Astronomy Picture of the Day
{{Short description|NASA and MTU website}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = Astronomy Picture of the Day
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| screenshot = APOD161231-InfraredTrifid.png
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| collapsetext = Homepage screenshot
| caption = The APOD website on 31 December 2016, displaying that day's astronomy picture of Trifid Nebula in infrared
| url = {{URL|https://apod.nasa.gov}}
| commercial = No
| type = Photography website
| registration =
| language = English (primary)
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| author = Robert J. Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1995|06|16}}
| revenue =
| current_status = Active
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Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University (MTU). It reads: "Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer."{{Cite web|last=Nemiroff|first=Robert|author2=Jerry Bonnell|title=APOD homepage|publisher=NASA|date=April 3, 2007|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/|access-date=December 30, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101229011541/http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/| archive-date= 29 December 2010 | url-status= live}}
The photograph does not necessarily correspond to a celestial event on the exact day that it is displayed, and images are sometimes repeated.{{Cite web|last=Nemiroff|first=Robert|author2=Jerry Bonnell|title=APOD Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=NASA|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap_faq.html|access-date=December 30, 2010}}
These 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.{{Cite APOD|title=Neutron Star Earth|date=16 June 1995|access-date=February 18, 2017}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Nemiroff|first=Robert|author2=Jerry Bonnell|title=About APOD Image Permissions|publisher=NASA|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply|access-date=December 30, 2010}}
When the APOD website was created, it received a total of 14 page views on its first day. {{As of|2012}}, the APOD website has received over a billion image views throughout its lifetime.{{Cite APOD|title=APOD Turns 17|date=16 June 2012|access-date=September 25, 2012}} APOD is also translated into 21 languages daily.{{Cite web|title=About APOD|publisher=APOD|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html|access-date=September 25, 2012}}
APOD was presented at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in 1996.{{Cite web|title=AAS Meeting 187th Program |publisher=American Astronomical Society |date=1996 |url=http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v27n4/aas187/S005006.html |access-date=April 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907221350/http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v27n4/aas187/S005006.html |archive-date=September 7, 2007 }} Its practice of using hypertext was analyzed in a paper in 2000.{{Cite web|last1=Carr|first1=Leslie|first2=Wendy|last2=Hall|first3=Timothy|last3=Miles-Board|title=Writing and Reading Hypermedia on the Web|publisher=Technical Report, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton|date=February 29, 2000|url=http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/2643/01/WRWH.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051211104513/http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/2643/01/WRWH.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 11, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2007}} It received a Scientific American Sci/Tech Web Award in 2001.{{Cite web|title=Sci/Tech Web Awards 2001—Astronomy and Astrophysics|publisher=Scientific American|date=May 14, 2001|url=http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00049BA0-DDBD-1CF3-93F6809EC5880000|access-date=April 3, 2007}} In 2002, the website was featured in an interview with Nemiroff on CNN Saturday Morning News.{{Cite web|title=Saturday Morning News — Astronomy Picture of Day transcript|publisher=CNN|date=September 21, 2002|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/21/smn.06.html|access-date=April 3, 2007}} In 2003, the two authors published a book titled The Universe: 365 DaysThe Universe: 365 Days: Robert J. Nemiroff, Jerry T. Bonnell: Books 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.{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Bonita|title=Featured Collection|journal=D-Lib Magazine|volume=10|issue=11|date=November 2004|doi=10.1045/november2004-featured.collection|doi-access=free |url=https://www.dlib.org/dlib/november04/11featured-collection.html}}
During the United States federal government shutdown of 2013, APOD continued its service on mirror sites.{{cite web|url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32210|title=How to follow APOD during a US government shutdown – Starship Asterisk*}}[http://asterisk.apod.com/library/APOD/APOD%20mirror/APOD%20Asterisk%20Mirror.html APOD mirror] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003185001/http://asterisk.apod.com/library/APOD/APOD%20mirror/APOD%20Asterisk%20Mirror.html |date=October 3, 2013 }} accessdate October, 4th, 2013
Robert J. Nemiroff and 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/klumpke-roberts-award-of-the-astronomical-society-of-the-pacific/|title=Klumpke-Roberts Award of The Astronomical Society of the Pacific|publisher=Astronomical Society}}{{cite web|url=https://www.astrosociety.org/society-news/the-astronomical-society-of-the-pacific-announces-its-2015-award-recipients-for-astronomy-research-and-education/#klumpke|title=The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces Its 2015 Award Recipients For Astronomy Research And Education|publisher=Astronomical Society}} The site was awarded the International Astronomical Union's 2022 Astronomy Outreach Prize.{{Cite news |date=June 9, 2022 |title=IAU Announces Winners of First Prizes for Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education |work=International Astronomical Union |url=https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau2206/ |access-date=September 12, 2022}}{{Cite news |date=June 22, 2022 |title=NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day Recognized for Decades of Outreach |work=Goddard Space Flight Center |publisher=NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-astronomy-picture-of-the-day-recognized-for-decades-of-outreach |access-date=September 12, 2022}}
Pictures
File:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|Welcome to Planet Earth (March 25, 2007;{{Cite APOD |date=25 March 2007 |title=Welcome to Planet Earth }} July 13, 2010{{Cite APOD |date=13 July 2010 |title=Mosaic: Welcome to Planet Earth }})
File:Opportunity's shadow sol 180 (PIA06739).jpg|Shadow of a Martian robot (August 3, 2004;{{Cite APOD |date=3 August 2004 |title=Shadow of a Martian Robot }} February 4, 2007;{{Cite APOD |date=4 February 2007 |title=Shadow of a Martian Robot }} June 29, 2008;{{Cite APOD |date=29 June 2008 |title=Shadow of a Martian Robot }} May 8, 2011;{{Cite APOD |date=8 May 2011 |title=Shadow of a Martian Robot }} March 29, 2015;{{Cite APOD |date=29 March 2015 |title=Shadow of a Martian Robot }} February 17, 2019{{Cite APOD |date=17 February 2019 |title=Shadow of a Martian Robot }})
File:Mammatus clouds regina sk june 2012.JPG|Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan (October 23, 2012;{{Cite APOD |date=23 October 2012 |title=Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan }} October 18, 2015{{Cite APOD |date=18 October 2015 |title=Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan }})
File:Eagle nebula pillars.jpg|M16: Pillars of Star Creation (November 6, 1995;{{Cite APOD |date=6 November 1995 |title=M16: Stars Upon Pillars }} January 19, 1997;{{Cite APOD |date=19 January 1997 |title=From Eagle's EGGs A Star Is Born }} April 12, 1998;{{Cite APOD |date=12 April 1998 |title=Stars from Eagle's EGGs }} May 2, 1999;{{Cite APOD |date=2 May 1999 |title=Stars from Eagle's EGGs }} September 24, 2000;{{Cite APOD |date=24 September 2000 |title=M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs }} November 25, 2001;{{Cite APOD |date=25 November 2001 |title=M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs }} October 26, 2003;{{Cite APOD |date=26 October 2003 |title=M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs }} April 24, 2005;{{Cite APOD |date=24 April 2005 |title=M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs }} February 18, 2007;{{Cite APOD |date=18 February 2007 |title=M16: Pillars of Creation }} March 28, 2010;{{Cite APOD |date=28 March 2010 |title=M16: Pillars of Creation }} July 22, 2012;{{Cite APOD |date=22 July 2012 |title=M16: Pillars of Creation }} April 24, 2016{{Cite APOD |date=24 April 2016 |title=M16: Pillars of Star Creation }})
File:Mars Valles Marineris.jpeg|Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars (July 16, 1995;{{Cite APOD |date=16 July 1995 |title=The Exploration of Mars }} July 20, 1995;{{Cite APOD |date=20 July 1995 |title=The Grand Canyon of Mars }} June 27, 1997;{{Cite APOD |date=27 June 1997 |title=Mars: Just The Facts }} August 27, 2002;{{Cite APOD |date=27 August 2002 |title=Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars }} August 24, 2003;{{Cite APOD |date=24 August 2003 |title=Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars }} July 30, 2006;{{Cite APOD |date=30 July 2006 |title=Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars }} March 27, 2011;{{Cite APOD |date=27 March 2011 |title=Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars }} May 11, 2014;{{Cite APOD |date=11 May 2014 |title=Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars }} May 29, 2016{{Cite APOD |date=29 May 2016 |title=Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars }})
File:Roll-cloud.JPG|A Roll Cloud over Uruguay (January 5, 2010;{{Cite APOD |date=5 January 2010 |title=A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay }} June 2, 2013;{{Cite APOD |date=2 June 2013 |title=A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay }} June 12, 2016{{Cite APOD |date=12 June 2016 |title=A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay }})
File:Cat's Eye Nebula.jpg|The Cat's Eye Nebula (June 28, 1995;{{Cite APOD |date=28 June 1995 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} July 4, 1996;{{Cite APOD |date=4 July 1996 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula (Revisited) }} August 2, 1997;{{Cite APOD |date=2 August 1997 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} November 1, 1998;{{Cite APOD |date=1 November 1998 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} October 31, 1999;{{Cite APOD |date=31 October 1999 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} March 24, 2002;{{Cite APOD |date=24 March 2002 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} November 12, 2006;{{Cite APOD |date=12 November 2006 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} December 27, 2009;{{Cite APOD |date=27 December 2009 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} August 26, 2012;{{Cite APOD |date=26 August 2012 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }} July 3, 2016{{Cite APOD |date=3 July 2016 |title=The Cat's Eye Nebula }})
File:Trifid Nebula.jpg|Infrared Trifid (January 13, 2005;{{Cite APOD |date=13 January 2005 |title=Infrared Trifid }} July 7, 2007;{{Cite APOD |date=7 July 2007 |title=Infrared Trifid }} July 25, 2015;{{Cite APOD |date=25 July 2015 |title=Infrared Trifid }} December 31, 2016{{Cite APOD |date=31 December 2016 |title=Infrared Trifid }})
File:Zeta Oph Runaway Star.jpg|Zeta Oph: Runaway Star (December 29, 2012;{{Cite APOD |date=29 December 2012 |title=Zeta Oph: Runaway Star }} July 5, 2015;{{Cite APOD |date=5 July 2015 |title=Zeta Oph: Runaway Star }} April 8, 2017{{Cite APOD |date=8 April 2017 |title=Zeta Oph: Runaway Star }})
File:3C75 in Radio+Xray.jpg|Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 (April 12, 2006;{{Cite APOD |date=12 April 2006 |title=Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 }} November 9, 2008;{{Cite APOD |date=9 November 2008 |title=Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 }} March 14, 2010;{{Cite APOD |date=14 March 2010 |title=Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 }} September 28, 2014;{{Cite APOD |date=28 September 2014 |title=Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 }} October 22, 2017{{Cite APOD |date=22 October 2017 |title=Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75 }})
File:Fairy of Eagle Nebula.jpg|The Fairy of Eagle Nebula (April 25, 2005;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050425.html|title=APOD: 2005 April 25 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} December 9, 2007;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071209.html|title=APOD: 2007 December 9 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} August 21, 2011;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110821.html|title=APOD: 2011 August 21 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} September 29, 2013;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130929.html|title=APOD: 2013 September 29 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} December 2, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181202.html|title=APOD: 2018 December 2 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}})
File:Bumper8 launch-GPN-2000-000613.jpg|The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral (October 22, 2001;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050425.html|title=APOD: 2005 April 25 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} June 4, 2006;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060604.html|title=APOD: 2006 June 4 - The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} October 1, 2008;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071209.html|title=APOD: 2007 December 9 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} July 19, 2015;{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110821.html|title=APOD: 2011 August 21 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}} October 1, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130929.html|title=APOD: 2013 September 29 - The Fairy of Eagle Nebula|website=apod.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-07-18}})
File:Nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg|The Origin of Elements, sourced from Wikimedia Commons (August 9, 2020;{{Cite web|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200809.html|title=APOD: 2020 August 9 - the Origin of Elements}} October 17, 2017;{{Cite web|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171024.html|title=APOD: 2017 October 24 - Where Your Elements Came from}} January 25, 2016{{Cite web|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160125.html|title=APOD: 2016 January 25 - Where Your Elements Came from}})
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Astronomy Picture of the Day}}
- {{official website|http://apod.nasa.gov/}}
- [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html APOD Archive]
- [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html About APOD] – includes a list of mirror websites
- [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed] – Official RSS feed
- [http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/lib/about_apod.html Official list of alternative (mirror) sites for when the NASA APOD site is down]
- [http://observatorio.info Observatorio] – Spanish official translation, with web2.0 features
- [http://asterisk.apod.com Starship Asterisk*] – APOD and General Astronomy Discussion Forum
- [https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyPictureOfTheDay Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)] – Official Facebook Page
- [https://www.t.me/apod_telegram Official APOD Telegram channel] - Official channel in Telegram Messenger
- [http://apodapp.com Astronomy Picture of the Day App] – Official iOS mirror
- [https://apodemail.appspot.com APOD email service]
- [https://www.facebook.com/notes/astronomy-picture-of-the-day-apod/apod-mirrors-and-social-sites/406253482743452 List of APOD Mirrors and Social Sites]
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