Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2014
APOD 2014
363 entries from 2014: 343 images and 20 videos. 228 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2014 Comet Lovejoy before a Globular Star Cluster
Image Credit & Copyright: Dieter Willasch ( Astro-Cabinet )
November 30, 2014 The Seahorse of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , and M. Livio ( STScI )
October 31, 2014 Milky Way over Devils Tower
Image Credit & Copyright: David Lane
September 30, 2014 A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia
Image Credit & Copyright: Colin Leonhardt ( Birdseye View Photography )
August 31, 2014 Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together
Image Credit: NASA
July 31, 2014 Veins of Heaven
Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén ( Clear Skies , TWAN )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2014 (31)
- Dec 31 Comet Lovejoy before a Globular Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Dec 30 Observatory, Mountains, Universe Copyrighted
- Dec 29 The Sun in X-rays from NuSTAR
- Dec 28 Unusual Light Pillars over Latvia Copyrighted
- Dec 27 The Winter Shower Copyrighted
- Dec 26 Cetus Duo M77 and NGC 1055 Copyrighted
- Dec 25 This Comet Lovejoy Copyrighted
- Dec 24 IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 23 The Cliffs of Comet ChuryumovGerasimenko
- Dec 22 The Mysterious Methane of Mars
- Dec 21 Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
- Dec 19 Reflections on the 1970s Copyrighted
- Dec 18 NGC 7331 and Beyond Copyrighted
- Dec 17 Geminid Fireball over Mount Balang
- Dec 16 W5: Pillars of Star Formation Copyrighted
- Dec 15 The Potsdam Gravity Potato
- Dec 14 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Dec 13 The Infrared Visible Andromeda Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Crystals on Mars
- Dec 11 Moondog Night Copyrighted
- Dec 10 The Reddening of M71 Copyrighted
- Dec 9 The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Wanderers Video
- Dec 7 Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Orion Launch
- Dec 5 Milky Way over Moon Valley Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Plato and the Lunar Alps Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 2 Eta Carinae and the Expanding Homunculus Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 1 Stars and Dust Pillars in NGC 7822 from WISE Copyrighted
November 2014 (30)
- Nov 30 The Seahorse of the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Nov 29 3D 67P
- Nov 28 Portrait of NGC 281 Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Galileo's Europa Remastered
- Nov 26 Io and Callisto Mutual Event Copyrighted
- Nov 25 The Creature from the Red Lagoon Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Soaring over Titan Video
- Nov 23 Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Solar Flare from a Sharper Sun
- Nov 21 M1: The Crab Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 20 LDN 988: Dark Nebula in Cygnus Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 17 The Double Dust Disks of HD 95086
- Nov 16 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita Copyrighted
- Nov 15 The Tulip Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 14 Welcome to a Comet
- Nov 13 Descent to a Comet
- Nov 12 Philae Attempts Comet Nucleus Landing
- Nov 11 Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Nov 10 The Protoplanetary Disk of HL Tauri from ALMA
- Nov 9 The Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble
- Nov 8 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
- Nov 7 The Map of Dione
- Nov 6 Sh2-155: The Cave Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 5 NGC 4762: A Galaxy on the Edge
- Nov 4 Moon and Earth from Chang'e 5-T1
- Nov 3 In Green Company: Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Nov 2 Titan Beyond the Rings
- Nov 1 The Day After Mars Copyrighted
October 2014 (31)
- Oct 31 Milky Way over Devils Tower Copyrighted
- Oct 30 A Spectre in the Eastern Veil Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Iridescent Cloud Edge Over Colorado Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Retrograde Mars Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Too Close to a Black Hole Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Sunspots and Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Oct 24 AR 2192: Giant on the Sun Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Galaxies in Pegasus Copyrighted
- Oct 22 Sunspot Group AR 2192 Crackles Video
- Oct 21 Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater
- Oct 20 Comet Siding Spring Passes Mars Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Comet McNaught Over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Oct 18 Melotte 15 in the Heart Copyrighted
- Oct 17 Messier 6 and Comet Siding Spring Copyrighted
- Oct 16 Rosetta's Selfie
- Oct 15 Mysterious Changing feature on Titan
- Oct 14 Auroral Corona over Norway Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Sprite Lightning in Slow Motion Video
- Oct 12 The Helix Nebula from Blanco and Hubble
- Oct 11 Eclipse at Moonrise Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Moons at Opposition Copyrighted
- Oct 9 Eclipse at Moonset Copyrighted
- Oct 8 NGC 6823: Cloud Sculpting Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 7 From the Temple of the Sun to the Temple of the Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Space Station Detector Finds Unexplained Positron Excess
- Oct 5 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video Copyrighted
- Oct 4 Mars, Antares, Moon and Saturn Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Aurora and Milky Way in a Little Sky Copyrighted
- Oct 2 The Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 1 The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble Copyrighted
September 2014 (30)
- Sep 30 A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Unusual Rocks near Pahrump Hills on Mars
- Sep 28 Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75
- Sep 27 A Launch and a Landing Copyrighted
- Sep 26 MAVEN at Mars
- Sep 25 NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda Copyrighted
- Sep 24 The Lagoon Nebula in Stars Dust and Gas Copyrighted
- Sep 23 Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Earth at Equinox Video
- Sep 21 Saturn at Equinox
- Sep 20 Shoreline of the Universe Copyrighted
- Sep 19 Potentially Habitable Moons Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Aurora over Maine Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Milky Way above Atacama Salt Lagoon Copyrighted
- Sep 15 62 Kilometers above Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko Copyrighted
- Sep 14 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 13 Median Mashup: Hubble's Top 100 Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Supernova Remnant Puppis A
- Sep 11 Zodiacal Light before Dawn Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster of Galaxies
- Sep 9 An Aurora Cupcake with a Milky Way Topping Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Super Moon vs. Micro Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 7 Full Moon Silhouettes Video Copyrighted
- Sep 6 Moonbow Beach Copyrighted
- Sep 5 A Sagittarius Starscape Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Cloud, Clusters and Comet Siding Spring Copyrighted
- Sep 3 M6: The Butterfly Cluster Copyrighted
- Sep 2 Holometer: A Microscope into Space and Time
- Sep 1 Airglow Ripples over Tibet Copyrighted
August 2014 (31)
- Aug 31 Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together
- Aug 30 The Starry Sky under Hollow Hill Copyrighted
- Aug 29 The Wizard Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 28 Messier 20 and 21 Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Milky Way over Yellowstone Copyrighted
- Aug 26 Flying Past Neptune's Moon Triton Video
- Aug 25 Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Mercury's Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun Copyrighted
- Aug 23 The Spectre of Veszprem Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Comet Jacques, Heart and Soul Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Venus and Jupiter at Dawn Copyrighted
- Aug 20 In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula
- Aug 19 Contrasting Terrains on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- Aug 18 Star Trails Over Indonesia
- Aug 17 Jupiter and Venus from Earth
- Aug 16 No X-rays from SN 2014J
- Aug 15 Perseid in Moonlight Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Surreal Moon Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Rings Around the Ring Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 12 Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Rosetta Approaches Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko Video Copyrighted
- Aug 10 A Perseid Below
- Aug 9 A Luminous Night Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 Copyrighted
- Aug 7 Rosetta's Rendezvous
- Aug 6 Saturn's Swirling Cloudscape
- Aug 5 Four Billion BCE: Battered Earth
- Aug 4 Shadows and Plumes Across Enceladus
- Aug 3 Dark Shuttle Approaching
- Aug 2 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Tetons and Snake River, Planet Earth Copyrighted
July 2014 (31)
- Jul 31 Veins of Heaven Copyrighted
- Jul 30 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 29 A Sky Portal in New Zealand Copyrighted
- Jul 28 The Horsehead Nebula from Blue to Infrared Copyrighted
- Jul 27 Rho Ophiuchi Wide Field Copyrighted
- Jul 26 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe Copyrighted
- Jul 25 Cosmic Crab Nebula
- Jul 24 ALMA Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 23 IC 4603: Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchius Copyrighted
- Jul 22 Cave with Aurora Skylight Copyrighted
- Jul 21 Spacecraft Rosetta Shows Comet has Two Components
- Jul 20 A Solar Filament Erupts
- Jul 19 Alicante Beach Moonrise Copyrighted
- Jul 18 Ou4: A Giant Squid Nebula
- Jul 17 3D Homunculus Nebula
- Jul 16 The Moon Eclipses Saturn Copyrighted
- Jul 15 A Blue Bridge of Stars between Cluster Galaxies
- Jul 14 Auroras over Northern Canada Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Planetary Nebula NGC 2818 from Hubble
- Jul 12 SN 1006 Supernova Remnant
- Jul 11 Spotty Sunrise over Brisbane Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Noctilucent Clouds over London Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Gliese 832c: The Closest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Iridescent Clouds over Thamserku Copyrighted
- Jul 7 J1502+1115: A Triple Black Hole Galaxy
- Jul 6 Manhattanhenge: A New York City Sunset Copyrighted
- Jul 5 M106 Across the Spectrum
- Jul 4 OCO-2 Night Launch Copyrighted
- Jul 3 Along the Cygnus Wall Copyrighted
- Jul 2 NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Wolf-Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine
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June 2014 (30)
- Jun 30 Peculiar Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A Copyrighted
- Jun 29 Galaxy Cove Vista Revisited Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Orion Arising
- Jun 27 Martian Anniversary Selfie
- Jun 26 Conjunction by the Sea Copyrighted
- Jun 25 The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jun 24 The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Four Lasers over Mauna Kea Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Persistent Saturnian Auroras
- Jun 21 Lisbon Honey Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Rio at Night Copyrighted
- Jun 19 Over the Top Copyrighted
- Jun 18 NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 17 V838 Light Echo: The Movie Video
- Jun 16 APOD Heatmap Video
- Jun 15 CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
- Jun 14 New York to London Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jun 13 A Strawberry Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 12 The Tarantula Zone Copyrighted
- Jun 11 Three Galaxies over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Jun 10 M51: X-Rays from the Whirlpool Copyrighted
- Jun 9 How to Identify that Light in the Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Open Cluster NGC 290: A Stellar Jewel Box
- Jun 7 M16 and the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Comet PanSTARRS with Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014
- Jun 4 A Green Flash from the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 3 WR 104: A Pinwheel Star System Copyrighted
- Jun 2 The Space Station Captures a Dragon Capsule
- Jun 1 Halo of the Cat's Eye Copyrighted
May 2014 (30)
- May 31 Satellite Station and Southern Skies Copyrighted
- May 30 Planetary Nebula Abell 36 Copyrighted
- May 29 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- May 28 The Cone Nebula from Hubble
- May 27 Star Factory Messier 17 Copyrighted
- May 26 An ALMA Telescope Array Time-Lapse Video
- May 25 Camelopardalids and ISS Copyrighted
- May 24 A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio Copyrighted
- May 23 Rosetta's Target Comet
- May 22 A Halo for NGC 6164 Copyrighted
- May 20 In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61
- May 19 Meteors, Planes, and a Galaxy over Bryce Canyon Copyrighted
- May 18 Jupiter's Great Red Spot from Voyager 1
- May 17 Hubble's Jupiter and the Amazing Shrinking Great Red Spot
- May 16 Opportunity's Mars Analemma
- May 15 Voyager's Neptune Copyrighted
- May 14 A Live View from the International Space Station Video
- May 13 CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule Copyrighted
- May 12 Illustris Simulation of the Universe Video
- May 11 Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- May 10 Inside the Flame Nebula
- May 9 Halley Dust and Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 8 The Tail of the Hamburger Galaxy Copyrighted
- May 7 Curiosity Inspects Mt. Remarkable on Mars
- May 6 Orange Sun Sparking Copyrighted
- May 5 Galaxy Cluster Magnifies Distant Supernova
- May 4 A Scorpius Sky Spectacular Copyrighted
- May 3 T Tauri and Hind's Variable Nebula Copyrighted
- May 2 That Night over Half Dome Copyrighted
- May 1 Brisbane Sunset Moonset Copyrighted
April 2014 (30)
- Apr 30 A Partially Eclipsed Setting Sun Copyrighted
- Apr 29 Aurora Dog over Alaska Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Time Lapse of a Total Lunar Eclipse Video
- Apr 27 SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free
- Apr 26 Southern Annular Eclipse Copyrighted
- Apr 25 Hubble's Messier 5
- Apr 24 Lyrids in Southern Skies Copyrighted
- Apr 23 Arp 81: 100 Million Years Later
- Apr 22 The El Gordo Massive Galaxy Cluster
- Apr 21 Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Ash and Lightning above an Icelandic Volcano Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Earth-size Kepler-186f
- Apr 18 Red Moon, Green Beam Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Waterton Lake Eclipse Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Spica, Mars, and Eclipsed Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 15 Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska Copyrighted
- Apr 14 An Unusual Globule in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Apr 13 Saturn in Blue and Gold
- Apr 12 Clouds and Crosses over Haleakala Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Mars near Opposition Copyrighted
- Apr 10 Mars, Ceres, Vesta Copyrighted
- Apr 9 Two Rings for Asteroid Chariklo Video
- Apr 8 M42: Inside the Orion Nebula
- Apr 7 A Solar Eclipse from the Moon
- Apr 6 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
- Apr 5 Lunar Farside
- Apr 4 Along the Western Veil
- Apr 3 At the Edge of NGC 2174
- Apr 2 Mars Red and Spica Blue Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Space Station Robot Forgets Key Again
March 2014 (31)
- Mar 31 2012 VP113: A New Furthest Known Orbit in the Solar System
- Mar 30 Io in True Color
- Mar 29 A Milky Way Dawn Copyrighted
- Mar 28 Stripping ESO 137-001
- Mar 27 Stephan's Quintet Plus One
- Mar 26 M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Orion Nebula in Surrounding Dust Copyrighted
- Mar 24 Orion and Aurora over Iceland Copyrighted
- Mar 23 The View Near a Black Hole
- Mar 22 Martian Chiaroscuro
- Mar 21 Star Trails over El Capitan Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Solargraphy Analemmas Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Equinox on a Spinning Earth Video
- Mar 18 Cosmic Microwave Map Swirls Indicate Inflation
- Mar 17 Warped Sky: Star Trails over Arches National Park Copyrighted
- Mar 16 The Antennae Galaxies in Collision Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
- Mar 14 Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 2685 Copyrighted
- Mar 13 Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 12 The Sun Rotating Video
- Mar 11 In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 10 Gamma Rays from Galactic Center Dark Matter?
- Mar 9 A Hole in Mars
- Mar 8 Mount Sharp on the Horizon
- Mar 7 A View from the Zone Copyrighted
- Mar 6 NGC 1333 Stardust Copyrighted
- Mar 5 Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 4 Sun and Prominence Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Habitable Worlds
- Mar 2 Martian Sunset
- Mar 1 NGC 7331 and Beyond Copyrighted
February 2014 (28)
- Feb 28 Möbius Arch Moonrise Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Aurora over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Feb 25 The Pleiades Deep and Dusty Copyrighted
- Feb 24 The Cloudy Cores of Active Galaxies Video
- Feb 23 Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane
- Feb 22 M44: The Beehive Cluster Copyrighted
- Feb 21 The Long Jet of the Lighthouse Nebula
- Feb 20 Comet Lovejoy over the Great Wall Copyrighted
- Feb 19 A Rainbow Pileus Cloud over Zimbabwe Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Crossing Dingo Gap on Mars
- Feb 17 The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 16 Inside the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 15 NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Feb 14 IC 1805: Light from the Heart Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Downtown Auriga Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Rocket, Meteor, and Milky Way over Thailand Copyrighted
- Feb 11 The Heart and Soul Nebulas Copyrighted
- Feb 10 Falling to Earth Video Copyrighted
- Feb 9 The Missing Craters of Asteroid Itokawa Copyrighted
- Feb 8 NGC 5101 and Friends Copyrighted
- Feb 7 Night Hides the World Copyrighted
- Feb 6 The Terraced Night Copyrighted
- Feb 5 NGC 2683: Edge-On Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
- Feb 4 A Particle Beam Jet forms HH 24
- Feb 3 Lunar Time Lapse Panorama including Yutu Rover
- Feb 2 Mars and Orion over Monument Valley Copyrighted
- Feb 1 NGC 6188 and NGC 6164 Copyrighted
January 2014 (30)
- Jan 31 Light Pillars from a Little Planet Copyrighted
- Jan 30 Rocket Streak and Star Trails Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Jelly Donut Shaped Rock Appears on Mars
- Jan 28 Spiral Galaxy M83: The Southern Pinwheel
- Jan 27 From the Northern to the Southern Cross Copyrighted
- Jan 26 Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet
- Jan 25 Opportunity's Decade on Mars
- Jan 24 Bright Supernova in M82 Copyrighted
- Jan 23 Double Cluster in Perseus Copyrighted
- Jan 22 The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
- Jan 21 Micro Moon over Super Moon
- Jan 20 Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from SDSS-III
- Jan 19 Spiral Galaxies in Collision
- Jan 18 Apogee's Full Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 17 M83 Star Streams Copyrighted
- Jan 16 Despina, Moon of Neptune Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Spitzer's Orion
- Jan 14 The Gegenschein Over Chile Copyrighted
- Jan 13 A Trip to the Moon
- Jan 11 The Seagull Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 10 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 9 The Tadpoles of IC 410 Copyrighted
- Jan 8 Sunspot at Sunset Copyrighted
- Jan 7 M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Jan 6 Three CubeSats Released
- Jan 5 Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Clouds and Crescents Copyrighted
- Jan 3 Lovejoy in the New Year Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Reflections on Planet Earth
- Jan 1 A New Year's Crescent Copyrighted
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