Copyrighted
- Oct 4 Rolling Across the Rocky Plains of Mars
- Oct 3 Io in True Color
- Oct 2 Hubble's Lagoon
- Oct 1 Zarmina's World Copyrighted
September 2010 (30)
- Sep 30 Coreshine from a Dark Cloud
- Sep 29 An Airplane in Front of the Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Venus' South Polar Vortex
- Sep 27 The Dancing Auroras of Saturn
- Sep 26 Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail
- Sep 25 Melotte 15 in the Heart Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Equinox and the Harvest Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 23 Equinox and the Iron Sun
- Sep 22 Discovery Rollout Shadow Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Starry Night Over the Rhone
- Sep 20 Aurora Over Norway Copyrighted
- Sep 19 Dark Clouds of the Carina Nebula
- Sep 18 Opposite the Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Northern Lights over Prelude Lake Copyrighted
- Sep 16 The Veil Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 15 Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus Copyrighted
- Sep 14 An Extraordinary Spiral from LL Pegasi
- Sep 13 Zodiacal Light Over Namibia Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors Copyrighted
- Sep 11 Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Vela Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Cepheus: Trunk to Bubble Copyrighted
- Sep 8 NGC 4911: Spiral Diving into a Dense Cluster
- Sep 7 Space Shuttle Tribute Poster: Endeavour
- Sep 6 A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center
- Sep 5 GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
- Sep 4 Young Suns of NGC 7129 Copyrighted
- Sep 3 The Small Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Sep 2 The Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 1 Earth and Moon from MESSENGER
August 2010 (31)
- Aug 31 The Annotated Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Comanche Outcrop on Mars Indicates Hospitable Past
- Aug 29 The Local Fluff Copyrighted
- Aug 28 Hole in the Sun
- Aug 27 Brighter Than Mars Copyrighted
- Aug 26 M27: Not a Comet Copyrighted
- Aug 25 HD 10180: Richest Yet Planetary System Discovered Video
- Aug 24 Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Magnifies the Dark Universe
- Aug 23 A Milky Way Shadow at Loch Ard Gorge Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Hoag's Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy
- Aug 21 Perseid Storm Copyrighted
- Aug 20 NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Pelican Nebula Close-up Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Crescent Moon and Planets Over Portugal Copyrighted
- Aug 17 NGC 4755: A Jewel Box of Stars Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Meteors Over Quebec Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Layered Hills in Arabia Terra on Mars
- Aug 14 Night of the Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Arp 286: Trio in Virgo Copyrighted
- Aug 12 Perseid Prelude Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Crepuscular Rays Over Lake Michigan Copyrighted
- Aug 10 The Sand Dunes of Titan
- Aug 9 IRAS 05437+2502: An Enigmatic Star Cloud from Hubble
- Aug 8 Two Hours Before Neptune
- Aug 7 Rainbow at Sunset Copyrighted
- Aug 6 The Not So Quiet Sun
- Aug 5 M8: The Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Eclipse Shadow Cone Over Patagonia Copyrighted
- Aug 3 The Planet and the Radio Dish Copyrighted
- Aug 2 Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers
- Aug 1 Venus' Once Molten Surface
July 2010 (31)
- Jul 31 Four Planet Sunset Copyrighted
- Jul 30 Eclipse on the Beach Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Sunset, Shadowrise Copyrighted
- Jul 28 The Trifid Nebula is Stars and Dust Copyrighted
- Jul 27 The Milky Way Over Bryce Canyon Copyrighted
- Jul 26 Lutetia: The Largest Asteroid Yet Visited
- Jul 25 Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth Video
- Jul 24 Diamond Ring and Shadow Bands Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Messier 76 Copyrighted
- Jul 22 The Meteor of 1860
- Jul 21 The Crown of the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 20 Lightning Over Athens Copyrighted
- Jul 19 Dark River, Wide Field Copyrighted
- Jul 18 The Antennae Galaxies in Collision
- Jul 17 Galaxies in the River Copyrighted
- Jul 16 Shaping NGC 6188 Copyrighted
- Jul 15 Andes Sunset Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Easter Island Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Mosaic: Welcome to Planet Earth Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Moons Beyond the Rings of Saturn
- Jul 11 Warped Sky: Star Trails Panorama Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Ecliptic New Zealand Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Microwave Milky Way
- Jul 8 Dim World, Dark Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 7 Concept Plane: Supersonic Green Machine
- Jul 6 HCG 87: A Small Group of Galaxies
- Jul 5 The Milky Way Over Pulpit Rock Copyrighted
- Jul 4 Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star Confirmed
- Jul 3 A Giant Planet for Beta Pic
- Jul 2 Galaxies on a String Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Above Aurora Australis
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June 2010 (29)
- Jun 30 Fast Gas Bullet from Cosmic Blast N49
- Jun 29 Trees, Sky, Galactic Eye Copyrighted
- Jun 28 A Partial Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jun 27 All the Colors of the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 26 Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2
- Jun 25 The Starry Night of Alamut Copyrighted
- Jun 24 The Dark Tower in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Sunset from the International Space Station
- Jun 22 Islands of Four Mountains from Above Copyrighted
- Jun 21 Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens
- Jun 19 Stereo Itokawa
- Jun 18 Star Trails and Tajinastes Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Comet McNaught Passes NGC 1245 Copyrighted
- Jun 16 APOD is 15 Years Old Today Copyrighted
- Jun 15 Starry Night Scavenger Hunt Copyrighted
- Jun 14 The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble
- Jun 13 Retrograde Mars Copyrighted
- Jun 12 The Medusa Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 11 Hydrogen in M51 Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Regulus and the Red Planet Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Orange Sun Simmering Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Comet McNaught Becoming Visible to the Unaided Eye Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Lunokhod: Reflections on a Moon Robot
- Jun 5 Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Hubble Remix: Active Galaxy NGC 1275
- Jun 3 Jupiter from the Stratosphere
- Jun 2 A Twisted Meteor Trail Over Tenerife Copyrighted
- Jun 1 WISE: Heart and Soul Nebulas in Infrared
May 2010 (30)
- May 31 Moons and Rings Before Saturn
- May 30 The Galactic Center in Infrared from 2MASS
- May 29 Black Holes in Merging Galaxies
- May 28 Atlantis over Rhodes Copyrighted
- May 27 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- May 26 Clouds and Stars over Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador Video Copyrighted
- May 25 Looking Back Across Mars
- May 24 Rho Ophiuchi Wide Field Copyrighted
- May 23 Station and Shuttle Transit the Sun Copyrighted
- May 22 Dark Filament of the Sun
- May 21 Calm, Crescent Moon, and Venus Copyrighted
- May 20 M87: Elliptical Galaxy with Jet Copyrighted
- May 19 Milky Way Over Ancient Ghost Panel Copyrighted
- May 18 Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula
- May 17 Panorama of the Whale Galaxy
- May 16 Crescent Venus and Moon Copyrighted
- May 15 The Elusive Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- May 14 Iguaçu Starry Night Copyrighted
- May 13 The Magnificent Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- May 12 M72: A Globular Cluster of Stars
- May 11 Herschel Crater on Mimas of Saturn
- May 9 Halo of the Cat's Eye Copyrighted
- May 8 Atlantis Lift Off Copyrighted
- May 7 The Antennae Copyrighted
- May 6 Northern and Southern Owls Copyrighted
- May 5 The Faces of Mars Copyrighted
- May 4 A Hall of Mountain Fogbows Copyrighted
- May 3 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3190 Almost Sideways
- May 2 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- May 1 A Pulsar's Hand
April 2010 (30)
- Apr 30 Mars in a Manger Copyrighted
- Apr 29 Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4731 Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Sunset on a Golden Sea Copyrighted
- Apr 27 The Bloop: A Mysterious Sound from the Deep Ocean
- Apr 26 Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula
- Apr 25 Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula
- Apr 24 NGC 1055: Galaxy in a Box Copyrighted
- Apr 23 SDO: The Extreme Ultraviolet Sun
- Apr 22 Venus, Mercury, and Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 21 Wide Angle: The Cat's Paw Nebula
- Apr 20 Saturn's Moons Dione and Titan from Cassini
- Apr 19 Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano Copyrighted
- Apr 18 Large Eruptive Prominence Imaged by STEREO
- Apr 17 Damage to Apollo 13
- Apr 16 Bright Points on the Quiet Sun
- Apr 15 NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 14 A Large Space Station Over Earth
- Apr 13 Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 from Hubble
- Apr 12 Mercury and Venus Over Paris Copyrighted
- Apr 11 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
- Apr 10 Spitzer's Orion
- Apr 9 Discovery's Dawn Copyrighted
- Apr 8 Discovery's Cloud Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Venus and Mercury in the West Copyrighted
- Apr 6 A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Prometheus Remastered
- Apr 4 The Belt of Venus over the Valley of the Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 3 NGC 602 and Beyond
- Apr 2 Serene Paraselene Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Evidence Mounts for Water on the Moon
March 2010 (31)
- Mar 31 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Mar 30 Unusual Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313 Copyrighted
- Mar 29 Moonset Over Pleasant Bay Copyrighted
- Mar 28 M16: Pillars of Creation
- Mar 27 Hesiodus Sunrise Ray Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Young Moon and Sister Stars Copyrighted
- Mar 25 NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
- Mar 24 Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82 Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Reinvigorated Sun and Prominence Copyrighted
- Mar 22 The Nearby Milky Way in Cold Dust
- Mar 21 Equinox + 1 Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Zodiacal Light Vs. Milky Way Copyrighted
- Mar 19 The Seagull and the Duck Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Fermi Catalogs the Gamma-ray Sky
- Mar 17 Phobos from Mars Express
- Mar 16 Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Illuminated Cloud Trails Above Greece Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Binary Black Hole in 3C 75
- Mar 13 Centaurus A Copyrighted
- Mar 12 JWST: Mirrors and Masked Men
- Mar 11 Yukon Aurora with Star Trails Copyrighted
- Mar 10 Saturn's Moon Helene from Cassini
- Mar 9 Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2
- Mar 8 Mars Over the Allalinhorn Copyrighted
- Mar 7 Spirit Rover at Engineering Flats on Mars
- Mar 6 Pillar at Sunset Copyrighted
- Mar 5 Deep Auriga Copyrighted
- Mar 4 NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Copyrighted
- Mar 3 The International Space Station from Above
- Mar 2 M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion Copyrighted
- Mar 1 Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae on Mars
February 2010 (28)
- Feb 28 Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Dawn's Endeavour Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Chasing Carina Copyrighted
- Feb 25 Edge-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891 Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window
- Feb 23 Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog Copyrighted
- Feb 22 Galaxy Group Hickson 31
- Feb 21 NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
- Feb 20 Geostationary Highway Copyrighted
- Feb 19 WISE Infrared Andromeda
- Feb 18 Vesta Near Opposition Copyrighted
- Feb 17 An Unusually Smooth Surface on Saturn's Calypso
- Feb 16 Dark Shuttle Approaching
- Feb 15 Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane
- Feb 14 Field of Rosette Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Waterway to Orbit Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Teide Sky Trails Copyrighted
- Feb 11 Star Cluster M34 Copyrighted
- Feb 10 Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning Copyrighted
- Feb 9 Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
- Feb 8 A Sun Halo Over Cambodia Copyrighted
- Feb 7 The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens Copyrighted
- Feb 6 Hong Kong Sky Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Dust Storm on Mars Copyrighted
- Feb 4 Stardust in Perseus Copyrighted
- Feb 3 P/2010 A2: Unusual Asteroid Tail Implies Powerful Collision
- Feb 2 Mars and a Colorful Lunar Fog Bow Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Shepherd Moon Prometheus from Cassini
January 2010 (31)
- Jan 31 The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Copyrighted
- Jan 30 Messier 88 Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Mars Opposition 2010 Copyrighted
- Jan 28 Kemble's Cascade Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Tethys Behind Titan
- Jan 26 Annular Eclipse Over Myanmar Copyrighted
- Jan 25 The Magellanic Stream
- Jan 24 Watch Jupiter Rotate Video
- Jan 23 Eclipses in the Shade Copyrighted
- Jan 22 Millennium Annular Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jan 21 Dust and the NGC 7771 Group Copyrighted
- Jan 20 The Known Universe Video Copyrighted
- Jan 19 Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
- Jan 18 Eclipse over the Temple of Poseidon Copyrighted
- Jan 17 Atlantis to Orbit
- Jan 16 New Year Sungrazer
- Jan 15 Scenes from Two Hemispheres Copyrighted
- Jan 14 M94: A New Perspective Copyrighted
- Jan 13 The Spider and The Fly Copyrighted
- Jan 12 The Flame Nebula in Infrared Copyrighted
- Jan 11 The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite
- Jan 10 A Spherule from the Earth's Moon
- Jan 9 Andromeda Island Universe Copyrighted
- Jan 8 The Mystery of the Fading Star Copyrighted
- Jan 7 The Tail of the Small Magellanic Cloud
- Jan 6 The Spotty Surface of Betelgeuse
- Jan 5 A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Comet Halley's Nucleus: An Orbiting Iceberg Copyrighted
- Jan 3 A Force from Empty Space: The Casimir Effect Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Blue Moon Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Not a Blue Moon Copyrighted
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