Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2019
APOD 2019
365 entries from 2019: 332 images and 33 videos. 230 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2019 M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Rui Liao
November 30, 2019 Star Trails for a Red Planet
Image Credit & Copyright: Dengyi Huang
October 31, 2019 The Ghostly Veil Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Anis Abdul
September 30, 2019 Orion Rising over Brazil
Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Fairbairn
August 31, 2019 Spitzer's Orion
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech
July 31, 2019 IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Alan PhamThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2019 (31)
- Dec 31 M33: The Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Dec 30 Messier 20 and 21 Copyrighted
- Dec 29 Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturn's Ring Plane
- Dec 28 A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse Copyrighted
- Dec 27 A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence Reflected Copyrighted
- Dec 26 The Northern Winter Hexagon Copyrighted
- Dec 25 An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico Copyrighted
- Dec 24 A Northern Winter Sky Panorama Copyrighted
- Dec 23 Places for OSIRIS-REx to Touch Asteroid Bennu Video
- Dec 22 Solstice Illuminated: A Year of Sky Video Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Solstice to Solstice Solargraph Timelapse Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Late Afternoon on Mars
- Dec 19 Apollo 17's Moonship
- Dec 18 A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star J0030's Surface
- Dec 17 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 16 The Magnetic Fields of Spiral Galaxy M77
- Dec 15 Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov
- Dec 13 Full Moon Geminids Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Decorating the Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 11 N63A: Supernova Remnant in Visible and X-ray
- Dec 10 Starlink Satellite Trails over Brazil Copyrighted
- Dec 9 Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe Video
- Dec 8 Geminid Meteors over Chile Copyrighted
- Dec 7 Lines of Time Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Pleiades to Hyades Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Electric Night Copyrighted
- Dec 3 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 2 Mercury Crosses a Quiet Sun Video
- Dec 1 Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble Copyrighted
November 2019 (30)
- Nov 30 Star Trails for a Red Planet Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Galileo's Europa Remastered
- Nov 28 Moon and Planets at Twilight Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy
- Nov 26 Venus and Jupiter on the Horizon Copyrighted
- Nov 25 NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Apollo 12: Self-Portrait
- Nov 23 Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View Copyrighted
- Nov 22 Orion Rising Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Arp 273: Battling Galaxies from Hubble Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Milky Way over Uruguayan Lighthouse Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Passing Asteroid Arrokoth Video
- Nov 17 Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
- Nov 16 The Star Streams of NGC 5907 Copyrighted
- Nov 15 M16 and the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 14 Mercury and the Quiet Sun Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Mercury in Silhouette Copyrighted
- Nov 12 NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy
- Nov 11 Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius Copyrighted
- Nov 10 A Mercury Transit Sequence Copyrighted
- Nov 9 Saturn the Giant
- Nov 8 NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles Copyrighted
- Nov 7 Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione Copyrighted
- Nov 6 21st Century M101
- Nov 5 Spiral Galaxies Spinning Super-Fast
- Nov 4 Near the Center of the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Daphnis and the Rings of Saturn
- Nov 2 Inside the Flame Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 1 The Day After Mars Copyrighted
October 2019 (31)
- Oct 31 The Ghostly Veil Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 30 M42: Inside the Orion Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Curiosity Rover Finds a Clay Cache on Mars
- Oct 28 The Space Station Crosses a Spotless Sun Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Ghost Aurora over Canada Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Gravity's Grin
- Oct 25 The Ghosts of Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Dark Seahorse in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
- Oct 22 Night Sky Reflections from the World's Largest Mirror Copyrighted
- Oct 21 A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO Video
- Oct 20 Pluto at Night
- Oct 19 All Female Spacewalk Repairs Space Station
- Oct 18 Interstellar Interloper 2I/Borisov
- Oct 17 Moons of Saturn
- Oct 16 BHB2007: A Baby Binary Star in Formation
- Oct 15 The Galaxy Above Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Andromeda before Photoshop
- Oct 13 A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290
- Oct 12 Interplanetary Earth
- Oct 11 Planet Earth at Blue Hour Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Oct 9 NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Sprite Lightning in HD Copyrighted
- Oct 7 Io Eclipse Shadow on Jupiter from Juno
- Oct 6 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 5 Jupiter and the Moons Copyrighted
- Oct 4 InSight on a Cloudy Day
- Oct 3 The Hydrogen Clouds of M33 Copyrighted
- Oct 2 Molecular Clouds in the Carina Nebula
- Oct 1 Black Hole Safety Video Video
September 2019 (30)
- Sep 30 Orion Rising over Brazil Copyrighted
- Sep 29 MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula
- Sep 28 An Analemma of the Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 27 The Annotated Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Sep 26 Da Vinci Rise Copyrighted
- Sep 25 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Sand Dunes Thawing on Mars
- Sep 23 Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Eye Sky a Dragon Copyrighted
- Sep 21 The Tulip in the Swan Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Saturn at Night
- Sep 19 Along the Western Veil Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Gigantic Jet Lightning over India Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Water Vapor Discovered on Distant Exoplanet
- Sep 16 A Lunar Corona over Turin Copyrighted
- Sep 15 A Long Storm System on Saturn
- Sep 14 Little Planet to Exoplanets Copyrighted
- Sep 13 A Harvest Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 12 The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust Copyrighted
- Sep 11 IC 1805: The Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Pluto in True Color
- Sep 9 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter Video
- Sep 7 In Wolf's Cave Copyrighted
- Sep 6 Recycling Cassiopeia A
- Sep 5 The Large Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Sep 4 The Spider Nebula in Infrared
- Sep 3 Unusual Signal Suggests Neutron Star Destroyed by Black Hole Video
- Sep 2 The Moon and Jupiter over the Alps Copyrighted
- Sep 1 M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
August 2019 (31)
- Aug 31 Spitzer's Orion
- Aug 30 NGC 7129 and NGC 7142 Copyrighted
- Aug 29 M27: Not a Comet Copyrighted
- Aug 28 Messier 61 Close Up Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Dark Dust and Colorful Clouds near Antares
- Aug 26 NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Still Life Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Leaving Earth Video
- Aug 24 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Aug 23 NGC 1499: The California Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 Copyrighted
- Aug 21 The Orion You Can Almost See Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Animation: Spiral Disk around a Black Hole Video
- Aug 19 Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Human as Spaceship Copyrighted
- Aug 17 1901 Photograph: The Orion Nebula
- Aug 16 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Aug 15 The Perseids and the Plough Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Saturn Behind the Moon
- Aug 13 Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002
- Aug 12 Perseid Meteors over Slovakia Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble
- Aug 10 M16 Close Up Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Atlas at Dawn Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Curiosity at Teal Ridge
- Aug 7 Jupiter Engulfed and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 6 The Local Void in the Nearby Universe
- Aug 5 A Total Solar Eclipse Reflected Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Rumors of a Dark Universe
- Aug 3 Mimas in Saturnlight
- Aug 2 Chamaeleon II Dark Cloud Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Elements in the Aftermath
July 2019 (31)
- Jul 31 IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 30 Star Forming Region NGC 3582 without Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Lightning over the Volcano of Water Copyrighted
- Jul 28 The North America Nebula in Infrared Copyrighted
- Jul 27 Chandrayaan 2 Launch Copyrighted
- Jul 26 The Veins of Heaven Copyrighted
- Jul 25 Cygnus Skyscape Copyrighted
- Jul 24 Zodiacal Road Copyrighted
- Jul 23 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind Copyrighted
- Jul 22 HDR: Earth's Circular Shadow on the Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 21 Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
- Jul 20 Apollo 11 Landing Panorama
- Jul 19 Tranquility Base Panorama
- Jul 18 Shadowed Moon and Mountain
- Jul 17 Apollo 11: Descent to the Moon Video Copyrighted
- Jul 16 Apollo 11 Launches Humans to the Moon Video
- Jul 15 The Space Station Crosses a Spotless Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Eagle Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Jul 13 The Eagle Rises Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Magellanic Galaxy NGC 55 Copyrighted
- Jul 11 The Ghost of Jupiter's Halo Copyrighted
- Jul 10 4000 Exoplanets Video
- Jul 9 Birds During a Total Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jul 8 The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
- Jul 7 Crescent Saturn
- Jul 6 8 Minute and 30 Second Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jul 5 La Silla Eclipse Sequence Copyrighted
- Jul 4 In the Shadow of the Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 3 Robotic Dragonfly Selected to Fly Across Titan Video
- Jul 2 NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 1 The Big Corona Copyrighted
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June 2019 (30)
- Jun 30 Virtual Flight over Asteroid Vesta Video
- Jun 29 M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jun 28 A Solstice Night in Paris Copyrighted
- Jun 27 The Longer Days Copyrighted
- Jun 26 Noctilucent Clouds, Reflections, and Silhouettes Copyrighted
- Jun 25 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 24 Anticrepuscular Rays Converge Opposite the Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 23 Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
- Jun 22 Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
- Jun 21 Sunset Analemma Copyrighted
- Jun 20 A View Toward M106
- Jun 19 Our Galaxy's Magnetic Center
- Jun 18 Strawberry Moon over the Temple of Poseidon Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Milky Way over Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres
- Jun 15 Stereo Helene
- Jun 14 NGC 4676: The Mighty Mice Copyrighted
- Jun 13 The Colors and Magnitudes of M13 Copyrighted
- Jun 12 Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble Copyrighted
- Jun 11 The Cave Nebula in Infrared from Spitzer
- Jun 10 Jupiter Abyss
- Jun 9 A Triangular Shadow of a Large Volcano Copyrighted
- Jun 8 On the Beach with Mars Copyrighted
- Jun 7 The Planet and the Pipe Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jun 5 The Interstellar Clouds of Orion Copyrighted
- Jun 4 SEIS: Listening for Marsquakes
- Jun 3 Stephan's Quintet from Hubble
- Jun 2 A Live View from the International Space Station Video
- Jun 1 NICER at Night
May 2019 (31)
- May 31 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 Copyrighted
- May 30 Sunrise at Copernicus Crater Copyrighted
- May 29 M95: Spiral Galaxy with an Inner Ring Copyrighted
- May 28 Stars, Dust, and Gas near NGC 3572 Copyrighted
- May 27 A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Way of Stars Copyrighted
- May 26 A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO Video Copyrighted
- May 25 Planet of the Tajinastes Copyrighted
- May 24 Boulders on Bennu
- May 23 Moons Near Jupiter Copyrighted
- May 22 Primordial Contact Binary 2014 MU69
- May 21 Deep Field: Nebulae of Sagittarius Copyrighted
- May 20 Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins Video
- May 19 A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio Copyrighted
- May 18 Atlas, Daphnis, and Pan
- May 17 RS Puppis Copyrighted
- May 16 Dark Skies: Turn on the Night Copyrighted
- May 15 Anemic Spiral NGC 4921 from Hubble Copyrighted
- May 14 Young Star Cluster Trumpler 14 from Hubble
- May 13 Rho Ophiuchi Wide Field Copyrighted
- May 12 Ash and Lightning above an Icelandic Volcano Copyrighted
- May 11 Milky Way, Launch, and Landing Copyrighted
- May 10 Halley Dust and Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 9 Messier 5 Copyrighted
- May 8 Jupiter Marble from Juno
- May 7 The Great Nebula in Carina Copyrighted
- May 6 Virtual Flyby of the Whirlpool Galaxy Video
- May 5 Saturn, Titan, Rings, and Haze
- May 4 Saturn and the Da Vinci Glow Copyrighted
- May 3 Clouds of the Large Magellanic Cloud Copyrighted
- May 2 Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
- May 1 The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray Copyrighted
April 2019 (30)
- Apr 30 Meteor Misses Galaxy
- Apr 29 N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
- Apr 28 All of Mercury Video
- Apr 27 The Galaxy, the Jet, and the Black Hole
- Apr 26 Southern Cross to Eta Carinae Copyrighted
- Apr 25 Pan-STARRS Across the Lagoon
- Apr 24 The Shape of the Southern Crab
- Apr 23 Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Mars Methane Mystery Deepens Video
- Apr 21 Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Falcon Heavy Launch Close Up
- Apr 19 Milky Way in Northern Spring Copyrighted
- Apr 18 The Leo Trio Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Messier 81 Copyrighted
- Apr 16 In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 15 Enhanced: The Dolphin Cloud on Jupiter
- Apr 14 Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge Video
- Apr 13 Rigil Kentaurus and Sandqvist 169 Copyrighted
- Apr 12 A Cosmic Rose: The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros Copyrighted
- Apr 11 First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole
- Apr 10 Martian Moon Phobos Crosses the Sun Video
- Apr 9 Moon Occults Saturn Copyrighted
- Apr 8 AZURE Vapor Tracers over Norway Copyrighted
- Apr 7 A Scorpius Sky Spectacular Copyrighted
- Apr 6 ISS from Wallasey Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Pan-STARRS Across the Sky
- Apr 4 Messier 2
- Apr 3 Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Space Station Silhouette on the Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
March 2019 (31)
- Mar 31 Markarian's Chain of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Mar 30 3D 67P
- Mar 29 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 28 The Gaia Stars of M15
- Mar 27 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus Copyrighted
- Mar 26 AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Arp 194: Merging Galaxy Group
- Mar 24 Zooming in on Star Cluster Terzan 5 Video
- Mar 23 Four Towers and the Equinox Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 22 A Symphony in Northern Winter Skies Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Star Trails and the Equinox Sunrise Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Equinox on Planet Earth Video
- Mar 19 Abell 370: Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lens Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Horsehead and Orion Nebulas Copyrighted
- Mar 17 M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center
- Mar 16 NGC 3324 in Carina Copyrighted
- Mar 15 A View Toward M101 Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Perseverance Valley Panorama
- Mar 13 Highlights of the North Spring Sky Copyrighted
- Mar 12 Touchdown on Asteroid Ryugu Video
- Mar 11 The Central Magnetic Field of the Cigar Galaxy
- Mar 10 Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Crescent Enceladus
- Mar 8 Stardust and Starlight in M78 Copyrighted
- Mar 7 Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 6 A February without Sunspots Copyrighted
- Mar 5 X-Ray Superbubbles in Galaxy NGC 3079
- Mar 4 Celestial Alignment over Sicilian Shore Copyrighted
- Mar 3 The Orion Bullets
- Mar 2 NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 1 A Charioteer's Comet Copyrighted
February 2019 (28)
- Feb 28 Sharpest Ultima Thule
- Feb 27 Magnetic Orion Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms Video
- Feb 25 Red Sprite Lightning over Kununurra Copyrighted
- Feb 24 The Expanding Echoes of Supernova 1987A Video Copyrighted
- Feb 23 The Stars of the Triangulum Galaxy
- Feb 22 NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Reflections on vdB 9 Copyrighted
- Feb 20 Doomed Star Eta Carinae
- Feb 19 Comet Iwamoto Before Spiral Galaxy NGC 2903 Video Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Dragon Aurora over Iceland Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Shadow of a Martian Robot
- Feb 16 NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Feb 15 Opportunity at Perseverance Valley
- Feb 14 Solar System Family Portait
- Feb 13 The Helix Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Plane Crossing a Crescent Moon Copyrighted
- Feb 11 New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat
- Feb 10 Venus Unveiled
- Feb 9 Comet Iwamoto and the Sombrero Galaxy Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Moon, Four Planets, and Emu Copyrighted
- Feb 7 Fox Fur, Unicorn, and Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Feb 6 Moon and Venus Appulse over a Tree Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter Video
- Feb 4 Henize 70: A Superbubble in the LMC Copyrighted
- Feb 3 An Airglow Fan from Lake to Sky Copyrighted
- Feb 2 LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Twin Galaxies in Virgo Copyrighted
January 2019 (31)
- Jan 31 Sharpless 308: Star Bubble Copyrighted
- Jan 30 Wide Field View of Great American Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Ultima Thule from New Horizons
- Jan 28 The Long Gas Tail of Spiral Galaxy D100 Copyrighted
- Jan 27 From the Northern to the Southern Cross Copyrighted
- Jan 26 The Umbra of Earth Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Moon Struck Copyrighted
- Jan 24 Matterhorn, Moon, and Meteor Copyrighted
- Jan 23 Orion over the Austrian Alps Copyrighted
- Jan 22 Lunar Eclipse over Cologne Cathedral Copyrighted
- Jan 21 InSight Lander Takes Selfie on Mars
- Jan 20 A Total Lunar Eclipse Video Video Copyrighted
- Jan 19 Total Lunar Eclipse at Moonset Copyrighted
- Jan 18 Circumpolar Star Trails Copyrighted
- Jan 17 Cabin under the Stars Copyrighted
- Jan 16 IC 342: The Hidden Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 15 The Heart and Soul Nebulas Copyrighted
- Jan 14 Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Tycho's Supernova Remnant in X-ray
- Jan 12 Milky Way Falls Copyrighted
- Jan 11 Partial Eclipse over Beijing Copyrighted
- Jan 10 Vela Supernova Remnant Mosaic Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Quadrantids Copyrighted
- Jan 8 HESS Telescopes Explore the High-Energy Sky Video Copyrighted
- Jan 7 Stars, Meteors, and a Comet in Taurus Copyrighted
- Jan 6 A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center
- Jan 5 Yutu 2 on the Farside
- Jan 4 Ultima Thule Rotation Gif
- Jan 3 Ultima and Thule
- Jan 2 The Orion Nebula in Infrared from WISE Copyrighted
- Jan 1 The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
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