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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
APOD: 2026 September 19 Á A Zodiacal Night
19.09.2026
Also known as the false dawn, a luminous band of zodiacal light is captured in this dark night skyscape. The serene view was recorded just before the beginning of astronomical twilight during September's star party at the remote Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, Ladakh, India, planet Earth.
APOD: 2026 September 18 Á Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy
18.09.2026
The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, Messier 33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way.
A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
17.09.2026
This treasure chest is full of stars. The featured image was obtained with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and shows a dust pilar in the Carina Nebula inside our Galaxy, roughly 7500 light-years away.
APOD: 2026 September 16 Á Webb's View of M64
16.09.2026
Sometimes where Hubble finds darkness, Webb sees light. An example is todayÁs composite images of Messier 64 (M64), a nearby spiral galaxy of many names. The dark band of dust partially blocking its bright core earned it the moniker Áthe Black Eye Galaxy.
APOD: 2026 September 15 Á A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus
15.09.2026
There was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy, France. But soon, it was not only the Moon. As expected, a bright dot suddenly appeared from behind the Moon -- the planet Venus far in the distance.
APOD: 2026 September 14 Á Where Your Elements Came From
14.09.2026
The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen.
APOD: 2026 September 12 Á Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
12.09.2026
Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin.
APOD: 2026 September 11 Á M83: The Southern Pinwheel
11.09.2026
Beautiful and bright spiral galaxy M83 lies some twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. Prominent spiral arms traced by dark dust lanes and blue star clusters lend this galaxy its popular name, the Southern Pinwheel.
LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula
10.09.2026
What does this image look like to you? Many see a giraffe facing right, with neck stretched high and long legs mid-stride (but some may see a squirrel instead). The featured image shows LDN 1295, also called the Giraffe Nebula, in the constellation of the mythical queen of Aethiopia (Cassiopeia).
APOD: 2026 September 8 Á Hubble: Decagon Around Saturns South Pole
8.09.2026
Why are SaturnÁs poles geometric? SaturnÁs North Pole has been known to be surrounded by a hexagonal (6 sides) cloud since discovery in 1987 in data taken by NASAÁs Voyager spacecrafts, which quickly flew past the ringed world in the early 1980s.
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