ASTRONOMY PICTURE

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Galaxy

FEB 28, 2004

POX 186: Not So Long Ago

MAR 17, 2004

Redshift 10: Evidence for a New Farthest Galaxy

JUN 1, 2004

The Supergalactic Wind from Starburst Galaxy M82

JUL 18, 2004

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

SEP 6, 2004

C153 Takes the Plunge

DEC 11, 2004

M87’s Energetic Jet

DEC 30, 2004

M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field

MAR 27, 2005

The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

MAY 12, 2005

Stars, Galaxies, and Comet Tempel 1

JUN 18, 2005

Visitors’ Galaxy Gallery

JUL 25, 2005

Unusual Gas Filaments Surround Galaxy NGC 1275

AUG 25, 2005

Barred Spiral Milky Way

DEC 22, 2005

Andromeda Island Universe

JAN 8, 2006

Arp 188 and the Tadpole’s Tidal Tail

MAR 14, 2006

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

MAY 6, 2006

Three Galaxies in Draco

MAY 10, 2006

The Large Cloud of Magellan

JUN 12, 2006

Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866

OCT 19, 2006

SWAN Meets Galaxy

FEB 8, 2007

Galaxies Away

MAR 15, 2007

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

MAR 28, 2007

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

JUN 8, 2007

Markarian’s Eyes

AUG 6, 2007

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

AUG 7, 2007

Old Faithful Below a Yellowstone Sky

AUG 25, 2007

Just Passing Through

OCT 1, 2007

The Small Cloud of Magellan

OCT 8, 2007

Galaxy NGC 474: Cosmic Blender

OCT 17, 2007

I Zwicky 18: The Case of the Aging Galaxy

OCT 20, 2007

The Milky Road

NOV 4, 2007

The Closest Galaxy: Canis Major Dwarf

JAN 4, 2008

The Milky Way at 5000 Meters

APR 25, 2008

M86 in the Virgo Cluster

SEP 1, 2008

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

DEC 19, 2008

The Large Cloud of Magellan

DEC 29, 2008

NGC 1569: Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy

JAN 9, 2009

NGC 4945 in Centaurus

FEB 28, 2009

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

JUN 13, 2009

The Milky Road

JUL 1, 2009

Three Galaxies in Draco

JUL 2, 2009

Lyman Alpha Blob

AUG 29, 2009

NGC 7771 Galaxy Group

OCT 9, 2009

Starburst Galaxy IC 10

NOV 20, 2009

Meteor between the Clouds

DEC 3, 2009

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

DEC 25, 2009

A Graceful Arc

DEC 28, 2009

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

JAN 14, 2010

M94: A New Perspective

FEB 7, 2010

The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

MAR 30, 2010

Unusual Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313

JUL 17, 2010

Galaxies in the River

AUG 13, 2010

Arp 286: Trio in Virgo

AUG 20, 2010

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

SEP 3, 2010

The Small Cloud of Magellan

OCT 16, 2010

The Large Cloud of Magellan

DEC 19, 2010

M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind

JAN 18, 2011

Kona Galaxy Garden

JAN 22, 2011

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

JAN 24, 2011

Phobos’ South Pole from Mars Express

MAY 31, 2011

Jets from Unusual Galaxy Centaurus A

SEP 24, 2011

Mangaia’s Milky Way

NOV 24, 2011

Caught in the Afterglow

NOV 29, 2011

Across the Center of Centaurus A

DEC 21, 2011

A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble

JAN 4, 2012

Starburst Galaxy IC 10

JAN 26, 2012

NGC 4449: Star Stream for a Dwarf Galaxy

JAN 27, 2012

NGC 3239 and SN 2012A

FEB 16, 2012

NGC 5965 and NGC 5963 in Draco

FEB 20, 2012

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1073

MAR 25, 2012

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

MAR 26, 2012

M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind

MAY 12, 2012

The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies

NOV 10, 2012

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

FEB 2, 2013

Herschel’s Andromeda

MAY 7, 2013

Galaxy Cove Vista

JUN 1, 2013

The Milky Trail

JUL 28, 2013

Hoag’s Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy

SEP 27, 2013

Andromeda on the Rocks

OCT 9, 2013

Arp 94

OCT 16, 2013

Three Galaxies in Draco

FEB 8, 2014

NGC 5101 and Friends

APR 21, 2014

Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841

MAY 13, 2014

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

JUL 7, 2014

J1502+1115: A Triple Black Hole Galaxy

NOV 5, 2014

NGC 4762: A Galaxy on the Edge

NOV 8, 2014

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

DEC 5, 2014

Milky Way over Moon Valley

JAN 27, 2015

Our Galaxy’s Magnetic Field from Planck

FEB 19, 2015

Palomar 12

MAY 21, 2015

NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies

JAN 9, 2016

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

FEB 10, 2016

Galaxies in the River

FEB 21, 2016

M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind

MAR 9, 2016

Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866

MAR 24, 2016

Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus

MAY 25, 2016

NGC 5078 and Friends

JUL 6, 2016

Arp 286: Trio in Virgo

AUG 26, 2016

The Milky Way Sets

OCT 18, 2016

The Antlia Cluster of Galaxies

FEB 17, 2017

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

AUG 17, 2017

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

OCT 12, 2017

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

OCT 27, 2017

Mirach’s Ghost

JAN 25, 2018

Cartwheel of Fortune

MAY 10, 2018

Galaxies in the River

MAY 16, 2018

Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud

MAY 25, 2018

Galaxies Away

JUN 7, 2018

The Clash of NGC 3256

JUN 22, 2018

Galaxy in a Crystal Ball

JUL 25, 2018

The Edge-On Spindle Galaxy

OCT 9, 2018

NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

DEC 28, 2018

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

FEB 1, 2019

Twin Galaxies in Virgo

JUL 23, 2019

M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind

FEB 19, 2020

UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known

JAN 17, 2021

Jets from Unusual Galaxy Centaurus A

JUN 10, 2022

Arp 286: Trio in Virgo

JUN 11, 2022

The Road and the Milky Way

FEB 16, 2023

The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies

MAR 7, 2023

Deep Field: The Large Magellanic Cloud

AUG 23, 2023

The Meteor and the Galaxy

MAY 21, 2024

CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy