Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2020
APOD 2020
362 entries from 2020: 328 images and 34 videos. 235 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2020 Trail of the Returner
Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoxiao Wang
November 30, 2020 Cygnus Without Stars
Image Credit & Copyright: Bowen James Cameron
October 31, 2020 A Galaxy of Horrors
Poster Illustration Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , The Galaxy of Horrors
September 28, 2020 Filaments of the Cygnus Loop
Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASA , W. Blair ; Acknowledgement: Leo Shatz
August 30, 2020 NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
Image Credit: NASA , ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz ( IAA , Spain); Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin ( ESA/Hubble )
July 31, 2020 Mars 2020 from 5,000 Feet
Image Credit & Copyright: John KrausThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2020 (31)
- Dec 31 Trail of the Returner Copyrighted
- Dec 30 Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction: The Movie Video
- Dec 29 Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse Video
- Dec 28 M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 27 Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
- Dec 26 Fox Fur, Unicorn, and Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Dec 25 Northern Winter Night Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Portrait of NGC 1055 Copyrighted
- Dec 23 Jupiter Meets Saturn: A Red Spotted Great Conjunction Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Trifid Pillars and Jets
- Dec 21 Solstice: Sunrises Around the Year Copyrighted
- Dec 20 A Volcanic Great Conjunction Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Conjunction after Sunset Copyrighted
- Dec 18 Diamond in the Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 17 Gemini's Meteors Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Sonified: The Matter of the Bullet Cluster Video
- Dec 15 Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter Converge Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Capsule Returns from Asteroid Ryugu Video
- Dec 13 Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Saturn and Jupiter in Summer 2020 Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Messier Craters in Stereo Copyrighted
- Dec 10 Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Dec 9 Arecibo Telescope Collapse Video
- Dec 8 Great Conjunction over Sicilian Lighthouse Copyrighted
- Dec 7 Mammatus Clouds over Mount Rushmore Copyrighted
- Dec 6 M16: Pillars of Star Creation
- Dec 5 Mons Rumker in the Ocean of Storms Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Curly Spiral Galaxy M63 Copyrighted
- Dec 3 The Antennae Galaxies in Collision
- Dec 2 Eye of Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 1 NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster in the SMC
November 2020 (30)
- Nov 30 Cygnus Without Stars Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
- Nov 28 NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Chang'e 5 Mission Launch Copyrighted
- Nov 26 The Great Turkey Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Andromeda over Patagonia Copyrighted
- Nov 24 The Helix Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Nov 23 A Jupiter Vista from Juno
- Nov 22 Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Nov 21 Mars and Meteor over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Global Map: Mars at Opposition Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Crew-1 Mission Launch Streak Copyrighted
- Nov 18 A Double Star Cluster in Perseus Copyrighted
- Nov 17 A Glowing STEVE and the Milky Way
- Nov 16 Light and Glory over Crete Copyrighted
- Nov 15 Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866
- Nov 14 Venus, Mercury, and the Waning Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 13 The Tarantula Zone Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Comet ATLAS and Orion's Belt Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Colors of the Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 10 The Central Soul Nebula Without Stars Copyrighted
- Nov 9 In Green Company: Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Nov 8 Martian Moon Phobos from Mars Express
- Nov 7 The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Nov 6 Moon over ISS Copyrighted
- Nov 5 North of Orion's Belt Copyrighted
- Nov 4 Fifty Gravitational Wave Events Illustrated
- Nov 3 Tagging Bennu: The Movie Video
- Nov 2 Half Sun with Prominence Copyrighted
- Nov 1 In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
October 2020 (31)
- Oct 31 A Galaxy of Horrors
- Oct 30 Fear and Dread: The Moons of Mars Copyrighted
- Oct 29 The Ghoul of IC 2118 Copyrighted
- Oct 28 NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Venusian Volcano Imagined
- Oct 26 Reflections of the Ghost Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Supernova in NGC 2525
- Oct 22 Tagging Bennu
- Oct 21 A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Saturn and Jupiter over Italian Peaks Copyrighted
- Oct 19 A Flight over Jupiter Near the Great Red Spot Video
- Oct 18 UGC 1810: Wildly Interacting Galaxy from Hubble Copyrighted
- Oct 17 Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent Copyrighted
- Oct 16 Planetary Nebula Abell 78 Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Galaxies in Pegasus Copyrighted
- Oct 14 The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Mars, Pleiades, and Andromeda over Stone Lions Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Descending Toward Asteroid Bennu Video
- Oct 11 Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Virgo Cluster Galaxies Copyrighted
- Oct 9 The Very Large Array at Moonset
- Oct 8 Mare Frigoris Copyrighted
- Oct 7 Ou4: A Giant Squid in a Flying Bat Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Mars Approach 2020
- Oct 5 NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
- Oct 4 Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Driving to the Sun
- Oct 2 Biking to the Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 1 Solis Lacus: The Eye of Mars Copyrighted
September 2020 (30)
- Sep 30 Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars Video
- Sep 29 GW Orionis: A Star System with Tilted Rings Video
- Sep 28 Filaments of the Cygnus Loop
- Sep 27 Lightning over Colorado Copyrighted
- Sep 26 Moon Pairs and the Synodic Month Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Moon over Andromeda Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Enceladus in Infrared
- Sep 23 ISS Transits Mars Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Equinox in the Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Omega Sunrise Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Breaking Distant Light
- Sep 19 Orion in Depth Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun
- Sep 16 Gravel Ejected from Asteroid Bennu
- Sep 15 Biomarker Phosphine Discovered in the Atmosphere of Venus
- Sep 14 Corn Moon Rising Copyrighted
- Sep 13 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
- Sep 12 A Thousand Meteors Video Copyrighted
- Sep 11 The Reappearance of Mars Copyrighted
- Sep 10 Jupiter's Swimming Storm Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Sep 8 GW190521: Unexpected Black Holes Collide
- Sep 7 The Milky Way over St Michael's Mount
- Sep 6 M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
- Sep 5 A Falcon 9 Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 4 The Wizard Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 3 A Halo for Andromeda
- Sep 2 Jupiter and the Moons Copyrighted
- Sep 1 Salt Water Remnants on Ceres Video
August 2020 (30)
- Aug 31 SS 433: Binary Star Micro-Quasar Video
- Aug 30 NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
- Aug 29 Martian Chiaroscuro
- Aug 28 The Valley of Orion
- Aug 27 Shell Galaxies in Pisces Copyrighted
- Aug 26 Cygnus Skyscape Copyrighted
- Aug 25 Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk Video
- Aug 24 Crescent Moon HDR Copyrighted
- Aug 23 The Helix Nebula from Blanco and Hubble
- Aug 22 Yogi And Friends In 3D Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Unwinding M51 Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Seeing Titan
- Aug 19 The Sun Rotating Video
- Aug 18 TYC 8998-760-1: Multiple Planets around a Sun Like Star
- Aug 17 Perseids Around the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 16 NGC 6814: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
- Aug 15 Mars at the Moon's Edge Copyrighted
- Aug 14 NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 12 The Shifting Tails of Comet NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Churning Clouds on Jupiter
- Aug 10 Perseids from Perseus Copyrighted
- Aug 9 The Origin of Elements
- Aug 8 Crescent Saturn
- Aug 7 The Pipe Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 6 Messier 20 and 21 Copyrighted
- Aug 5 Picture Rocks Sun Dagger Video Copyrighted
- Aug 4 NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Comet NEOWISE over Vikos Gorge Copyrighted
- Aug 2 Two Worlds, One Sun Copyrighted
- Aug 1 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus Copyrighted
July 2020 (31)
- Jul 31 Mars 2020 from 5,000 Feet Copyrighted
- Jul 30 The Red Planet Mars Copyrighted
- Jul 29 The Giants of Summer Copyrighted
- Jul 28 NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara Copyrighted
- Jul 27 Comet and Lightning Beyond Bighorn Mountains Copyrighted
- Jul 26 A Flight through the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Video
- Jul 25 Tianwen-1 Mission to Mars Copyrighted
- Jul 24 MAGIC NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Fairytale NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 22 The Structured Tails of Comet NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 21 Iron in the Butterfly Nebula
- Jul 20 Comet NEOWISE and Nebulae Copyrighted
- Jul 19 Rotating Moon from LRO Video
- Jul 18 Finding NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 17 NEOWISE of the North Copyrighted
- Jul 16 The Long Tails of Comet NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 15 Comet NEOWISE over the Swiss Alps Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea Video Copyrighted
- Jul 12 Comet CG Creates Its Dust Tail
- Jul 11 The Tails of Comet NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Comet NEOWISE from the ISS
- Jul 9 Noctilucent Clouds and Comet NEOWISE Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Mercury's Sodium Tail Copyrighted
- Jul 7 Comet NEOWISE over Lebanon Copyrighted
- Jul 6 M43: Dust, Gas, and Stars in the Orion Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 5 Saturn's Northern Hexagon
- Jul 4 Meeting in the Mesosphere Copyrighted
- Jul 3 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 Copyrighted
- Jul 2 The Galaxy, the Planet, and the Apple Tree Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Our Rotating Earth Video Copyrighted
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June 2020 (28)
- Jun 30 Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 from Hubble
- Jun 29 Dark Sky Reflections Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Europa and Jupiter from Voyager 1
- Jun 27 Eclipse under the ISS
- Jun 26 Eclipse under the Bamboo Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Eclipse Street, Hong Kong Copyrighted
- Jun 24 Inverted City Beneath Clouds Copyrighted
- Jun 23 The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jun 21 Moon Occults Venus Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Northern Summer on Titan
- Jun 19 The Veins of Heaven Copyrighted
- Jun 18 The Tadpoles of IC 410 Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Magnetic Streamlines of the Milky Way
- Jun 16 APOD is 25 Years Old Today Video
- Jun 15 A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse Video
- Jun 13 SpaceX Demo-2 Launch
- Jun 12 NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Jun 11 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
- Jun 9 Orion over Argentine Mountains Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Atmospheric Ring of Venus Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Halo of the Cat's Eye Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Comet PanSTARRs and the Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Dragon over Central Park Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Portrait of NGC 3628 Copyrighted
- Jun 3 The Dance of Venus and Earth Video
- Jun 2 Novel Coronavirus Attacks Humanity
- Jun 1 The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
May 2020 (30)
- May 31 Aurora over Sweden Copyrighted
- May 30 Green Flashes: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury Copyrighted
- May 29 Mercury Meets Crescent Venus Copyrighted
- May 28 Reflecting the International Space Station Copyrighted
- May 27 Earth and Moon through Saturn's Rings
- May 26 The Milky Way over Snow-Capped Himalayas Copyrighted
- May 25 Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed
- May 24 Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- May 23 Ghost Fungus to Magellanic Cloud Copyrighted
- May 22 South of Carina Copyrighted
- May 21 Phases of Venus Copyrighted
- May 20 Moon, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 19 Posters of the Solar System
- May 17 A Waterspout in Florida Copyrighted
- May 16 The Dark River to Antares Copyrighted
- May 15 Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82 Copyrighted
- May 14 Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN Copyrighted
- May 13 Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini
- May 12 Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra Copyrighted
- May 11 Behind Betelgeuse Copyrighted
- May 10 The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble Copyrighted
- May 9 Full Flower Moonrise Copyrighted
- May 8 Long Tailed Comet SWAN Copyrighted
- May 7 Analemma of the Moon Copyrighted
- May 6 LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity
- May 5 Carina in Perspective Copyrighted
- May 4 Earth Flyby of BepiColombo Video
- May 3 A Message from Earth
- May 2 Radio, The Big Ear, and the Wow! Signal Copyrighted
- May 1 A View Toward M106 Copyrighted
April 2020 (30)
- Apr 30 Andromeda Island Universe Copyrighted
- Apr 29 The Ion Tail of New Comet SWAN Copyrighted
- Apr 28 The Kepler-90 Planetary System
- Apr 27 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
- Apr 26 Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe Copyrighted
- Apr 25 Hubble's Cosmic Reef
- Apr 24 Around the World at Night Video Copyrighted
- Apr 23 Lyrid Meteor Streak Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Planet Earth at Twilight
- Apr 21 Eye on the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Apr 20 IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Cassini Approaches Saturn Video Copyrighted
- Apr 18 Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth
- Apr 17 The Windmill and the Star Trails Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Comet ATLAS Breaks Up Copyrighted
- Apr 15 A Cosmic Triangle Copyrighted
- Apr 14 NGC 253: The Silver Coin Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 13 A Sailing Stone across Death Valley
- Apr 12 The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
- Apr 11 Venus and the Pleiades in April Copyrighted
- Apr 10 Full Moon of Spring Copyrighted
- Apr 9 A Flow of Time Copyrighted
- Apr 8 Country Sky versus City Sky Copyrighted
- Apr 7 A Path North Copyrighted
- Apr 6 NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Color the Universe
- Apr 4 Venus and the Sisters Copyrighted
- Apr 3 The Traffic in Taurus Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Venus and the Pleiades in April Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Asteroid or Potato?
March 2020 (31)
- Mar 31 The Galactic Center from Radio to X-ray
- Mar 30 The Colors of Saturn from Cassini
- Mar 29 A 212-Hour Exposure of Orion Copyrighted
- Mar 28 Stars Trail over Ragusa Copyrighted
- Mar 27 A Little Drop of Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Andromeda Station Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Star Forming Region S106 Copyrighted
- Mar 24 A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star
- Mar 23 From the Pleiades to the Eridanus Loop Copyrighted
- Mar 22 Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano Video Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Comet ATLAS and the Mighty Galaxies Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Morning, Planets, Moon and Montreal Copyrighted
- Mar 19 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Anticrepuscular Rays over Florida Copyrighted
- Mar 17 M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
- Mar 16 A Moon Dressed Like Saturn Copyrighted
- Mar 15 The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko Video
- Mar 14 Moonrise and Mountain Shadow Copyrighted
- Mar 13 Starry Night by Jean-Francois Millet
- Mar 12 Falcon 9 Boostback Copyrighted
- Mar 11 An Extreme Black Hole Outburst
- Mar 10 Wide Field: Fox Fur, Unicorn, and Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Chile Copyrighted
- Mar 8 Wolf-Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine
- Mar 7 Pic du Midi Panorama Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Mars Panorama from Curiosity
- Mar 5 The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty Copyrighted
- Mar 4 The Slow Dance of Galaxies NGC 5394 and 5395
- Mar 3 Apollo 13 Views of the Moon Video
- Mar 2 Sharpless-308: The Dolphin Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 1 A Hole in Mars
February 2020 (29)
- Feb 29 Julius Caesar and Leap Days
- Feb 28 South Celestial Rocket Launch Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Two Hemisphere Night Sky Copyrighted
- Feb 26 NGTS-10b: Discovery of a Doomed Planet
- Feb 25 Jupiter's Magnetic Field from Juno Video
- Feb 24 Moon Corona, Halo, and Arcs over Manitoba Copyrighted
- Feb 23 Illustris Simulation of the Universe Video
- Feb 22 Central Centaurus A
- Feb 21 LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Feb 20 Trifecta at Twilight Copyrighted
- Feb 19 UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Orion over the Central Bohemian Highlands Copyrighted
- Feb 17 The Changing Surface of Fading Betelgeuse
- Feb 16 NGC 2392: Double-Shelled Planetary Nebula
- Feb 15 Carina Nebula Close Up Copyrighted
- Feb 14 The Pale Blue Dot
- Feb 13 Spitzer's Trifid
- Feb 12 Star Trails of the North and South Copyrighted
- Feb 11 Launch of the Solar Orbiter Copyrighted
- Feb 10 Solar Eclipse over the UAE Copyrighted
- Feb 9 To Fly Free in Space
- Feb 8 Cosmic Clouds in the Unicorn Copyrighted
- Feb 7 NGC 7331 Close Up
- Feb 6 Southern Moonscape Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Lunar Eclipse Perspectives Copyrighted
- Feb 4 A Sunset Night Sky over the Grand Canyon Copyrighted
- Feb 3 Solar Granules at Record High Resolution Video
- Feb 2 Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
- Feb 1 Apollo 14 Heads for Home
January 2020 (31)
- Jan 31 Goldilocks Zones and Stars
- Jan 30 Two Clusters and a Comet Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Milky Way over Yellowstone Copyrighted
- Jan 28 Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Comet CG Evaporates
- Jan 26 Hills, Ridges, and Tracks on Mars Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Rubin's Galaxy
- Jan 24 Into the Shadow Copyrighted
- Jan 23 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752 Copyrighted
- Jan 22 The Hyades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Jan 21 Parker: Sounds of the Solar Wind Video
- Jan 20 Quadrantid Meteors through Orion Copyrighted
- Jan 19 M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab Nebula Video Copyrighted
- Jan 18 An Almost Eclipse of the Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 17 Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
- Jan 16 NGC 247 and Friends Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Iridescent Clouds over Sweden Copyrighted
- Jan 14 Evidence of an Active Volcano on Venus
- Jan 13 A Desert Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jan 12 Stars and Dust in Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Jan 11 NGC 602 and Beyond
- Jan 10 Nacreous Clouds over Sweden Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Perihelion to Aphelion Copyrighted
- Jan 8 Galaxies in the River Copyrighted
- Jan 7 IC 405: The Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 6 Tumultuous Clouds of Jupiter
- Jan 5 A Starry Night of Iceland
- Jan 4 Aurora Slathers Up the Sky
- Jan 3 Quadrantids over the Great Wall Copyrighted
- Jan 2 The Fainting of Betelgeuse Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Betelgeuse Imagined
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