Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2018
APOD 2018
362 entries from 2018: 328 images and 34 videos. 222 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2018 The Witch Head Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (POSS II); Processing: Utkarsh Mishra
November 30, 2018 A Cold River to Orion
Image Credit & Copyright: Juris Sennikovs
October 31, 2018 R Leporis: A Vampire's Star
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
September 30, 2018 The Lonely Neutron Star in Supernova Remnant E0102-72.3
Credit: X-ray ( NASA / CXC / ESO / F. Vogt et al. ); Optical ( ESO / VLT / MUSE & NASA / STScI )
August 31, 2018 Close Mars
Image Credit & Copyright: D. Peach , V. Suc, Chilescope team
July 31, 2018 Layers of the South Pole of Mars
Image Credit & License: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin ; Bill DunfordThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2018 (31)
- Dec 31 The Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 30 The Galaxy Tree Copyrighted
- Dec 29 New Horizons at Ultima Thule
- Dec 28 NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe Copyrighted
- Dec 27 The Great Carina Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 26 NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula
- Dec 25 M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
- Dec 24 Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered
- Dec 23 Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction Video
- Dec 22 A Cold December Night Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Extraordinary Solar Halos Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Red Nebula, Green Comet, Blue Stars Copyrighted
- Dec 19 A Rainbow Geminid Meteor Copyrighted
- Dec 18 Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal Copyrighted
- Dec 17 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Comet Wirtanen Passes by the Earth Copyrighted
- Dec 15 Geminids and Friends Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Swimming on Jupiter
- Dec 13 3D Bennu Copyrighted
- Dec 12 M43: Orion Falls Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail
- Dec 10 Sound and Light Captured by Mars InSight
- Dec 9 Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Tiny Planet Timelapse Video Copyrighted
- Dec 7 December's Comet Wirtanen Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Cetus Galaxies and Supernova Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Highlights of the North Winter Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Rocket Launch between Mountains Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes Video
- Dec 2 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
- Dec 1 Mount Everest Star Trails Copyrighted
November 2018 (30)
- Nov 30 A Cold River to Orion Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Across Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Nov 28 IC 1871: Inside the Soul Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 27 InSight's First Image from Mars
- Nov 26 Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space Station Video
- Nov 25 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Nov 24 Shipwreck at Moonset Copyrighted
- Nov 23 Good Morning Leonid Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Portrait of NGC 281 Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Swirls and Colors on Jupiter from Juno
- Nov 20 The Unexpected Trajectory of Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua Video
- Nov 19 Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Creature Aurora Over Norway Copyrighted
- Nov 17 The Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 16 The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn Copyrighted
- Nov 15 Comet 46P/Wirtanen Copyrighted
- Nov 14 The Cave Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Rotating Asteroid Bennu from OSIRIS-REx Video
- Nov 12 The Lagoon Nebula is Stars, Gas, and Dust Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Astronaut Exploring: An Apollo 15 Panorama Copyrighted
- Nov 10 The Old Moon in the Young Moon's Arms Copyrighted
- Nov 9 Little Planet Lookout Copyrighted
- Nov 8 Mars in the Loop Copyrighted
- Nov 7 NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara Copyrighted
- Nov 6 NGC 1499: The California Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 5 IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 4 Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert
- Nov 3 Lunar LOVE Copyrighted
- Nov 2 Cygnus Shell Supernova Remnant W63 Copyrighted
- Nov 1 Hayabusa2 Ascends from Asteroid Ryugu Video
October 2018 (30)
- Oct 31 R Leporis: A Vampire's Star Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Orionids Meteors over Inner Mongolia Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Shells of Stars in Elliptical Galaxy PGC 42871 Copyrighted
- Oct 28 Ultraviolet Earth from an Observatory on the Moon
- Oct 27 Airglow Borealis Copyrighted
- Oct 26 IC 59 and IC 63 in Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Barnard 150: Seahorse in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Light Pillars over Whitefish Bay Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Hyperion: Largest Known Galaxy Proto-Supercluster
- Oct 22 Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
- Oct 21 Meteor, Comet, and Seagull (Nebula) Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Halo of the Cat's Eye Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Summer to Winter Milky Way Copyrighted
- Oct 18 Cherenkov Telescope at Sunset Copyrighted
- Oct 17 M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Oct 16 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
- Oct 15 M16: In and Around the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Orion in Red and Blue Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Skygazers on the Beach Copyrighted
- Oct 12 The Falcon 9 Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 11 West Coast Launch and Landing Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Sun Dance Video
- Oct 9 NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Comet 21P Between Rosette and Cone Nebulas Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Aurora: The Frog's View Copyrighted
- Oct 5 The Last Days of Venus as the Evening Star Copyrighted
- Oct 4 Opportunity After the Storm
- Oct 3 NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Oct 2 Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey Copyrighted
- Oct 1 The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
September 2018 (30)
- Sep 30 The Lonely Neutron Star in Supernova Remnant E0102-72.3
- Sep 29 55 Nights with Saturn Copyrighted
- Sep 28 The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty Copyrighted
- Sep 27 M33: Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 26 The Sun's Spectrum with its Missing Colors
- Sep 25 Highlights of the North Autumn Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu Copyrighted
- Sep 23 Equinox: Analemma over the Callanish Stones Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Window Seat over Hudson Bay Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Stars and Dust in Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Sep 19 Cocoon Nebula Deep Field Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Salt, Pepper, and Ice Video Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic Ring
- Sep 16 A Solar Filament Erupts
- Sep 15 Mont Blanc, Meteor, and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Sep 14 Ice Halos at Yellowknife Copyrighted
- Sep 13 Comet, Clusters and Nebulae Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Lunations Video
- Sep 11 Milky Way over Troll's Tongue Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Curiosity Vista from Vera Rubin Ridge Video
- Sep 9 M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
- Sep 8 Real Time Perseid Copyrighted
- Sep 7 Saturn's North Polar Hexagon
- Sep 6 Along the Western Veil Copyrighted
- Sep 5 NGC 3628: Sideways Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Moon behind Lava Fountain Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Aurora around Saturn's North Pole
- Sep 2 A Powerful Solar Flare Video
- Sep 1 Aerosol Earth
August 2018 (30)
- Aug 31 Close Mars Copyrighted
- Aug 30 The NGC 6914 Complex Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Nearby Cepheid Variable RS Pup
- Aug 28 Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Total Solar Eclipse Shadow from a Balloon
- Aug 26 Fire on Earth
- Aug 25 Stripping ESO 137-001
- Aug 24 Messier 20 and 21 Copyrighted
- Aug 23 Comet, Heart and Soul Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Asteroid Ryugu from Hayabusa2 Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Glowing Elements in the Soul Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Active Prominences on a Quiet Sun Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Seeing Titan
- Aug 17 Perseid Fireball and Persistent Train Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Parker vs Perseid Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Launch of the Parker Solar Probe Copyrighted
- Aug 14 M86 in the Central Virgo Cluster Copyrighted
- Aug 13 The Pencil Nebula in Red and Blue Copyrighted
- Aug 12 Meteor before Galaxy Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Moon, Mars, and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Red Planet, Red Moon, and Mars Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower Video
- Aug 7 Eclipsed Moon and Mars over Mountains Copyrighted
- Aug 5 Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion
- Aug 4 Central Cygnus Skyscape Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Central Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Aug 2 Eclipse over the Gulf of Poets Copyrighted
- Aug 1 The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust Copyrighted
July 2018 (31)
- Jul 31 Layers of the South Pole of Mars
- Jul 30 Lunar Eclipse over Rio
- Jul 29 Journey to the Center of the Galaxy Video
- Jul 28 One Night, One Telescope, One Camera Copyrighted
- Jul 27 Mars Opposition Copyrighted
- Jul 26 Barnard 228: The Dark Wolf Nebula in Lupus Copyrighted
- Jul 25 The Edge-On Spindle Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 24 Clouds of Earth and Sky Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Fermi Science Finals
- Jul 22 Planck Maps the Microwave Background
- Jul 21 Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
- Jul 20 The Teapot and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 19 Cerealia Facula
- Jul 18 Dark Slope Streaks Split on Mars
- Jul 17 Moon and Venus over Cannon Beach Copyrighted
- Jul 16 Neutrino Associated with Distant Blazar Jet
- Jul 15 Rings Around the Ring Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 14 A Nibble on the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Star Trails and the Bracewell Radio Sundial Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Centaurus A Copyrighted
- Jul 11 Symbiotic R Aquarii
- Jul 10 Noctilucent Clouds over Paris Fireworks Video Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Road to Mars Copyrighted
- Jul 8 The Extraordinary Spiral in LL Pegasi Copyrighted
- Jul 7 A Northern Summer's Night
- Jul 6 Charon: Moon of Pluto
- Jul 5 Shadow Rise on the Inside Passage Copyrighted
- Jul 4 Dawn's Early Light, Rocket's Red Glare Copyrighted
- Jul 3 An Airplane in Front of the Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 2 From the Galactic Plane through Antares
- Jul 1 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
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June 2018 (30)
- Jun 30 The East 96th Street Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 29 Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Sigma Octantis and Friends Copyrighted
- Jun 27 Highlights of the Summer Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 26 Dark Nebulas across Taurus Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu Copyrighted
- Jun 24 Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon
- Jun 23 Curiosity's Dusty Self
- Jun 22 Galaxy in a Crystal Ball Copyrighted
- Jun 21 Northern Lights and Noctilucent Clouds Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared
- Jun 19 Ancients of Sea and Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 18 An Active Prominence on the Sun Video
- Jun 17 Mars Engulfed
- Jun 16 Dusty With a Chance of Dust
- Jun 15 Little Planet Soyuz Copyrighted
- Jun 14 Six Planets from Yosemite Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Red Cloudbow over Delaware Copyrighted
- Jun 12 Star Size Comparison 2 Video
- Jun 11 At Last GLAST
- Jun 10 The Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble
- Jun 9 Countryside Mars and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Fermi Science Playoffs
- Jun 7 The Clash of NGC 3256
- Jun 6 A Sun Pillar over Norway
- Jun 5 Complex Jupiter
- Jun 4 Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano Video Copyrighted
- Jun 3 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
- Jun 2 Jupiter Season, Hawaiian Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 1 Mars Approach Copyrighted
May 2018 (31)
- May 31 NGC 6744 Close Up
- May 30 The Case of the Backwards Orbiting Asteroid Video Copyrighted
- May 29 Aurora and Manicouagan Crater from the Space Station
- May 28 Seven Dusty Sisters Copyrighted
- May 27 Coronal Rain on the Sun Video
- May 26 Titan: Moon over Saturn
- May 25 Galaxies Away Copyrighted
- May 24 The Gum Nebula Expanse Copyrighted
- May 23 Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision Copyrighted
- May 22 Craters and Shadows at the Lunar Terminator Copyrighted
- May 21 Jupiter Cloud Animation from Juno Video
- May 20 In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula
- May 19 Reflections of Venus and Moon Copyrighted
- May 18 Attack of the Laser Guide Stars
- May 17 Milky Way vs Airglow Australis Copyrighted
- May 16 Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud
- May 15 Kepler's House in Linz Copyrighted
- May 14 Saturn's Hyperion in Natural Color
- May 13 Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning Copyrighted
- May 12 A Plurality of Singularities at the Galactic Center
- May 11 NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula Copyrighted
- May 10 Galaxies in the River Copyrighted
- May 9 The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble
- May 8 The Observable Universe
- May 7 The Unusual Boulder at Tycho's Peak
- May 6 Meteors, Planes, and a Galaxy over Bryce Canyon Copyrighted
- May 5 Stickney Crater
- May 4 The View Toward M101 Copyrighted
- May 3 Opposite the Setting Sun Copyrighted
- May 2 Moon Halo over Stone Circle Copyrighted
- May 1 The Aurora and the Sunrise
April 2018 (29)
- Apr 30 Total Solar Eclipse Corona in HDR Copyrighted
- Apr 29 Wanderers Video
- Apr 28 Magellanic Mountain Copyrighted
- Apr 27 Gaia's Milky Way Copyrighted
- Apr 26 The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- Apr 25 Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking Great Red Spot
- Apr 24 Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp Video
- Apr 23 The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Meteor Over Crater Lake Copyrighted
- Apr 21 TESS Launch Close Up Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Moon in the Hyades Copyrighted
- Apr 19 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
- Apr 18 Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia Copyrighted
- Apr 17 M57: The Ring Nebula
- Apr 16 Flyover of Jupiter's North Pole in Infrared Video
- Apr 15 Space Shuttle Rising
- Apr 14 Martian Chiaroscuro
- Apr 13 Facing NGC 3344
- Apr 12 M22 and the Wanderers Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Fortuitous Flash Candidate for the Farthest Star Yet Seen
- Apr 10 Dragon Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Apr 9 The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet Video
- Apr 8 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Painting with Jupiter
- Apr 6 NGC 3324 in Carina Copyrighted
- Apr 5 NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky Copyrighted
- Apr 4 Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity
- Apr 3 The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)
March 2018 (31)
- Mar 31 Twilight in a Western Sky Copyrighted
- Mar 30 NGC 247 and Friends Copyrighted
- Mar 29 NGC 2023 in the Horsehead's Shadow Copyrighted
- Mar 28 Blue Moon Tree Copyrighted
- Mar 27 Mars Between Nebulas Copyrighted
- Mar 26 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
- Mar 25 Announcing Nova Carinae 2018 Copyrighted
- Mar 24 NGC 602 and Beyond
- Mar 23 Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 22 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Camera Orion Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City Copyrighted
- Mar 19 The Nebra Sky Disk
- Mar 18 Rotating Moon from LRO Video
- Mar 17 The Crab from Space
- Mar 16 The Seagull and the Duck Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Catalog Entry Number 1 Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Night Sky Highlights: March to May Copyrighted
- Mar 13 The Complete Galactic Plane: Up and Down Copyrighted
- Mar 12 Flying over the Earth at Night II Video
- Mar 11 Dual Particle Beams in Herbig-Haro 24
- Mar 10 Phases of the Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Horsehead: A Wider View
- Mar 8 Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole
- Mar 7 Arcs, Jets, and Shocks near NGC 1999 Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Colorful Airglow Bands Surround Milky Way Copyrighted
- Mar 5 The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in Light and Sound Video
- Mar 4 Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Southwest Mare Fecunditatis Copyrighted
- Mar 2 Alborz Mountain Star Trails Copyrighted
- Mar 1 The Lunar X (V) Copyrighted
February 2018 (28)
- Feb 28 NGC 613 in Dust, Stars, and a Supernova
- Feb 27 Dueling Bands in the Night
- Feb 26 Passing Jupiter Video
- Feb 25 AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Facing NGC 6946
- Feb 23 Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
- Feb 22 When Roses Aren't Red Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Jupiter in Infrared from Hubble
- Feb 20 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Buenos Aires Copyrighted
- Feb 19 Galaxy Formation in a Magnetic Universe Video
- Feb 18 LL Ori and the Orion Nebula
- Feb 17 Manhattan Skylines Copyrighted
- Feb 16 Comet PanSTARRS is near the Edge Copyrighted
- Feb 15 Enceladus in Silhouette
- Feb 14 In the Heart of the Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Car Orbiting Earth
- Feb 12 Blue Comet Meets Blue Stars Copyrighted
- Feb 11 A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay Copyrighted
- Feb 10 Roadster, Starman, Planet Earth
- Feb 9 Total Solar Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails Copyrighted
- Feb 7 NGC 7331 Close-Up
- Feb 6 Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams
- Feb 5 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula Expanding
- Feb 4 Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
- Feb 3 Earthshadow and the Beehive Copyrighted
- Feb 2 Moonrise Eclipse Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Moonset Eclipse Copyrighted
January 2018 (31)
- Jan 31 The First Explorer
- Jan 30 Venus at Night in Infrared from Akatsuki Copyrighted
- Jan 29 The Spider and The Fly Copyrighted
- Jan 28 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Laguna Starry Sky Copyrighted
- Jan 26 Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge
- Jan 25 Cartwheel of Fortune
- Jan 24 The Tadpoles of IC 410
- Jan 23 Ribbons and Pearls of Spiral Galaxy NGC 1398
- Jan 22 An Immersive Visualization of the Galactic Center Video
- Jan 21 The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
- Jan 20 Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms Copyrighted
- Jan 19 Clouds in the LMC Copyrighted
- Jan 18 Blue Comet in the Hyades Copyrighted
- Jan 17 In the Valley of Orion
- Jan 16 An Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 14 Three Galaxies and a Comet Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Launch and Landing Copyrighted
- Jan 12 Blue Comet PanSTARRS Copyrighted
- Jan 11 RCW 114: A Dragon's Heart in Ara Copyrighted
- Jan 10 NGC 2623: Merging Galaxies from Hubble
- Jan 9 Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 from Hubble
- Jan 8 Clouds of Andromeda Copyrighted
- Jan 7 A Tether in Space
- Jan 6 Planets on the Wing Copyrighted
- Jan 5 Carina over Lake Ballard Copyrighted
- Jan 4 M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab Video Copyrighted
- Jan 3 The Helix Nebula from CFHT
- Jan 2 Unexpected X-Rays from Perseus Galaxy Cluster
- Jan 1 Sun Halo over Sweden Video Copyrighted
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