Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2012
APOD 2012
363 entries from 2012: 342 images and 21 videos. 220 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2012 Saturn's Rings from the Dark Side
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
November 30, 2012 Clouds in Cygnus
Credit & Copyright: Image Data – Bob Caton , Al Howard , Eric Zbinden , Rogelio Bernal Andreo ; Processing – Rogelio Bernal Andreo
October 31, 2012 VdB 152: A Ghost in Cepheus
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin
September 30, 2012 A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )-ESA/Hubble Collaboration Acknowledgment: Roger Lynds ( KPNO / NOAO ) et al.
August 31, 2012 Halo of the Cat's Eye
Image Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
July 30, 2012 Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano
Image Credit & Copyright: Sigurur StefnissonThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2012 (31)
- Dec 31 Saturn's Rings from the Dark Side
- Dec 30 Doomed Star Eta Carinae
- Dec 29 Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
- Dec 28 NGC 6188 and NGC 6164 Copyrighted
- Dec 27 Curiosity Rover at Rocknest on Mars
- Dec 26 Makemake of the Outer Solar System
- Dec 25 Yosemite Winter Night Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Hyades for the Holidays Copyrighted
- Dec 23 Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Saturn at Night
- Dec 21 Orion over El Castillo Copyrighted
- Dec 20 M33: Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Dec 19 NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula
- Dec 18 A Sun Pillar Over Sweden Copyrighted
- Dec 17 NGC 922: Collisional Ring Galaxy
- Dec 16 MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 15 When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Umbra World Copyrighted
- Dec 13 Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
- Dec 12 Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest Copyrighted
- Dec 11 NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
- Dec 10 Time-Lapse: A Total Solar Eclipse Video Copyrighted
- Dec 9 The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite
- Dec 8 Baku Moonrise Copyrighted
- Dec 7 Earth at Night
- Dec 6 47 Tuc Near the Small Magellanic Cloud Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Plasma Jets from Radio Galaxy Hercules A
- Dec 4 In the Center of Saturn's North Polar Vortex
- Dec 3 A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain Copyrighted
- Dec 2 The Gegenschein Over Chile Copyrighted
- Dec 1 Northern Mercury
November 2012 (30)
- Nov 30 Clouds in Cygnus Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Super Moon vs. Micro Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 28 Jupiter and Io Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Bright Jupiter in Taurus Copyrighted
- Nov 26 Wisps of the Veil Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
- Nov 24 NGC 1365: Majestic Spiral with Supernova Copyrighted
- Nov 23 The Pipe Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Night of the Long Leonid Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Diamond Ring and Shadow Bands Copyrighted
- Nov 20 A Halo Around the Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Leonids Over Monument Valley Copyrighted
- Nov 18 NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
- Nov 17 Like a Diamond in the Sky Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Moon Shadow Sequence Copyrighted
- Nov 15 Solar Eclipse over Queensland Copyrighted
- Nov 14 Our Story in One Minute Video Copyrighted
- Nov 13 A Solar Eclipse Quilt Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Meteor and Moonbow over Wallaman Falls Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Baily's Beads near Solar Eclipse Totality Copyrighted
- Nov 10 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
- Nov 9 Melotte 15 in the Heart Copyrighted
- Nov 8 Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail
- Nov 7 Superstorm Sandy From Formation to Landfall Video
- Nov 6 Methone: Smooth Egg Moon of Saturn
- Nov 5 Saturn's Moon Dione in Slight Color
- Nov 4 Lenticular Clouds Over Washington Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Hunter's Moon over the Alps Copyrighted
- Nov 2 The Black Hole in the Milky Way
- Nov 1 Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
October 2012 (31)
- Oct 31 VdB 152: A Ghost in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Planetary Nebula PK 164 +31.1 Copyrighted
- Oct 29 The Red Spider Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Oct 27 A Halo for NGC 6164 Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Reflection Nebula vdB1 Copyrighted
- Oct 25 The Medusa Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 24 NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan
- Oct 22 A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles Video Copyrighted
- Oct 21 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Zodiacal Light and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Merging NGC 2623
- Oct 18 A View from Next Door
- Oct 17 Aurora Over White Dome Geyser Copyrighted
- Oct 16 A Spiral Nebula Surrounding Star R Sculptoris
- Oct 15 Black Sun and Inverted Starfield Copyrighted
- Oct 14 The Hubble Extreme Deep Field
- Oct 13 Galaxies, Stars, and Dust Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Pan-STARRS and Nebulae
- Oct 11 Aurorae over Planet Earth
- Oct 10 Nauset Light Star Trails Copyrighted
- Oct 9 Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Spherical Planetary Nebula Abell 39 Copyrighted
- Oct 7 The Same Color Illusion
- Oct 6 At the Heart of Orion
- Oct 5 Aurora and Fireball Over Norway Copyrighted
- Oct 4 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Goat Aurora Over Greenland Copyrighted
- Oct 2 An Ancient Stream Bank on Mars
- Oct 1 Introducing Comet ISON Copyrighted
September 2012 (30)
- Sep 30 A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745
- Sep 29 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Stars in a Dusty Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 27 Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Sep 26 A Space Shuttle Over Los Angeles Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Unusual Spheres on Mars
- Sep 24 NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula
- Sep 23 Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Austrian Analemma Copyrighted
- Sep 21 September's Aurora Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Sunrise Analemma (with a little extra) Copyrighted
- Sep 19 Leaving Vesta
- Sep 18 Orbiting Astronaut Self-Portrait
- Sep 17 A Solar Filament Erupts
- Sep 16 Saturn: Bright Tethys and Ancient Rings
- Sep 15 Ring Nebula Drawn Copyrighted
- Sep 14 Elliptical M60, Spiral NGC 4647
- Sep 13 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field Copyrighted
- Sep 12 M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Sep 11 Milky Way Over the Bungle Bungles Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Curiosity on the Move
- Sep 9 Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Cosmic Rays at Voyager 1
- Sep 7 IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 6 Airglow over Italy Copyrighted
- Sep 5 Airglow Over Germany Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Hurricane Paths on Planet Earth Copyrighted
- Sep 3 M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Sep 2 RBSP Night Launch Copyrighted
- Sep 1 On a Blue Moon Copyrighted
August 2012 (31)
- Aug 31 Halo of the Cat's Eye Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
- Aug 29 A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite
- Aug 28 Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Curiosity on Mars: Mt. Sharp in View
- Aug 26 The Cat's Eye Nebula
- Aug 25 Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Moon Meets Morning Star Copyrighted
- Aug 23 Conjunction Colours Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Clouds Near the Edge of Space Copyrighted
- Aug 21 DNA: The Molecule that Defines You Video Copyrighted
- Aug 20 A Filament Across the Sun Copyrighted
- Aug 19 M72: A Globular Cluster of Stars
- Aug 18 Curiosity on Mars: Still Life with Rover
- Aug 17 Spiral Galaxy NGC 5033 Copyrighted
- Aug 16 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Curiosity on Mars: A Wall of Gale Crater
- Aug 14 Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 13 A Flight Through the Universe Video
- Aug 12 Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision
- Aug 11 The First Color Panorama from Mars by Curiosity
- Aug 10 Perseid Below
- Aug 9 Mars in the Loop Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Curiosity Drops In
- Aug 7 A Wheel on Mars
- Aug 6 Nocturnal: Scenes from the Southern Night Video
- Aug 5 IC 1396: Emission Nebula in Cepheus
- Aug 4 The Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Messier 5 Copyrighted
- Aug 2 South Pole Star Trails Copyrighted
- Aug 1 The Milky Way Over Monument Valley Copyrighted
July 2012 (30)
- Jul 31 Curiosity Before Mars: Seven Minutes of Terror Video
- Jul 30 Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
- Jul 28 Trails in the Morning Sky Copyrighted
- Jul 27 High Energy Stereoscopic System II
- Jul 26 The Tulip in the Swan Copyrighted
- Jul 25 Pink Aurora Over Crater Lake Copyrighted
- Jul 24 South Polar Vortex Discovered on Titan
- Jul 22 M16: Pillars of Creation
- Jul 21 The Eagle Rises Copyrighted
- Jul 20 Moon Meets Jupiter Copyrighted
- Jul 19 Dawn of the Dish Copyrighted
- Jul 18 A Hole in Mars
- Jul 17 Simulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms Video
- Jul 16 Fifth Moon Discovered Orbiting Pluto
- Jul 15 Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
- Jul 14 AR1520: Islands in the Photosphere Copyrighted
- Jul 13 21st Century M101
- Jul 12 Teimareh Petroglyphs and Star Trails Copyrighted
- Jul 11 A Morning Line of Stars and Planets Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth Video
- Jul 9 Greeley Panorama on Mars
- Jul 8 Volcano and Aurora in Iceland Copyrighted
- Jul 7 Gravitational Tractor Copyrighted
- Jul 6 The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628 Copyrighted
- Jul 5 NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Copyrighted
- Jul 4 Sunspots and Silhouettes Copyrighted
- Jul 3 In the Shadow of Saturn's Rings
- Jul 2 Journey to the Center of the Galaxy Video
- Jul 1 The Outer Shells of Centaurus A
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June 2012 (30)
- Jun 30 Conjunctions near Dawn Copyrighted
- Jun 29 Dark Clouds in Aquila Copyrighted
- Jun 28 In the Glare of Alpha Centauri Copyrighted
- Jun 27 Simeis 188 in Stars, Dust and Gas Copyrighted
- Jun 26 A Sundial that Shows Solstice Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Milky Way Over Piton de l'Eau Copyrighted
- Jun 24 Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
- Jun 23 Northern Green Flash Copyrighted
- Jun 22 IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 21 WR 134 Ring Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Venus Transits the Midnight Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 19 NuSTAR X-Ray Telescope Launched Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Milky Way Above Easter Island Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Jupiter's Rings Revealed
- Jun 16 APOD Turns 17 Copyrighted
- Jun 15 M65 and M66 Copyrighted
- Jun 14 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- Jun 13 A Venus Transit Over the Baltic Sea Copyrighted
- Jun 12 Thackeray's Globules Copyrighted
- Jun 11 A Venus Transit Music Video from SDO Video
- Jun 10 Two New Hubble-Quality Telescopes Gifted to NASA
- Jun 9 Venus at the Edge
- Jun 8 When Venus Rises with the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Venus Transit 2012 Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Eclipsed Moon Over Wyoming Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Live: Watching for Venus to Cross the Sun
- Jun 4 Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending
- Jun 3 A Picturesque Venus Transit Copyrighted
- Jun 2 M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jun 1 A Sagittarius Triplet Copyrighted
May 2012 (30)
- May 31 Lantern Saturn
- May 30 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
- May 29 Sentinels of the Arctic Copyrighted
- May 28 Contemplating the Sun Copyrighted
- May 27 Mercury Spotting
- May 26 At the Edge of NGC 891
- May 25 Scorpius in Red and Blue Copyrighted
- May 24 All the Water on Europa Copyrighted
- May 22 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas Copyrighted
- May 21 A Close Pass of Saturn's Moon Dione
- May 20 A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay Copyrighted
- May 19 Annular Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- May 18 GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy
- May 17 Herschel's Cygnus X
- May 16 Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula
- May 15 All the Water on Planet Earth Copyrighted
- May 14 Virtual Flight Over Asteroid Vesta Video
- May 13 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 from Hubble
- May 12 The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- May 11 Sun vs. Super Moon Copyrighted
- May 10 Green Flash and Super Moon Copyrighted
- May 9 Shuttle Enterprise Over New York
- May 8 The Light of Stars Video Copyrighted
- May 7 Supermoon Over Paris Copyrighted
- May 6 In the Center of the Omega Nebula
- May 5 Full Moonrise Copyrighted
- May 4 Fermi Epicycles: The Vela Pulsar's Path
- May 3 M106 Close Up
- May 2 Saturn's Moon Helene in Color
- May 1 Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon Video Copyrighted
April 2012 (30)
- Apr 30 Aurora Over Raufarhfn Copyrighted
- Apr 29 A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Sutter's Mill Meteorite
- Apr 27 Jupiter and the Moons of Earth Copyrighted
- Apr 26 Morning, Moon, and Mercury Copyrighted
- Apr 25 Meteor Over Crater Lake Copyrighted
- Apr 24 Rosetta Approaches Asteroid Lutetia Video
- Apr 23 Evaporating Blobs of the Carina Nebula
- Apr 22 Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars
- Apr 21 3 ATs Copyrighted
- Apr 20 M57: The Ring Nebula
- Apr 19 Discovery Departs Copyrighted
- Apr 18 The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Antares and Clouds Copyrighted
- Apr 16 The Eagle Nebula from Kitt Peak
- Apr 15 Fata Morgana: A Possibly Titanic Mirage Copyrighted
- Apr 14 Six Moons of Saturn Copyrighted
- Apr 13 A Dust Devil of Mars
- Apr 12 Yuri's Planet
- Apr 11 Geostationary Satellites Beyond the Alps Video Copyrighted
- Apr 10 A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
- Apr 9 Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Cluster M53
- Apr 8 Io: Moon Over Jupiter
- Apr 7 ConjunctionHaiku Copyrighted
- Apr 6 Venus and the Sisters Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Zodiacal Light Panorama Copyrighted
- Apr 4 Centaurus A Copyrighted
- Apr 3 M46 & M47: Star Clusters Young and Old Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Tungurahua Erupts Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Dad Quiets Omicron Ceti Copyrighted
March 2012 (30)
- Mar 31 Paris by Night Copyrighted
- Mar 30 The Grand Canyon in Moonlight Copyrighted
- Mar 29 Rocket Trails in the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Mar 28 Earthshine and Venus Over Sierra de Guadarrama
- Mar 27 Unusual Hollows Discovered on Planet Mercury
- Mar 26 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
- Mar 25 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
- Mar 24 The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Messier 9 Close-up
- Mar 22 M95 with Supernova Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Aurora Over Iceland Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Evolution of the Moon Video
- Mar 19 Sunspot Group 1429 and the Distant Sun Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Jupiter and Venus from Earth
- Mar 17 NGC 2683: Edge-On Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 16 Bright Planets at McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
- Mar 15 Solar Flare in the Gamma-ray Sky
- Mar 14 Angry Sun Erupting Copyrighted
- Mar 13 The M81 Galaxy Group Through the Integrated Flux Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 11 The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
- Mar 10 Lick Observatory Moonrise Copyrighted
- Mar 9 NGC 1579: Trifid of the North Copyrighted
- Mar 8 The Seagull Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 7 Conjunction Over Reunion Island Copyrighted
- Mar 6 NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life Copyrighted
- Mar 5 Flying Over the Earth at Night Video
- Mar 4 Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO 510-13
- Mar 3 Another Tail for Comet Garradd Copyrighted
- Mar 2 Jupiter Unplugged Copyrighted
- Mar 1 Multicolor Venus Copyrighted
February 2012 (29)
- Feb 29 Moon and Planets Over Catalonia Copyrighted
- Feb 28 The Opposing Tails of Comet Garradd Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Shocked by Supernova 1987A
- Feb 26 The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
- Feb 25 Stephan's Quintet
- Feb 24 Aurigae Nebulae Copyrighted
- Feb 23 A Zodiacal Skyscape Copyrighted
- Feb 22 A Sailing Stone in Death Valley
- Feb 21 Anticrepuscular Rays Over Wyoming Copyrighted
- Feb 20 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1073
- Feb 19 A Message From Earth
- Feb 18 On the Road to Carina Copyrighted
- Feb 17 At the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater
- Feb 16 NGC 5965 and NGC 5963 in Draco Copyrighted
- Feb 15 Merope's Reflection Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 14 The Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 13 An Unusual Venusian Oval Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Feb 11 A February Moon's Halo Copyrighted
- Feb 10 At the Core of NGC 6752
- Feb 9 Trees, Stars, Aurora! Video Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Enceladus Backlit by Saturn
- Feb 7 The Belt of Venus Over Mercedes, Argentina Copyrighted
- Feb 6 Dust of the Orion Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Lunation Copyrighted
- Feb 4 Comet Garradd and M92 Copyrighted
- Feb 3 Inside the Eagle Nebula
- Feb 2 La Silla Star Trails North and South Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Red Aurora Over Australia Copyrighted
January 2012 (31)
- Jan 31 The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope
- Jan 30 Blue Marble Earth from Suomi NPP
- Jan 29 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Jan 28 Planet Aurora Borealis Copyrighted
- Jan 27 NGC 3239 and SN 2012A Copyrighted
- Jan 26 NGC 4449: Star Stream for a Dwarf Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Opportunity Rover Spots Greeley Haven on Mars
- Jan 24 January Aurora Over Norway Copyrighted
- Jan 23 Deep Orion Over the Canary Islands Copyrighted
- Jan 22 Saturn's Hexagon Comes to Light
- Jan 21 Days in the Sun Copyrighted
- Jan 20 The Wolf's Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 19 The Hunter's Stars Copyrighted
- Jan 18 Cygnus-X: The Inner Workings of a Nearby Star Factory
- Jan 17 IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 16 Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn Video Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Jan 14 NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula
- Jan 13 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
- Jan 12 The Case of the Missing Supernova Companion
- Jan 11 Little Planet Lovejoy Copyrighted
- Jan 10 Bright Star Regulus near the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Facing NGC 6946
- Jan 8 Lighthouse and Meteor Copyrighted
- Jan 7 Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
- Jan 6 A Wide Field Image of the Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Jan 5 Ringside with Titan and Dione
- Jan 4 Starburst Galaxy IC 10 Copyrighted
- Jan 3 A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Spot the Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 1 To Fly Free in Space
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