Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2023
APOD 2023
364 entries from 2023: 351 images and 13 videos. 251 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 30, 2023 The Persistence of Moonlight
Image Credit & Copyright: Giacomo Venturin
November 30, 2023 Artemis 1: Flight Day 13
Image Credit: NASA , Artemis I
October 31, 2023 Halloween and the Wizard Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Richard McInnis
September 30, 2023 A Harvest Moon over Tuscany
Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Tartarini
August 31, 2023 The Crew-7 Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley
July 31, 2023 Phobos over Mars
Image Credit: ESA , DLR , FU Berlin , Mars Express ; Processing & CC BY 2.0 License : Andrea LuckThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2023 (31)
- Dec 31 Illustris: A Simulation of the Universe Video
- Dec 30 The Persistence of Moonlight Copyrighted
- Dec 29 Shakespeare in Space
- Dec 28 Jupiter and the Geminid Copyrighted
- Dec 27 Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall Copyrighted
- Dec 26 IC 443: The Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 25 Cathedral, Mountain, Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 24 NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
- Dec 23 A December Summer Night Copyrighted
- Dec 22 183 Days in the Sun Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Three Galaxies and a Comet Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Ice Halos over Bavaria Copyrighted
- Dec 19 NGC 1499: The California Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 18 The Same Color Illusion
- Dec 17 Geminids over China's Nianhu Lake Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Crescent Enceladus
- Dec 15 Betelgeuse Eclipsed Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
- Dec 13 Deep Field: The Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Aurora and Milky Way over Norway Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Solar Minimum versus Solar Maximum Video
- Dec 10 Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain Copyrighted
- Dec 9 Pic du Pleiades Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Vega and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Copyrighted
- Dec 7 Orion and the Ocean of Storms
- Dec 6 Stars Versus Dust in the Carina Nebula
- Dec 5 Energetic Particle Strikes the Earth
- Dec 4 Plane Crossing Crescent Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano Video Copyrighted
- Dec 2 Startrails over Beijing Ancient Observatory Copyrighted
- Dec 1 Milky Way Rising Copyrighted
November 2023 (30)
- Nov 30 Artemis 1: Flight Day 13
- Nov 29 A Landspout Tornado over Kansas Copyrighted
- Nov 28 Ganymede from Juno Copyrighted
- Nov 27 LBN 86: The Eagle Ray Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 26 A Dust Jet from the Surface of Comet 67P
- Nov 25 Little Planet Aurora Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Stereo Jupiter near Opposition Copyrighted
- Nov 23 Along the Taurus Molecular Cloud Copyrighted
- Nov 22 IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis Copyrighted
- Nov 21 Fleming's Triangular Wisp Copyrighted
- Nov 20 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Planet Earth from Orion
- Nov 17 Nightlights in Qeqertaq Copyrighted
- Nov 16 Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star Copyrighted
- Nov 15 M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
- Nov 14 Three Planets Rock Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Andromeda over the Alps Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain Copyrighted
- Nov 11 The SAR Arc and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Nov 10 UHZ1: Distant Galaxy and Black Hole
- Nov 9 M1: The Crab Nebula
- Nov 8 Perseus Galaxy Cluster from Euclid
- Nov 7 A Martian Dust Devil Spins By Video
- Nov 6 Red Aurora over Italy Copyrighted
- Nov 5 Creature Aurora Over Norway Copyrighted
- Nov 4 Dinkinesh Moonrise
- Nov 3 Jupiter by Moonlight Copyrighted
- Nov 2 The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Nov 1 Annular Solar Eclipse over Utah Copyrighted
October 2023 (31)
- Oct 31 Halloween and the Wizard Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Reflections of the Ghost Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 29 A Partial Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Oct 28 The Ghosts of Gamma Cas Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Encke and the Tadpoles Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Orionids in Taurus Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset Video Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble
- Oct 23 Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno Copyrighted
- Oct 22 Ghost Aurora over Canada Copyrighted
- Oct 21 Quarter Moons Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Galaxies and a Comet Copyrighted
- Oct 19 A Sunrise at Sunset Point Copyrighted
- Oct 18 Dust and the Western Veil Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 17 PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons
- Oct 16 Eclipse Rings Copyrighted
- Oct 15 An Eclipse Tree Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Circular Sun Halo Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Hydrogen Clouds of M33 Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Mu Cephei Copyrighted
- Oct 11 NGC 1097: Spiral Galaxy with Supernova Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Hidden Orion from Webb
- Oct 9 A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun Copyrighted
- Oct 7 The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda Copyrighted
- Oct 6 Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe Copyrighted
- Oct 5 Ring of Fire over Monument Valley Copyrighted
- Oct 4 IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 3 MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 2 Sprite Lightning in High Definition Copyrighted
- Oct 1 A Desert Eclipse Copyrighted
September 2023 (30)
- Sep 30 A Harvest Moon over Tuscany Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Back from Bennu
- Sep 28 The Deep Lagoon Copyrighted
- Sep 27 STEVE and Milky Way Cross over Rural Road Copyrighted
- Sep 26 IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Arp 142: The Hummingbird Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 24 A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse Video
- Sep 23 Afternoon Analemma Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Cosmos in Reflection Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Tagging Bennu
- Sep 20 Methane Discovered on Distant Exoplanet
- Sep 19 HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star
- Sep 18 The Red Sprite and the Tree Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Fireball over Iceland Copyrighted
- Sep 15 Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain Copyrighted
- Sep 14 NGC 7331 and Beyond Copyrighted
- Sep 13 NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring
- Sep 12 Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 and Beyond
- Sep 11 Beautiful Comet Nishimura Copyrighted
- Sep 10 An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Comet Nishimura Grows Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Star Factory Messier 17 Copyrighted
- Sep 7 The Large Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Sep 6 HESS Telescopes Explore the High-Energy Sky Video Copyrighted
- Sep 5 Blue Supermoon Beyond Syracuse Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Fragments
- Sep 2 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 1 The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
August 2023 (31)
- Aug 31 The Crew-7 Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Full Moons of August Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 from Webb
- Aug 28 Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Three Galaxies and a Comet Copyrighted
- Aug 26 Crescents of Venus Copyrighted
- Aug 25 A Season of Saturn Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Meteors along the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 23 The Meteor and the Galaxy Copyrighted
- Aug 22 The Pistachio Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Introducing Comet Nishimura Copyrighted
- Aug 20 A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin
- Aug 19 Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
- Aug 18 Northern Pluto
- Aug 17 A Cosmic Zoo in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace Copyrighted
- Aug 15 A Triply Glowing Night Sky over Iceland Copyrighted
- Aug 14 The Ring Nebula from Webb and Hubble
- Aug 13 The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
- Aug 12 Ghirigori – Star Scribbles Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Messier 51 in 255 Hours Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Five Meters over Mars
- Aug 9 Meteor Shower: Perseids from Perseus Copyrighted
- Aug 8 Moon Meets Jupiter Copyrighted
- Aug 7 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Aug 6 SN 1006: A Supernova Ribbon from Hubble
- Aug 5 NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Moonrays of August Copyrighted
- Aug 3 The Falcon and the Redstone Copyrighted
- Aug 2 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Monster Solar Prominence Copyrighted
July 2023 (31)
- Jul 31 Phobos over Mars
- Jul 30 Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
- Jul 28 Young Stars, Stellar Jets
- Jul 27 Galaxies in the River
- Jul 26 IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 25 The Eagle Nebula with X-ray Hot Stars
- Jul 24 Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates Copyrighted
- Jul 23 The Antikythera Mechanism
- Jul 22 Apollo 11: Armstrong's Lunar Selfie
- Jul 21 Galactic Cirrus: Mandel Wilson 9 Copyrighted
- Jul 20 M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Close Up
- Jul 19 Chandrayaan-3 Launches to the Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 18 Milky Way above La Palma Observatory Copyrighted
- Jul 17 Shells and Arcs around Star CW Leonis
- Jul 16 Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps Copyrighted
- Jul 15 Webb's First Deep Field
- Jul 14 Comet C/2023 E1 ATLAS near Perihelion Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Webb's Rho Ophiuchi
- Jul 12 Rings and Bar of Spiral Galaxy NGC 1398
- Jul 11 Sunspots on an Active Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559 Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Doomed Star Eta Carinae Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Stickney Crater
- Jul 7 The Double Cluster in Perseus Copyrighted
- Jul 6 Fireworks vs Supermoon Copyrighted
- Jul 5 A Map of the Observable Universe Copyrighted
- Jul 4 Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall Copyrighted
- Jul 3 Venus in Ultraviolet from Akatsuki Copyrighted
- Jul 2 Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Three Galaxies in Draco Copyrighted
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June 2023 (30)
- Jun 30 Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
- Jun 29 A Message from the Gravitational Universe
- Jun 28 Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud Copyrighted
- Jun 27 MAVEN's Ultraviolet Mars
- Jun 26 The Belt of Venus over Mount Everest Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Lightning on Jupiter
- Jun 24 3D Ingenuity
- Jun 23 Giant Galaxies in Pavo Copyrighted
- Jun 22 Stars and Dust across Corona Australis Copyrighted
- Jun 21 Three Sun Paths Copyrighted
- Jun 20 The Ñandú in the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jun 19 The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula
- Jun 18 Saturn's Northern Hexagon Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Planet Earth at Night II Video
- Jun 16 Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea Copyrighted
- Jun 15 M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster
- Jun 14 The Shark Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Moons Across Jupiter Video
- Jun 12 The Largest Satellites of Earth Copyrighted
- Jun 11 The Sun and Its Missing Colors
- Jun 10 Mars and the Beehive Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
- Jun 8 Elephant's Trunk and Caravan Copyrighted
- Jun 7 M94: A Double Ring Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Star Eats Planet Video
- Jun 5 In the Center of the Trifid Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Color the Universe
- Jun 3 Charon: Moon of Pluto
- Jun 2 Messier 101
- Jun 1 Recycling Cassiopeia A
May 2023 (31)
- May 31 Simulation: A Disk Galaxy Forms Video
- May 30 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- May 29 Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland Copyrighted
- May 28 Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
- May 27 Crescent Neptune and Triton
- May 26 Virgo Cluster Galaxies Copyrighted
- May 25 Cat's Eye Wide and Deep Copyrighted
- May 24 Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter Copyrighted
- May 23 Jupiter's Swirls from Juno
- May 22 Supernova Discovered in Nearby Spiral Galaxy M101 Copyrighted
- May 21 Tardigrade in Moss Copyrighted
- May 20 Galileo's Europa
- May 19 Curly Spiral Galaxy M63 Copyrighted
- May 18 WR 134 Ring Nebula Copyrighted
- May 17 Sunspot with Light Bridge Copyrighted
- May 16 Total Eclipse: The Big Corona Copyrighted
- May 15 M16: Eagle Nebula Deep Field Copyrighted
- May 14 To Fly Free in Space
- May 13 Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth
- May 12 Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 11 Fomalhaut's Dusty Debris Disk
- May 10 Milky Way over Egyptian Desert Copyrighted
- May 9 Shadows of Earth Copyrighted
- May 8 The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy
- May 7 The Helix Nebula from CFHT
- May 6 Twilight in a Flower Copyrighted
- May 5 Shackleton from ShadowCam
- May 4 The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
- May 3 Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars Copyrighted
- May 2 Flat Rock Hills on Mars Copyrighted
- May 1 Carina Nebula North Copyrighted
April 2023 (30)
- Apr 30 Saturn's Moon Helene in Color
- Apr 29 Solar Eclipse from a Ship
- Apr 28 Runaway Star Alpha Camelopardalis
- Apr 27 The Tarantula Nebula from SuperBIT
- Apr 26 The Moon through the Arc de Triomphe Copyrighted
- Apr 25 Northern Lights over Southern Europe Copyrighted
- Apr 24 The Medulla Nebula Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Apr 23 A Waterspout in Florida Copyrighted
- Apr 22 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
- Apr 21 Solar Eclipse from Western Australia Copyrighted
- Apr 20 The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Auroral Storm over Lapland Copyrighted
- Apr 18 Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in 2024 April
- Apr 17 ELVES Lightning over Italy Copyrighted
- Apr 16 M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
- Apr 15 When Z is for Mars Copyrighted
- Apr 14 Portrait of NGC 3628 Copyrighted
- Apr 13 NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer
- Apr 12 NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda Copyrighted
- Apr 11 North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust Copyrighted
- Apr 10 IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 9 The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
- Apr 8 M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
- Apr 7 Rigel Wide Copyrighted
- Apr 6 Terran 1 Burns Methalox
- Apr 5 Rubin's Galaxy
- Apr 4 Olympus Mons: Largest Volcano in the Solar System
- Apr 3 The Galactic Center Radio Arc
- Apr 2 M57: The Ring Nebula from Hubble
- Apr 1 NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans Copyrighted
March 2023 (31)
- Mar 31 Seeing Titan
- Mar 30 NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad Copyrighted
- Mar 29 Sh2-308: A Dolphin Shaped Star Bubble Copyrighted
- Mar 28 A Multiple Green Flash Sunset Copyrighted
- Mar 27 Aurora Over Arctic Henge Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Wanderers Video
- Mar 25 Venus and the Da Vinci Glow Copyrighted
- Mar 24 Outbound Comet ZTF Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 Copyrighted
- Mar 22 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Dark Nebulae and Star Formation in Taurus Copyrighted
- Mar 20 M1: The Expanding Crab Nebula Video Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Equinox at the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Wolf-Rayet 124
- Mar 17 The Medusa Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 16 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Jupiter and Venus Converge over Germany Copyrighted
- Mar 14 W5: The Soul Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 13 Rainbow Tree Copyrighted
- Mar 12 Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters
- Mar 11 3D Bennu Copyrighted
- Mar 10 Orion and the Running Man Copyrighted
- Mar 9 DART vs Dimorphos
- Mar 8 Artificial Night Sky Brightness
- Mar 7 Deep Field: The Large Magellanic Cloud Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Jupiter and Venus from Earth Copyrighted
- Mar 5 Jupiter and Venus over Italy Copyrighted
- Mar 4 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter Copyrighted
- Mar 3 RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
- Mar 2 Unraveling NGC 3169 Copyrighted
- Mar 1 The Flaming Star Nebula Copyrighted
February 2023 (28)
- Feb 28 Crescent Moon Beyond Greek Temple Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Saturn's Iapetus: Moon with a Strange Surface
- Feb 25 Crescent Moon Occultation Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Jones-Emberson 1 Copyrighted
- Feb 23 Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries Copyrighted
- Feb 22 Our Increasingly Active Sun Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Comet ZTF over Yosemite Falls Copyrighted
- Feb 20 NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
- Feb 19 Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- Feb 17 2023 CX1 Meteor Flash Copyrighted
- Feb 16 The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Feb 15 Airglow Sky over France Copyrighted
- Feb 14 The Heart and Soul Nebulas Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Comet ZTF and Mars Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska Copyrighted
- Feb 11 Magellanic Clouds over Chile Copyrighted
- Feb 10 ZTF meets ATLAS Copyrighted
- Feb 9 Nacreous Clouds over Lapland Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Stellar Wind-Shaped Nebula RCW 58 Copyrighted
- Feb 7 A Comet and Two Dippers Copyrighted
- Feb 6 In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Enceladus by Saturnshine
- Feb 4 NGC 2626 along the Vela Molecular Ridge Copyrighted
- Feb 3 Polaris and the Trail of Comet ZTF Copyrighted
- Feb 2 Reflections on the 1970s Copyrighted
- Feb 1 The Seventh World of Trappist-1 Copyrighted
January 2023 (30)
- Jan 31 A Triple View of Comet ZTF Copyrighted
- Jan 30 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble
- Jan 29 Barnard 68: Dark Molecular Cloud
- Jan 28 Comet ZTF over Mount Etna Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing Copyrighted
- Jan 26 Active Galaxy NGC 1275
- Jan 25 LDN 1622: The Boogeyman Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 23 The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274 Copyrighted
- Jan 22 In Green Company: Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Jan 21 Naked-eye Comet ZTF Copyrighted
- Jan 20 Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82 Copyrighted
- Jan 19 The Seagull Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 18 MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb
- Jan 17 Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 16 Moon Enhanced Copyrighted
- Jan 15 M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
- Jan 14 Perihelion Sun 2023 Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Young Star Cluster NGC 346
- Jan 12 Stardust in Perseus Copyrighted
- Jan 11 Spiral Aurora over Iceland Copyrighted
- Jan 10 NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Tails of Comet ZTF Copyrighted
- Jan 8 Where Your Elements Came From
- Jan 7 Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit Copyrighted
- Jan 6 Moon O'Clock 2022 Copyrighted
- Jan 5 Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione Copyrighted
- Jan 4 CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 3 Kemble's Cascade of Stars Copyrighted
- Jan 2 After Sunset Planet Parade Copyrighted
- Jan 1 The Largest Rock in our Solar System
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