Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2016
APOD 2016
366 entries from 2016: 344 images and 22 videos. 232 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2016 Infrared Trifid
Image Credit: J. Rho ( SSC/Caltech ), JPL-Caltech , NASA
November 30, 2016 Milky Way over Shipwreck
Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio Montfar ( Planetario Ciudad de La Plata )
October 31, 2016 Ghost Aurora over Canada
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuichi Takasaka , TWAN
September 30, 2016 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
Image Credit & Copyright: Lynn Hilborn
August 31, 2016 Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
Image Credit & Copyright: Colleen Pinski
July 30, 2016 Ripples Through a Dark Sky
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 2016 (31)
- Dec 31 Infrared Trifid
- Dec 30 Lunar Farside
- Dec 29 Shell Game in the LMC Copyrighted
- Dec 28 Curiosity Surveys Lower Mount Sharp on Mars
- Dec 27 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Dec 26 NGC 6357: Stellar Wonderland
- Dec 25 The Magnificent Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Fox Fur, Unicorn, and Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Dec 23 Once Upon a Solstice Eve Copyrighted
- Dec 22 An Airplane Glory Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Traces of the Sun Video Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Sharpless 308: Star Bubble Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Supermoon over Spanish Castle Copyrighted
- Dec 18 The Cartwheel Galaxy from Hubble
- Dec 17 Southern Jupiter from Perijove 3
- Dec 16 Meteors vs Supermoon Copyrighted
- Dec 15 Seagull to Sirius Copyrighted
- Dec 14 The Lagoon Nebula in High Definition Copyrighted
- Dec 13 Meteors over Four Girls Mountain Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Over Saturn's Turbulent North Pole
- Dec 11 The Extraordinary Spiral in LL Pegasi
- Dec 10 The Lunar X Copyrighted
- Dec 9 IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Whirlpool with Comets Copyrighted
- Dec 7 NGC 4696: Filaments around a Black Hole
- Dec 6 Aurora over Jupiter's South Pole from Juno
- Dec 5 Lightning over Colorado Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Orion and Official Star Names Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Galaxies in Pegasus Copyrighted
- Dec 2 A Triple Star is Born
- Dec 1 Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
November 2016 (30)
- Nov 30 Milky Way over Shipwreck Copyrighted
- Nov 29 W5: The Soul of Star Formation
- Nov 28 Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
- Nov 26 East to West, Light and Shadow Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Apollo 17 VIP Site Anaglyph
- Nov 24 Ring Scan
- Nov 23 NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Pluto's Sputnik Planum
- Nov 21 Nova over Thailand Copyrighted
- Nov 20 NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy
- Nov 19 IC 5070: A Dusty Pelican in the Swan Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Philadelphia Perigee Full Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 17 Soyuz vs Supermoon
- Nov 16 The Heart and Soul Nebulas Copyrighted
- Nov 15 Cold Weather Delayed over North America
- Nov 14 Supermoon and Space Station Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Super Moon vs. Micro Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 12 NGC 891 vs Abell 347 Copyrighted
- Nov 11 NGC 7822 in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Nov 10 Great Rift Near the Center of the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Nov 9 M63: The Sunflower Galaxy from Hubble
- Nov 8 The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 7 Inverted City Beneath Clouds Copyrighted
- Nov 6 Starburst Cluster in NGC 3603
- Nov 5 ISS Fisheye Fly-Through Video
- Nov 4 Portrait of NGC 281 Copyrighted
- Nov 3 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe Copyrighted
- Nov 2 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 1 Arp 299: Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies
October 2016 (31)
- Oct 31 Ghost Aurora over Canada Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
- Oct 29 Moonset at Whitby Abbey Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Haunting the Cepheus Flare Copyrighted
- Oct 27 A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Propeller Shadows on Saturn's Rings
- Oct 25 Clouds Near Jupiter's South Pole from Juno
- Oct 24 HI4PI: The Hydrogen Sky
- Oct 23 Eagle Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Oct 22 Cerro Tololo Trails Copyrighted
- Oct 21 Full Moon in Mountain Shadow Copyrighted
- Oct 20 The Tulip in the Swan Copyrighted
- Oct 19 M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 18 The Antlia Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Oct 17 An Atlas V Rocket Launches OSIRIS-REx Video Copyrighted
- Oct 16 Cylindrical Mountains on Venus
- Oct 15 Gemini Observatory North Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Herschel's Orion Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Galaxies from the Altiplano Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Oct 11 The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation Copyrighted
- Oct 10 The Winds of Earth Video Copyrighted
- Oct 9 Hurricane Ivan from the Space Station
- Oct 8 Moon, Mercury, and Twilight Radio Copyrighted
- Oct 7 The Hydrogen Clouds of M33 Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Trifid, Lagoon, and Mars Copyrighted
- Oct 5 A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars
- Oct 4 Nest of the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Explore Rosetta's Comet Video
- Oct 2 Aurora Over White Dome Geyser Copyrighted
- Oct 1 Rosetta's Farewell Copyrighted
September 2016 (30)
- Sep 30 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope Copyrighted
- Sep 28 NGC 3576: The Statue of Liberty Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 27 Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Galileo
- Sep 26 Gaia: Here Comes the Sun Video
- Sep 25 Saturn from Above
- Sep 24 Heart and Soul and Double Cluster Copyrighted
- Sep 23 Harvest Moon Eclipse Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Sunset at Edmontonhenge Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Zooming in on Star Cluster Terzan 5 Video
- Sep 20 The Helix Nebula in Infrared
- Sep 19 50,000 Kilometers over the Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Starry Night Scavenger Hunt Copyrighted
- Sep 17 M33: Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Full Moon over Brno Copyrighted
- Sep 15 Retrograde Mars and Saturn Copyrighted
- Sep 14 The North and South of Jupiter
- Sep 13 NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Philae Lander Found on Comet 67P Copyrighted
- Sep 11 All the Water on Planet Earth Copyrighted
- Sep 10 The Launch of OSIRIS-REx
- Sep 9 The Wide and Deep Lagoon Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Mars in the Clouds Copyrighted
- Sep 7 Eclipse to Sunset Copyrighted
- Sep 6 The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond Copyrighted
- Sep 5 Spiral Meteor through the Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Io over Jupiter from Voyager 1
- Sep 3 Reunion Island Eclipse Copyrighted
- Sep 2 Little Planet Astro Camp Copyrighted
- Sep 1 Light at the End of the Road Copyrighted
August 2016 (31)
- Aug 31 Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Aurora over Icelandic Fault Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Young Suns of NGC 7129 Copyrighted
- Aug 28 Abell 370: Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lens
- Aug 27 Lunar Orbiter Earthset
- Aug 26 The Milky Way Sets Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Closest Star has Potentially Habitable Planet
- Aug 24 Curiosity at Murray Buttes on Mars
- Aug 23 Gigantic Jet Lightning over China Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in 2017 August
- Aug 20 Gamma-rays and Comet Dust Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Perseid Night at Yosemite Copyrighted
- Aug 17 Meteor before Galaxy Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Five Planets and the Moon over Australia Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Human as Spaceship Copyrighted
- Aug 14 The Keyhole in the Carina Nebula
- Aug 13 Perseid from Torralba del Burgo Copyrighted
- Aug 12 The Easterbunny Comes to NGC 4725 Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Perseid, Aurora, and Noctilucent Clouds Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Colliding Galaxies in Stephan's Quintet Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Mars at Closest Approach
- Aug 8 Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta Copyrighted
- Aug 7 Io: Moon over Jupiter
- Aug 6 Las Campanas Moon and Mercury Copyrighted
- Aug 5 Apollo 15 Panorama Copyrighted
- Aug 4 M63: Sunflower Galaxy Wide Field Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Behold the Universe Copyrighted
- Aug 2 A Rocket Booster Falls Back to Earth Video Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Behind Saturn
July 2016 (31)
- Jul 31 A Huge Solar Filament Erupts Video
- Jul 30 Ripples Through a Dark Sky Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Blue Danube Analemma Copyrighted
- Jul 28 Herschel's Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 27 M13: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 26 Puzzling a Sky over Argentina Copyrighted
- Jul 25 Deep Magellanic Clouds Image Indicates Collisions Copyrighted
- Jul 24 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
- Jul 23 Summer Planets and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 22 Galaxy Cluster Abell S1063 and Beyond
- Jul 21 Falcon 9: Launch and Landing Copyrighted
- Jul 20 Dark Dunes on Mars (Horizontally Compressed)
- Jul 19 Color the Universe
- Jul 18 The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK-I
- Jul 17 Mercury on the Horizon Copyrighted
- Jul 16 The North Celestial Tower Copyrighted
- Jul 15 NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 14 NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends
- Jul 13 M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Chasing Juno Copyrighted
- Jul 11 Aurorae on Jupiter
- Jul 10 Moon Meets Jupiter Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Noctilucent Clouds Tour France Copyrighted
- Jul 8 The Swirling Core of the Crab Nebula
- Jul 7 The Altiplano Night Copyrighted
- Jul 6 Arp 286: Trio in Virgo Copyrighted
- Jul 5 The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- Jul 4 IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 3 The Cat's Eye Nebula
- Jul 2 Firefly Trails and the Summer Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Juno Approaching Jupiter
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June 2016 (30)
- Jun 30 The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness
- Jun 29 From Alpha to Omega in Crete Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Juno Mission Trailer Video
- Jun 27 Anticrepuscular Rays over Colorado (II) Copyrighted
- Jun 26 Jupiter's Clouds from New Horizons
- Jun 25 Strawberry to Honey Moonrise Copyrighted
- Jun 24 Sagittarius Sunflowers Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Solstice Dawn and Full Moonset Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Cirrus over Paris Copyrighted
- Jun 21 NGC 6814: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
- Jun 20 Sunrise Solstice over Stonehenge Copyrighted
- Jun 19 Galaxy and Planets Beyond Bristlecone Pines Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Sputnik Planum vs. Krun Macula
- Jun 17 Comet PanSTARRS in the Southern Fish Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Northern Lights above Lofoten Copyrighted
- Jun 15 GW151226: A Second Confirmed Source of Gravitational Radiation Video
- Jun 14 The North America and Pelican Nebulas Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Unexplained Dimmings in KIC 8462852
- Jun 12 A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay
- Jun 11 The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
- Jun 10 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Pluto at Night
- Jun 8 The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
- Jun 7 Night on Venus in Infrared from Orbiting Akatsuki Copyrighted
- Jun 6 The Supernova and Cepheids of Spiral Galaxy UGC 9391
- Jun 5 Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 4 The Shadow of Surveyor 1
- Jun 3 NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jun 2 Three Planets from Pic du Midi Copyrighted
- Jun 1 Tycho's Supernova Remnant Expands Video
May 2016 (31)
- May 31 Stars and Gas of the Running Chicken Nebula Copyrighted
- May 30 Galaxy Evolution Tracking Animation Video
- May 29 Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- May 28 Cat's Eye Wide and Deep Copyrighted
- May 27 The Great Carina Nebula Copyrighted
- May 26 IC 5067 in the Pelican Nebula Copyrighted
- May 25 NGC 5078 and Friends Copyrighted
- May 24 Milky Way Over the Spanish Peaks Copyrighted
- May 23 Inside a Daya Bay Antineutrino Detector Copyrighted
- May 22 LL Orionis: When Cosmic Winds Collide
- May 21 Milky Way and Planets Near Opposition Copyrighted
- May 20 3D Mercury Transit Copyrighted
- May 19 The Surface of Europa
- May 18 Halo from Atacama Copyrighted
- May 17 The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared Copyrighted
- May 16 Clouds of the Carina Nebula Copyrighted
- May 15 Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest Copyrighted
- May 14 Falcon 9 and Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 13 ISS and Mercury Too Copyrighted
- May 12 A Transit of Mercury Copyrighted
- May 11 A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO Video
- May 10 Saturn and Mars visit Milky Way Star Clouds Copyrighted
- May 9 Webb Telescope Mirror Rises after Assembly Video
- May 8 Mercury's Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun Copyrighted
- May 7 Three Worlds for TRAPPIST-1
- May 6 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- May 5 The SONG and the Hunter Copyrighted
- May 4 A Mercury Transit Sequence Copyrighted
- May 3 Aurora over Sweden Copyrighted
- May 2 Crossing Mars
- May 1 Contemplating the Sun Copyrighted
April 2016 (30)
- Apr 30 Moon over Makemake
- Apr 29 Fermi's Gamma-ray Moon
- Apr 28 A Dust Angel Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 27 Omega Centauri: The Brightest Globular Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Apr 26 NGC 6872: A Stretched Spiral Galaxy
- Apr 25 Supernova Remnant Simeis 147: The Spaghetti Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 24 M16: Pillars of Star Creation
- Apr 23 Milky Way in Moonlight Copyrighted
- Apr 22 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
- Apr 21 The Comet, the Owl, and the Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Galaxy Einstein Ring
- Apr 19 Andromeda on the Rocks Copyrighted
- Apr 18 The International Space Station over Earth
- Apr 17 Asperatus Clouds Over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System
- Apr 15 Mercury and Crescent Moon Set Copyrighted
- Apr 14 Full Venus and Crescent Moon Rise Copyrighted
- Apr 13 Orion in Red and Blue Copyrighted
- Apr 12 Combined Solar Eclipse Corona from Earth and Space Copyrighted
- Apr 11 The Comet and the Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Apr 10 Cassini Approaches Saturn
- Apr 9 A Green Flash of Spring Copyrighted
- Apr 8 Lapland Northern Lights Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte
- Apr 6 Auroras and the Magnetosphere of Jupiter
- Apr 5 Cancri 55 e: Climate Patterns on a Lava World Video
- Apr 4 Lucid Dreaming Copyrighted
- Apr 3 Close-up of the Bubble Nebula
- Apr 2 Pluto's Bladed Terrain in 3D
- Apr 1 Europa: Discover Life Under the Ice
March 2016 (31)
- Mar 31 Big Dipper to Southern Cross Copyrighted
- Mar 30 NGC 6188 and NGC 6164 Copyrighted
- Mar 29 NASA's Curiosity Rover at Namib Dune (360 View) Video
- Mar 28 Orion's Belt and Sword over Teide's Peak Copyrighted
- Mar 27 NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
- Mar 26 Solstice to Equinox Cubed Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Close Comet and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Mar 24 Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus Copyrighted
- Mar 23 The Great Nebula in Carina Copyrighted
- Mar 22 Rainbow Airglow over the Azores Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Alaskan Moondogs Copyrighted
- Mar 20 A Picturesque Equinox Sunset Copyrighted
- Mar 19 3D Ahuna Mons
- Mar 18 The W in Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Mar 17 Close Comet and Large Magellanic Cloud Copyrighted
- Mar 16 A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Cheering a Total Solar Eclipse Video Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Dark Nebulas across Taurus Copyrighted
- Mar 13 Neon Saturn
- Mar 12 The Flash Spectrum of the Sun Copyrighted
- Mar 11 Lunar Shadow Transit
- Mar 10 Dark Sun over Ternate Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866 Copyrighted
- Mar 8 Solar Eclipse Shoes in the Classroom Copyrighted
- Mar 7 Mystery Feature Now Disappears in Titan Lake
- Mar 6 A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO Video
- Mar 5 Cities at Night
- Mar 4 Sculptor Galaxy NGC 134 Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Moons and Jupiter Copyrighted
- Mar 2 Unusual Clouds over Hong Kong Copyrighted
- Mar 1 NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
February 2016 (29)
- Feb 29 Julius Caesar and Leap Days
- Feb 28 IC 1848: The Soul Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Northern Pluto
- Feb 26 The Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 25 Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the Stars Copyrighted
- Feb 24 USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space
- Feb 23 A Supernova through Galaxy Dust
- Feb 22 Flying Over Pluto's Moon Charon Video
- Feb 21 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
- Feb 20 Where Your Shadow Has Company
- Feb 19 NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Hitomi Launches Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia
- Feb 16 Star Forming Region S106 Copyrighted
- Feb 15 White Rock Fingers on Mars
- Feb 14 A Heart Shaped Lenticular Cloud Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Yutu on a Little Planet
- Feb 12 Two Black Holes Merge Video
- Feb 11 LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes
- Feb 10 Galaxies in the River Copyrighted
- Feb 9 The Rise and Fall of Supernova 2015F Video Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Light Pillars over Alaska Copyrighted
- Feb 7 Advanced LIGO: Gravitational Wave Detectors Upgraded
- Feb 6 Five Planets at Castell de Burriac Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Massive Stars in NGC 6357 Copyrighted
- Feb 4 Dwarf Planet Ceres
- Feb 3 Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82 Copyrighted
- Feb 2 Comet 67P from Spacecraft Rosetta
- Feb 1 Find the Man in the Moon Copyrighted
January 2016 (31)
- Jan 31 MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 30 A Five Planet Dawn Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Hidden Galaxy IC 342 Copyrighted
- Jan 28 Elliptical M60, Spiral NGC 4647 Copyrighted
- Jan 27 An Airglow Fan from Lake to Sky Copyrighted
- Jan 26 A Candidate for the Biggest Boom Yet Seen
- Jan 25 Where Your Elements Came From
- Jan 24 Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
- Jan 23 Big Dipper, Deep Sky Copyrighted
- Jan 22 21st Century M101
- Jan 21 The View Toward M101 Copyrighted
- Jan 20 Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 19 A Dark Sand Dune on Mars
- Jan 18 Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star
- Jan 17 The Galactic Center in Infrared
- Jan 16 The View Toward M106 Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Wright Mons in Color
- Jan 14 Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Jan 13 Reflections on the 1970s Copyrighted
- Jan 12 The California Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 11 A Colorful Solar Corona over the Himalayas Copyrighted
- Jan 10 Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
- Jan 9 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
- Jan 8 Prometheus and the F Ring
- Jan 7 High Energy Andromeda
- Jan 6 Comets and Bright Star Copyrighted
- Jan 5 The Lagoon Nebula in Hydrogen, Sulfur, and Oxygen Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Earthset from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Jan 3 A Starry Night of Iceland
- Jan 2 Sky Lights in the New Year Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Comet Catalina Tails Copyrighted
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