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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 May 02 - M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

4 mins; May 02, 2024

2024 May 01 - IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula

0 secs; May 01, 2024

2024 April 30 - GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula

0 secs; April 30, 2024

2024 April 29 - Comet, Planet, Moon

0 secs; April 29, 2024

2024 April 28 - Rings Around the Ring Nebula

3 mins; April 28, 2024

2024 April 27 - All Sky Moon Shadow

0 secs; April 27, 2024

2024 April 26 - Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy

0 secs; April 26, 2024

2024 April 25 - NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery

0 secs; April 25, 2024

2024 April 24 - Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula

0 secs; April 24, 2024

2024 April 23 - Contrail Shadow X

0 secs; April 23, 2024

2024 April 22 - Moon and Smoke Rings over Mt. Etna

0 secs; April 22, 2024

2024 April 21 - Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter

0 secs; April 21, 2024

2024 April 20 - Diamonds in the Sky

3 mins; April 20, 2024

2024 April 19 - The Great Carina Nebula

0 secs; April 19, 2024

2024 April 18 - Facing NGC 1232

0 secs; April 18, 2024

2024 April 17 - Total Eclipse and Comets

0 secs; April 16, 2024

2024 April 16 - Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant

3 mins; April 16, 2024

2024 April 15 - The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb

0 secs; April 15, 2024

2024 April 14 - How a Total Solar Eclipse Ended

0 secs; April 14, 2024

2024 April 13 - Palm Tree Partial Eclipse

0 secs; April 13, 2024

2024 April 12 - Total Totality

0 secs; April 12, 2024

2024 April 11 - Eclipse in Seven

0 secs; April 11, 2024

2024 April 10 - Planets Around a Solar Eclipse

0 secs; April 10, 2024

2024 April 09 - Moon's Shadow over Lake Magog

0 secs; April 09, 2024

2024 April 08 - The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons-Brooks

0 secs; April 08, 2024

2024 April 07 - Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming

3 mins; April 07, 2024

2024 April 06 - Unwinding M51

0 secs; April 06, 2024

2024 April 05 - The Solar Corona Unwrapped

0 secs; April 05, 2024

2024 April 04 - Comet Pons-Brooks at Night

0 secs; April 04, 2024

2024 April 03 - Unusual Nebula Pa 30

0 secs; April 03, 2024

2024 April 02 - Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona

0 secs; April 02, 2024

2024 April 01 - Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole

0 secs; April 01, 2024

2024 March 31 - Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World

0 secs; March 31, 2024

2024 March 30 - Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey

0 secs; March 30, 2024

2024 March 29 - Galileo's Europa

4 mins; March 29, 2024

2024 March 28 - Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

0 secs; March 28, 2024

2024 March 27 - The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

0 secs; March 27, 2024

2024 March 26 - Comet Pons-Brooks' Ion Tail

0 secs; March 26, 2024

2024 March 25 - Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant

4 mins; March 25, 2024

2024 Match 24 - Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

4 mins; March 24, 2024

2024 March 23 - Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

0 secs; March 23, 2024

2024 March 22 - Phobos: Moon over Mars

0 secs; March 22, 2024

2024 March 21 - The Leo Trio

0 secs; March 21, 2024

2024 March 20 - The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy Chain

3 mins; March 20, 2024

2024 March 19 - A Picturesque Equinox Sunset

0 secs; March 19, 2024

2024 March 18 - Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma

0 secs; March 18, 2024

2024 March 17 - NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision

0 secs; March 17, 2024

2024 March 16 - ELT and the Milky Way

0 secs; March 16, 2024

2024 March 15 - Portrait of NGC 1055

3 mins; March 15, 2024

2024 March 14 - Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow

0 secs; March 14, 2024

2024 March 13 - The Seagull Nebula

0 secs; March 13, 2024

2024 March 12 - A Galaxy-Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral

0 secs; March 12, 2024

2024 March 11 - A Full Plankton Moon

0 secs; March 11, 2024

2024 March 10 - A Total Eclipse at the End of the World

0 secs; March 10, 2024

2024 March 09 - Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring

0 secs; March 09, 2024

2024 March 08 - The Tarantula Zone

0 secs; March 08, 2024

2024 March 07 - The Crew-8 Nebula

0 secs; March 07, 2024

2024 March 06 - M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy

0 secs; March 06, 2024

2024 March 05 - NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art

0 secs; March 05, 2024

2024 March 04 - Light Pillars Over Inner Mongolia

0 secs; March 04, 2024

2024 March 03 - A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in Real Time

4 mins; March 03, 2024

2024 March 02 - Odysseus on the Moon

0 secs; March 02, 2024

2024 March 01 - Odysseus and the Dish

0 secs; March 01, 2024

2024 February 29 - Julius Caesar and Leap Days

3 mins; February 29, 2024

2024 February 28 - Shades of Night

0 secs; February 28, 2024

2024 February 27 - Supernova Remnant Simeis 147

4 mins; February 27, 2024

2024 February 26 - Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon

0 secs; February 26, 2024

2024 February 25 - A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland

0 secs; February 25, 2024

2024 February 24 - Odysseus to the Moon

0 secs; February 24, 2024

2024 February 23 - The Pencil Nebula Supernova Shock Wave

0 secs; February 23, 2024

2024 February 22 - A View Toward M106

0 secs; February 22, 2024

2024 February 21 - Seagull Nebula over Pinnacles' Peak

0 secs; February 21, 2024

2024 February 20 - AM1054: Stars Form as Galaxies Collide

0 secs; February 20, 2024

2024 February 19 - Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe

0 secs; February 19, 2024

2024 February 18 - Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

0 secs; February 18, 2024

2024 February 17 - Meteor over the Bay of Naples

0 secs; February 17, 2024

2024 February 16 - Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

0 secs; February 16, 2024

2024 February 15 - NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

4 mins; February 15, 2024

2024 February 14 - Rosette Deep Field

0 secs; February 14, 2024

2024 February 13 - A January Wolf Moon

0 secs; February 13, 2024

2024 February 12 - HFG1 & Abell 6: Planetary Nebulae

4 mins; February 12, 2024

2024 February 11 - Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon

3 mins; February 11, 2024

2024 February 10 - The Shadow of Ingenuity's Damaged Rotor Blade

0 secs; February 10, 2024

2024 February 09 - When Roses Aren't Red

0 secs; February 09, 2024

2024 February 08 - Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc

0 secs; February 08, 2024

2024 February 07 - The Heart Shaped Antennae Galaxies

0 secs; February 07, 2024

2024 February 06 - NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble

0 secs; February 06, 2024

2024 February 05 - In the Core of the Carina Nebula

3 mins; February 05, 2024

2024 February 04 - The Cone Nebula from Hubble

0 secs; February 04, 2024

2024 February 03 - Apollo 14: A View from Antares

0 secs; February 03, 2024

2024 February 02 - NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410

3 mins; February 02, 2024

2024 February 01 - NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

0 secs; February 01, 2024

2024 January 31 - Camera Orion Rising

4 mins; January 31, 2024

2024 January 30 - SLIM Lands on the Moon

4 mins; January 30, 2024

2024 January 29 - The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters

0 secs; January 29, 2024

2024 January 28 - Pluto in True Color

0 secs; January 28, 2024

2024 January 27 - Full Observatory Moon

0 secs; January 27, 2024

2024 January 26 - Epsilon Tauri: Star with Planet

4 mins; January 26, 2024

2024 January 25 - Jyväskylä in the Sky

0 secs; January 25, 2024

2024 January 24 - Earth and Moon from Beyond

0 secs; January 24, 2024

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