ASTRONOMY PICTURE

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TAG NAME

Infrared

SEP 5, 2003

SIRTF Streak

SEP 7, 2003

The Galactic Center in Infrared

SEP 18, 2003

Saturn by Three

NOV 8, 2003

Eclipsed Moon in Infrared

DEC 19, 2003

Inside the Elephant’s Trunk

APR 11, 2004

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

MAY 20, 2004

Sharpless 140

JUN 24, 2004

The Galaxy Within Centaurus A

JUL 1, 2004

NGC 7331: A Galaxy So Inclined

JUL 6, 2004

Titan from Cassini in Infrared

OCT 8, 2004

Kepler’s SNR from Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer

OCT 14, 2004

Glimpse of a Globular Star Cluster

OCT 22, 2004

SOFIA’s Mirror

NOV 7, 2004

The Galactic Center in Infrared

JAN 6, 2005

UKIRT: Aloha Orion

JAN 13, 2005

Infrared Trifid

FEB 10, 2005

Red Saturn

MAR 11, 2005

Infrared Ring Nebula

APR 9, 2005

Inside the Elephant’s Trunk

APR 15, 2005

RCW 79: Stars in a Bubble

APR 19, 2005

Orion in Infrared

APR 23, 2005

Eclipsed Moon in Infrared

MAY 11, 2005

The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

JUN 2, 2005

Sculpting the South Pillar

JUN 15, 2005

Cassiopeia A Light Echoes in Infrared

SEP 1, 2005

One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725

OCT 15, 2005

Dusty Environs of Eta Carinae

OCT 20, 2005

The Andromeda Galaxy in Infrared

NOV 11, 2005

Mountains of Creation

NOV 24, 2005

Dusty NGC 1333

DEC 16, 2005

GLIMPSE the Milky Way

JAN 12, 2006

Infrared Helix

JAN 13, 2006

Stars of the Galactic Center

FEB 15, 2006

Rotating Titan in Infrared Light

MAR 4, 2006

The Galaxy Within Centaurus A

APR 14, 2006

Smoke from the Cigar Galaxy

MAY 13, 2006

Crumbling Comet

JUN 9, 2006

Infrared Andromeda

JUL 16, 2006

The Galactic Center in Infrared

AUG 18, 2006

Spitzer’s Orion

SEP 4, 2006

The Large Magellanic Cloud in Infrared

OCT 6, 2006

Dusty NGC 1333

OCT 12, 2006

Saturn’s Infrared Glow

DEC 14, 2006

Mountains of Titan

JAN 11, 2007

The Eagle Nebula in Infrared

JAN 21, 2007

The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

FEB 10, 2007

Stars of the Galactic Center

MAR 26, 2007

Bullet Pillars in Orion

APR 13, 2007

Seven Dusty Sisters

MAY 5, 2007

Sombrero Galaxy Across the Spectrum

MAY 12, 2007

HD 189733b: Hot Jupiter

MAY 30, 2007

Liquid Sea on Saturn’s Titan

MAY 31, 2007

Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster

JUN 27, 2007

Neon Saturn

JUL 7, 2007

Infrared Trifid

JUL 14, 2007

RCW 79: Stars in a Bubble

JUL 21, 2007

Infrared Andromeda

SEP 24, 2007

A Galactic Star Forming Region in Infrared

DEC 15, 2007

Mountains of Creation

DEC 29, 2007

Saturn’s Infrared Glow

JAN 31, 2008

Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2

FEB 15, 2008

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

MAR 13, 2008

Sculpting the South Pillar

MAY 1, 2008

The Giants of Omega Centauri

JUN 5, 2008

Spitzer’s Milky Way

AUG 29, 2008

Generations of Stars in W5

SEP 19, 2008

Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star

OCT 27, 2008

Beneath the South Pole of Saturn

NOV 6, 2008

A Sharper View of a Hazy Giant

JAN 7, 2009

The Galactic Core in Infrared

FEB 4, 2009

A Dangerous Summer on HD 80606b

JUN 12, 2009

SNR 0104: An Unusual Suspect

JUN 14, 2009

Stars at the Galactic Center

JUN 18, 2009

NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies

OCT 1, 2009

Carina Pillar and Jets

OCT 16, 2009

Herschel Views the Milky Way

NOV 13, 2009

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

DEC 9, 2009

HUDF Infrared: Dawn of the Galaxies

JAN 6, 2010

The Spotty Surface of Betelgeuse

JAN 7, 2010

The Tail of the Small Magellanic Cloud

JAN 8, 2010

The Mystery of the Fading Star

JAN 12, 2010

The Flame Nebula in Infrared

FEB 19, 2010

WISE Infrared Andromeda

APR 10, 2010

Spitzer’s Orion

MAY 30, 2010

The Galactic Center in Infrared from 2MASS

JUN 3, 2010

Jupiter from the Stratosphere

JUN 26, 2010

Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2

JUL 3, 2010

A Giant Planet for Beta Pic

SEP 30, 2010

Coreshine from a Dark Cloud

JAN 20, 2011

The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda

FEB 15, 2011

The North America Nebula in Infrared

APR 14, 2011

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

JUN 14, 2011

The Universe Nearby

AUG 19, 2011

Herschel’s Cocoon

AUG 30, 2011

The Coldest Brown Dwarf

SEP 2, 2011

Herschel Views the Milky Way

SEP 17, 2011

Spitzer’s Orion

OCT 1, 2011

Asteroids Near Earth

NOV 10, 2011

RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant

JAN 31, 2012

The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope

FEB 3, 2012

Inside the Eagle Nebula

MAY 17, 2012

Herschel’s Cygnus X

MAY 31, 2012

Lantern Saturn

JAN 10, 2013

The Orion Bullets

APR 22, 2013

The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble

SEP 21, 2013

Antares Rocket Launch

JAN 15, 2014

Spitzer’s Orion

SEP 12, 2014

Supernova Remnant Puppis A

DEC 9, 2014

The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared

DEC 13, 2014

The Infrared Visible Andromeda

JAN 18, 2015

The Galactic Core in Infrared

JAN 19, 2015

Infrared Orion from WISE

JAN 31, 2015

Yellow Balls in W33

MAR 8, 2015

Stars at the Galactic Center

JUL 5, 2015

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

JUL 10, 2015

Messier 43

JUL 25, 2015

Infrared Trifid

OCT 4, 2015

The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

JAN 17, 2016

The Galactic Center in Infrared

MAR 13, 2016

Neon Saturn

MAY 17, 2016

The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared

JUN 7, 2016

Night on Venus in Infrared from Orbiting Akatsuki

JUL 18, 2016

The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK-I

SEP 20, 2016

The Helix Nebula in Infrared

OCT 14, 2016

Herschel’s Orion

DEC 31, 2016

Infrared Trifid

MAR 18, 2017

JWST: Ghosts and Mirrors

APR 3, 2017

Saturn in Infrared from Cassini

APR 8, 2017

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

JAN 30, 2018

Venus at Night in Infrared from Akatsuki

FEB 21, 2018

Jupiter in Infrared from Hubble

APR 23, 2018

The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared

JUN 20, 2018

Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared

AUG 18, 2018

Seeing Titan

JAN 2, 2019

The Orion Nebula in Infrared from WISE

JAN 6, 2019

A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center

AUG 31, 2019

Spitzer’s Orion

NOV 2, 2019

Inside the Flame Nebula

NOV 17, 2019

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

FEB 2, 2020

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

APR 12, 2020

The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble

MAY 13, 2020

Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini

MAR 7, 2021

Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared

JUL 7, 2021

Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Infrared Light

NOV 19, 2021

NGC 281: Starless with Stars

JAN 21, 2022

Young Star Jet MHO 2147

MAY 23, 2022

The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda

JUL 24, 2022

Saturn in Infrared from Cassini

NOV 18, 2022

The Protostar within L1527

FEB 19, 2023

Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared

MAR 31, 2023

Seeing Titan

JUL 13, 2023

Webb’s Rho Ophiuchi

AUG 13, 2023

The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

FEB 6, 2024

NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble