NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
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2023 May 28 - Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
In today's image, we see the asteroid Ida with its moon, Dactyl. This moon was discovered in 1993 when the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid on...
2023 May 27 - Crescent Neptune and Triton
In today's image, we see Neptune and its large moon Triton as timed by the Voyager 2 spacecraft back in 1989. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have...
2023 May 26 - Virgo Cluster Galaxies
In today's image, we see part of the Virgo galaxy cluster including the giant elliptical galaxy M87 which is near the lower part of the image. We also...
2023 May 25 - Cat's Eye Wide and Deep
In today's image, we see the Cat's Eye Nebula, an example of a planetary nebula which is the end state of a star much like our own Sun. In this deep...
2023 May 24 - Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
In today's image, we see Lick Observatory, where the moon Amalthea was discovered visually (just by looking through the telescope, not using any photographic...
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