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NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

These podcasts are my discussion of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. These are brief (3-5 minute) audio summaries of the picture posted on NASA's Picture of the Day website: APOD. Video versions of these are available on YouTube. I use these as the introduction to each of my introductory astronomy classes. Students will be able to access them here to review what was discussed in class. I appreciate any comments or suggestions which can be sent to: [email protected].

2024 November 19 - Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory

0 secs; November 19, 2024

2024 November 18 - Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula

0 secs; November 18, 2024

2024 November 17 - LDN 1741: A Windblown Star Cavity

0 secs; November 17, 2024

2024 November 16 - Pluto at Night

0 secs; November 16, 2024

2024 November 15 - Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3

0 secs; November 15, 2024

2024 November 14 - IC 348 and Barnard 3

0 secs; November 14, 2024

2024 November 13 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb

0 secs; November 13, 2024

2024 November 12 - NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula

0 secs; November 12, 2024

2024 November 11 - The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

0 secs; November 11, 2024

2024 November 10 - Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars

0 secs; November 10, 2024

2024 November 09 - Neptune at Night

0 secs; November 09, 2024

2024 November 08 - Helping Hand in Cassiopeia

0 secs; November 08, 2024

2024 November 07 - Shell Galaxies in Pisces

0 secs; November 07, 2024

2024 November 06 - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the Dolomites

0 secs; November 06, 2024

2024 November 05 - Milky Way over Easter Island

0 secs; November 05, 2024

2024 November 04 - M42: The Great Nebula in Orion

0 secs; November 04, 2024

2024 November 03 - Jupiter Abyss

0 secs; November 03, 2024

2024 November 02 - Saturn at Night

0 secs; November 02, 2024

2024 November 01 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

0 secs; November 01, 2024

2024 October 31 - Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula

0 secs; October 31, 2024

2024 October 30 - NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula

0 secs; October 30, 2024

2024 October 29 - NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb

4 mins; October 29, 2024

2024 October 28 - STEVE: A Glowing River over France

0 secs; October 28, 2024

2024 October 27 - LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula

0 secs; October 27, 2024

2024 October 26 - Phantoms in Cassiopeia

0 secs; October 26, 2024

2024 October 25 - Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752

0 secs; October 25, 2024

2024 October 24 - NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula

0 secs; October 24, 2024

2024 October 23 - Caught

0 secs; October 23, 2024

2024 October 22 - M16: Pillars of Star Creation

0 secs; October 22, 2024

2024 October 21 - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over California

3 mins; October 21, 2024

2024 October 20 - Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe

4 mins; October 20, 2024

2024 October 19 - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Flys Away

3 mins; October 19, 2024

2024 October 18 - Most of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

0 secs; October 18, 2024

2024 October 17 - The Clipper and the Comet

0 secs; October 17, 2024

2024 October 16 - Colorful Aurora over New Zealand

0 secs; October 16, 2024

2024 October 15 - Animation: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Tails Prediction

0 secs; October 15, 2024

2024 October 14 - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Over the Lincoln Memorial

0 secs; October 14, 2024

2024 October 13 - Aurora Timelapse over Italian Alps

0 secs; October 13, 2024

2024 October 12 - Northern Lights, West Virginia

0 secs; October 12, 2024

2024 October 11 - Ring of Fire over Easter Island

0 secs; October 11, 2024

2024 October 10 - Five Bright Comets from SOHO

0 secs; October 10, 2024

2024 October 09 - M 106: A Spiral Galaxy with an Unusual Center

0 secs; October 09, 2024

2024 October 08 - Annular Eclipse over Patagonia

3 mins; October 08, 2024

2024 October 07 - The Long Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

0 secs; October 07, 2024

2024 October 06 - The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught

0 secs; October 03, 2024

2024 October 05 - M27: Not a Comet

0 secs; October 03, 2024

2024 October 04 - Comet at Moonrise

0 secs; October 03, 2024

2024 October 03 - Eclipse at Sunrise

3 mins; October 03, 2024

2024 October 02 - The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy

0 secs; October 02, 2024

2024 October 01 - Porphyrion: The Longest Known Black Hole Jet

3 mins; October 01, 2024

2024 September 30 - Comet Tsuchinshan over Mexico

0 secs; September 30, 2024

2024 September 29 - Seven Dusty Sisters

0 secs; September 29, 2024

2024 September 28 - Rocket Eclipse at Sunset

0 secs; September 28, 2024

2024 September 27 - Stellar Streams in the Local Universe

3 mins; September 27, 2024

2024 September 26 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

3 mins; September 26, 2024

2024 September 25 - Comet A3 Through an Australian Sunrise

0 secs; September 25, 2024

2024 September 24 - NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula

0 secs; September 24, 2024

2024 September 23 - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches

0 secs; September 23, 2024

2024 September 22 - Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City

3 mins; September 22, 2024

2024 September 21 - Sunrise Shadows in the Sky

0 secs; September 21, 2024

2024 September 20 - A Hazy Harvest Moon

0 secs; September 20, 2024

2024 September 19 - The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus

0 secs; September 19, 2024

2024 September 18 - The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant

0 secs; September 18, 2024

2024 September 17 - Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula

0 secs; September 17, 2024

2024 September 16 - Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColumbo

0 secs; September 16, 2024

2024 September 15 - Find the Man in the Moon

0 secs; September 15, 2024

2024 September 14 - The Moona Lisa

0 secs; September 14, 2024

2024 September 13 - Aurora Australis and the International Space Station

0 secs; September 13, 2024

2024 September 12 - Young Star Cluster NGC 1333

0 secs; September 12, 2024

2024 September 11 - A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains

0 secs; September 11, 2024

2024 September 10 - Horsehead and Orion Nebulas

0 secs; September 10, 2024

2024 September 09 - Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos

4 mins; September 08, 2024

2024 September 08 - M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

0 secs; September 08, 2024

2024 September 07 - Small Moon Deimos

0 secs; September 07, 2024

2024 September 06 - Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

0 secs; September 06, 2024

2024 September 05 - NGC 247 and Friends

0 secs; September 05, 2024

2024 September 04 - NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula

0 secs; September 04, 2024

2024 September 03 - Quarter Moon and Sister Stars

0 secs; September 03, 2024

2024 September 02 - A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun

0 secs; September 02, 2024

2024 September 01 - The Moon Dressed as Saturn

0 secs; September 01, 2024

2024 August 31 - IFN and the NGC 7771 Group

0 secs; August 31, 2024

2024 August 30 - Southern Moonscape

0 secs; August 30, 2024

2024 August 29 - Star Factory Messier 17

0 secs; August 29, 2024

2024 August 28 - Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X-1

0 secs; August 28, 2024

2024 August 27 - Moon Eclipses Saturn

0 secs; August 27, 2024

2024 August 26 - Perseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia

0 secs; August 26, 2024

2024 August 25 - Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus

0 secs; August 25, 2024

2024 August 24 - South Pacific Shadowset

0 secs; August 24, 2024

2024 August 23 - Supernova Remnant CTA 1

0 secs; August 23, 2024

2024 August 22 - The Dark Tower in Scorpius

0 secs; August 22, 2024

2024 August 21 - Fermi's 12-Year All-Sky Gamma-Ray Map

3 mins; August 21, 2024

2024 August 20 - Supermoon Beyond the Temple of Poseidon

0 secs; August 20, 2024

2024 August 19 - IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

4 mins; August 19, 2024

2024 August 18 - A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO

0 secs; August 18, 2024

2024 August 17 - Sky Full of Arcs

0 secs; August 17, 2024

2024 August 16 - Meteor Borealis

0 secs; August 16, 2024

2024 August 15 - Late Night Vallentuna

0 secs; August 15, 2024

2024 August 14 - Meteors and Aurora over Germany

3 mins; August 14, 2024

2024 August 13 - Giant Jet from the International Space Station

0 secs; August 13, 2024

2024 August 12 - Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge

0 secs; August 12, 2024

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