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Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University (MTU). According to the website, "Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer."[1] The photograph does not necessarily correspond to a celestial event on the exact day that it is displayed, and images are sometimes repeated.[2] However, the pictures and descriptions often relate to current events in astronomy and space exploration. The text has several hyperlinks to more pictures and websites for more information. The images are either visible spectrum photographs, images taken at non-visible wavelengths and displayed in false color, video footage, animations, artist's conceptions, or micrographs that relate to space or cosmology. Past images are stored in the APOD Archive, with the first image appearing on June 16, 1995.[3] This initiative has received support from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and MTU. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, unlike many other NASA image galleries.[4]
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared
When the APOD website was created, it received a total of 14 page views on its first day. As of 2012[update], the APOD website has received over a billion image views throughout its lifetime.[5] APOD is also translated into 21 languages daily.[6]
APOD was presented at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in 1996.[7] Its practice of using hypertext[2] was analyzed in a paper in 2000.[8] It received a Scientific American Sci/Tech Web Award in 2001.[9] In 2002, the website was featured in an interview with Nemiroff on CNNSaturday Morning News.[10] In 2003, the two authors published a book titled The Universe: 365 Days[11] from Harry N. Abrams, which is a collection of the best images from APOD as a hardcover "coffee table" style book. APOD was the Featured Collection in the November 2004 issue of D-Lib Magazine.[12]
^"About APOD". APOD. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
^. American Astronomical Society. 1996. Archived from the original on September 7, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
^Carr, Leslie; Hall, Wendy; Miles-Board, Timothy (February 29, 2000). . Technical Report, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. Archived from the original on December 11, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
^"Sci/Tech Web Awards 2001—Astronomy and Astrophysics". Scientific American. May 14, 2001. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
^"Saturday Morning News — Astronomy Picture of Day transcript". CNN. September 21, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
^The Universe: 365 Days: Robert J. Nemiroff, Jerry T. Bonnell: Books
^"How to follow APOD during a US government shutdown – Starship Asterisk*".
^APOD mirror October 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessdate October, 4th, 2013
^"Klumpke-Roberts Award of The Astronomical Society of the Pacific". Astronomical Society.
^"The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces Its 2015 Award Recipients For Astronomy Research And Education". Astronomical Society.
^"IAU Announces Winners of First Prizes for Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education". International Astronomical Union. June 9, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^"NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day Recognized for Decades of Outreach". Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA. June 22, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed – Official RSS feed
Official list of alternative (mirror) sites for when the NASA APOD site is down
Observatorio – Spanish official translation, with web2.0 features
Starship Asterisk* – APOD and General Astronomy Discussion Forum
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) – Official Facebook Page
Astronomy Picture of the Day App – Official iOS mirror
APOD email service
List of APOD Mirrors and Social Sites
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APOD redirects here For the gene see APOD gene Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University MTU According to the website Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer 1 The photograph does not necessarily correspond to a celestial event on the exact day that it is displayed and images are sometimes repeated 2 However the pictures and descriptions often relate to current events in astronomy and space exploration The text has several hyperlinks to more pictures and websites for more information The images are either visible spectrum photographs images taken at non visible wavelengths and displayed in false color video footage animations artist s conceptions or micrographs that relate to space or cosmology Past images are stored in the APOD Archive with the first image appearing on June 16 1995 3 This initiative has received support from NASA the National Science Foundation and MTU The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted unlike many other NASA image galleries 4 Astronomy Picture of the DayThe APOD website on 31 December 2016 displaying that day s astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infraredType of sitePhotography websiteAvailable inEnglish primary OwnerNASA and MTUCreated byRobert J Nemiroff and Jerry BonnellURLapod wbr nasa wbr govCommercialNoLaunchedJune 16 1995 27 years ago 1995 06 16 Current statusActiveWhen the APOD website was created it received a total of 14 page views on its first day As of 2012 update the APOD website has received over a billion image views throughout its lifetime 5 APOD is also translated into 21 languages daily 6 APOD was presented at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in 1996 7 Its practice of using hypertext 2 was analyzed in a paper in 2000 8 It received a Scientific American Sci Tech Web Award in 2001 9 In 2002 the website was featured in an interview with Nemiroff on CNN Saturday Morning News 10 In 2003 the two authors published a book titled The Universe 365 Days 11 from Harry N Abrams which is a collection of the best images from APOD as a hardcover coffee table style book APOD was the Featured Collection in the November 2004 issue of D Lib Magazine 12 During the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 APOD continued its service on mirror sites 13 14 Dr Robert J Nemiroff and Dr Jerry T Bonnell were awarded the 2015 Klumpke Roberts Award by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding contributions to public understanding and appreciation of astronomy for their work on APOD 15 16 The site was awarded the International Astronomical Union s 2022 Astronomy Outreach Prize 17 18 Pictures Edit Welcome to Planet Earth March 25 2007 19 July 13 2010 20 Shadow of a Opportunity August 3 2004 21 February 4 2007 22 June 29 2008 23 May 8 2011 24 March 29 2015 25 February 17 2019 26 Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan October 23 2012 27 October 18 2015 28 M16 Pillars of Star Creation November 6 1995 29 January 19 1997 30 April 12 1998 31 May 2 1999 32 September 24 2000 33 November 25 2001 34 October 26 2003 35 April 24 2005 36 February 18 2007 37 March 28 2010 38 July 22 2012 39 April 24 2016 40 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars July 16 1995 41 July 20 1995 42 June 27 1997 43 August 27 2002 44 August 24 2003 45 July 30 2006 46 March 27 2011 47 May 11 2014 48 May 29 2016 49 A Roll Cloud over Uruguay January 5 2010 50 June 2 2013 51 June 12 2016 52 The Cat s Eye Nebula June 28 1995 53 July 4 1996 54 August 2 1997 55 November 1 1998 56 October 31 1999 57 March 24 2002 58 November 12 2006 59 December 27 2009 60 August 26 2012 61 July 3 2016 62 Infrared Trifid January 13 2005 63 July 7 2007 64 July 25 2015 65 December 31 2016 66 Zeta Oph Runaway Star December 29 2012 67 July 5 2015 68 April 8 2017 69 Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 April 12 2006 70 November 9 2008 71 March 14 2010 72 September 28 2014 73 October 22 2017 74 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula April 25 2005 75 December 9 2007 76 August 21 2011 77 September 29 2013 78 December 2 2018 79 The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral October 22 2001 80 June 4 2006 81 October 1 2008 82 July 19 2015 83 October 1 2018 84 The Origin of Elements sourced from Wikimedia Commons August 9 2020 85 October 17 2017 86 January 25 2016 87 References Edit Nemiroff Robert Jerry Bonnell April 3 2007 APOD homepage NASA Archived from the original on 29 December 2010 Retrieved December 30 2010 a b Nemiroff Robert Jerry Bonnell APOD Frequently Asked Questions NASA Retrieved December 30 2010 Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 16 June 1995 Neutron Star Earth Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Retrieved February 18 2017 Nemiroff Robert Jerry Bonnell About APOD Image Permissions NASA Retrieved December 30 2010 Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 16 June 2012 APOD Turns 17 Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Retrieved September 25 2012 About APOD APOD Retrieved September 25 2012 AAS Meeting 187th Program American Astronomical Society 1996 Archived from the original on September 7 2007 Retrieved April 3 2007 Carr Leslie Hall Wendy Miles Board Timothy February 29 2000 Writing and Reading Hypermedia on the Web Technical Report Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Archived from the original on December 11 2005 Retrieved April 3 2007 Sci Tech Web Awards 2001 Astronomy and Astrophysics Scientific American May 14 2001 Retrieved April 3 2007 Saturday Morning News Astronomy Picture of Day transcript CNN September 21 2002 Retrieved April 3 2007 The Universe 365 Days Robert J Nemiroff Jerry T Bonnell Books Wilson Bonita November 2004 Featured Collection D Lib Magazine 10 11 doi 10 1045 november2004 featured collection How to follow APOD during a US government shutdown Starship Asterisk APOD mirror Archived October 3 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessdate October 4th 2013 Klumpke Roberts Award of The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Astronomical Society The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces Its 2015 Award Recipients For Astronomy Research And Education Astronomical Society IAU Announces Winners of First Prizes for Astronomy Outreach Development and Education International Astronomical Union June 9 2022 Retrieved September 12 2022 NASA s Astronomy Picture of the Day Recognized for Decades of Outreach Goddard Space Flight Center NASA June 22 2022 Retrieved September 12 2022 Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 25 March 2007 Welcome to Planet Earth Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 13 July 2010 Mosaic Welcome to Planet Earth Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 3 August 2004 Shadow of a Martian Robot Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 4 February 2007 Shadow of a Martian Robot Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 29 June 2008 Shadow of a Martian Robot Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 8 May 2011 Shadow of a Martian Robot Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 29 March 2015 Shadow of a Martian Robot Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 17 February 2019 Shadow of a Martian Robot Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 23 October 2012 Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 18 October 2015 Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 6 November 1995 M16 Stars Upon Pillars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 19 January 1997 From Eagle s EGGs A Star Is Born Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 12 April 1998 Stars from Eagle s EGGs Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 2 May 1999 Stars from Eagle s EGGs Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 24 September 2000 M16 Stars from Eagle s EGGs Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 25 November 2001 M16 Stars from Eagle s EGGs Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 26 October 2003 M16 Stars from Eagle s EGGs Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 24 April 2005 M16 Stars from Eagle s EGGs Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 18 February 2007 M16 Pillars of Creation Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 28 March 2010 M16 Pillars of Creation Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 22 July 2012 M16 Pillars of Creation Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 24 April 2016 M16 Pillars of Star Creation Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 16 July 1995 The Exploration of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 20 July 1995 The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 27 June 1997 Mars Just The Facts Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 27 August 2002 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 24 August 2003 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 30 July 2006 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 27 March 2011 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 11 May 2014 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 29 May 2016 Valles Marineris The Grand Canyon of Mars Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 5 January 2010 A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 2 June 2013 A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 12 June 2016 A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 28 June 1995 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 4 July 1996 The Cat s Eye Nebula Revisited Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 2 August 1997 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 1 November 1998 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 31 October 1999 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 24 March 2002 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 12 November 2006 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 27 December 2009 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 26 August 2012 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 3 July 2016 The Cat s Eye Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 13 January 2005 Infrared Trifid Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 7 July 2007 Infrared Trifid Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 25 July 2015 Infrared Trifid Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 31 December 2016 Infrared Trifid Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 29 December 2012 Zeta Oph Runaway Star Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 5 July 2015 Zeta Oph Runaway Star Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 8 April 2017 Zeta Oph Runaway Star Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 12 April 2006 Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 9 November 2008 Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 14 March 2010 Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 28 September 2014 Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 22 October 2017 Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA APOD 2005 April 25 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2007 December 9 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2011 August 21 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2013 September 29 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2018 December 2 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2005 April 25 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2006 June 4 The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2007 December 9 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2011 August 21 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2013 September 29 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula apod nasa gov Retrieved 2019 07 18 APOD 2020 August 9 the Origin of Elements APOD 2017 October 24 Where Your Elements Came from APOD 2016 January 25 Where Your Elements Came from External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Astronomy Picture of the Day Official website APOD Archive About APOD includes a list of mirror websites Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed Official RSS feed Official list of alternative mirror sites for when the NASA APOD site is down Observatorio Spanish official translation with web2 0 features Starship Asterisk APOD and General Astronomy Discussion Forum Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD Official Facebook Page Astronomy Picture of the Day App Official iOS mirror APOD email service List of APOD Mirrors and Social Sites Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Astronomy Picture of the Day amp oldid 1128911537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
