Episodes

In today's image, we see a young star cluster as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. Here we can look for lower mass stars and brown dwarf stars which emit primarily the infrared light which the JWST is designed to detect. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select th...

In today's image, we see a number of different objects in the sky over the Tatra Mountains. This includes our Milky Way, including many stars and nebulae which are part of our galaxy and some meteors which are within our own atmosphere. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to s...

In today's image, we see the region around the constellation of Orion. This includes the Horsehead Nebula, which is close to the belt of Orion and the Orion Nebula, which is part of Orion's sword. In addition, there are a number of other nebulae visible in this star forming region. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You...

In today's image, we see an image of the planet Mars from space. Here we see one of the moon - Phobos as well as craters and volcanos on the surface of Mars. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments ...

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as M31 or more popularly known as the Andromeda Galaxy. This is the nearest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome ...

In today's image, we see the small moon of Mars, known as Deimos. This moon is likely a captured asteroid that happened to wander into the gravitational field of Mars and become captured. Deimos was not discovered until about 150 years ago. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image ...

In today's image, we see the planet Neptune as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is the first imaging of the rings of Neptune since the Voyager 2 craft flew by the ice giant in 1989. The bright object to the upper left is the large moon, Triton. Several other of Neptune's moon as also visible in the image. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly...

In today's image, we see the nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 247. In addition, there are many other galaxies in the image, including four in a straight line slightly below and to the left of the chain. These are known as Burbidge's Chain. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image ...

In today's image, we see a portion of the Veil Supernova remnant known as the Bat Nebula. This is some of the debris left behind by a star which exploded long ago and has been expelled out into the interstellar medium. This will become parts of future generations of stars. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use ...

In today's image, we see the third quarter moon toward the bottom of the image and the Pleiades star cluster to the right. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcast...

In today's image, we see a recent prominence in the shape of a triangle which was observed to be hovering over the surface of our Sun. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about t...

In today's image, we see our moon as a thin, waning crescent. A thin cloud in Earth's atmosphere happens to be passing in front of our Moon, giving it a resemblance to the planet Saturn. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this ...

In today's image, we see the Galaxy group containing the spiral galaxy known as NGC 7771. The two larger spiral galaxies here are interacting and will eventually merge in to a single larger galaxy. The IFN refers to Integrated Flux Nebulae. These consist of dust slightly above the plane of our galaxy and are sometimes clawed galactic cirrus. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the ima...

In today's image, we see the region around the South Pole of our Moon. The region is very heavily cratered. We can see a number of older craters which are becoming quite worn over billions of years and a relatively young crate with the prominent central peak still visible. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use ...

In today's image, we see the star forming region known as Messier 17. This is essentially a factory where stars are being created from the gas and dust in space, as the materials are pulled together under gravity. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresp...

In today's image, we see the Tulip Nebula, an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. Also in the image is the black hole known as Cygnus X-1. This is one of the closer black holes to Earth and one of the first confirmed to exist. The star is the companion star around the black hole. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Pictu...

In today's image, we see our moon passing in front of Saturn in what is called an occultation or eclipse. Because of the positioning, this will occur every month for the rest of the year and can be seen at specific locations on Earth. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to sel...

In today's image, we see a video clip showing a number of the Perseid meteors from the shower in 2023. The meteors are small bits of a comet, left behind in its orbit, which are vaporized when it strikes Earth's upper atmosphere. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select t...

In today's image, we see one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. This moon as relatively fresh and recently formed features known as tiger stripes showing that the moon has been recently active. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of thi...

In today's image, we see the shadow cast by Earth setting opposite to the rising Sun which would be behind the observer here. The full moon, visible here, would be considered a supermoon, which occurs when the full moon occurs when the Moon is closest to Earth in its orbit. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use...

In today's image, we see the remnant of a star that would have been observed to explode on Earth around 10,000 years ago. The material from the star has been expanding out into space and gives the structure that we see today. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the p...

In today's image, we see cometary globule in the constellation of Scorpius. In this region, we see dark nebula, reflection nebulae, and emission nebulae. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and ...

In today's image, we see a map of the entire sky as imaged in Gamma rays by the Fermi Space Telescope. The red line across the middle is our own Milky Way and the dots scattered around the image are gamma ray emission from distant galaxies. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image ...

In today's image, we see the supermoon rising out in the distance beyond the Temple of Poseidon. This is also a blue moon which is the third of four full moons in a season. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I we...