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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 January 23 - Deep Nebulas: From Seagull to California

4 mins; January 23, 2024

2024 January 22 - Shadows of Mountain and Moon

4 mins; January 22, 2024

2024 January 21 - The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938

4 mins; January 21, 2024

2024 January 20 - Falcon Heavy Boostback Burn

0 secs; January 20, 2024

2024 January 19 - Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

0 secs; January 19, 2024

2024 January 18 - Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

0 secs; January 18, 2024

2024 January 17 - America and the Sea of Serenity

0 secs; January 17, 2024

2024 January 16 - The Orion You Can Almost See

0 secs; January 16, 2024

2024 January 15 - Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb

0 secs; January 15, 2024

2024 January 14 - Dragon Aurora over Iceland

0 secs; January 14, 2024

2024 January 13 - Circling the Sun

4 mins; January 13, 2024

2024 January 12 - Good Morning Moon

4 mins; January 12, 2024

2024 January 11 - Quadrantids of the North

4 mins; January 11, 2024

2024 January 10 - The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

4 mins; January 10, 2024

2024 January 09 - Thor's Helmet

0 secs; January 09, 2024

2024 January 08 - The Phases of Venus

0 secs; January 08, 2024

2024 January 07 - The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-Ray

0 secs; January 07, 2024

2024 January 06 - The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko

3 mins; January 06, 2024

2024 January 05 - Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion

3 mins; January 05, 2024

2024 January 04 - Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

0 secs; January 04, 2024

2024 January 03 - A SAR Arc over New Zealand

3 mins; January 03, 2024

2024 January 02 - Rocket Transits Rippling Moon

0 secs; January 02, 2024

2024 January 01 - NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

0 secs; January 01, 2024

2023 December 31 - Illustris: A Simulation of the Universe

4 mins; December 31, 2023

2023 December 30 - The Last Full Moon

0 secs; December 30, 2023

2023 December 29 - Shakespeare in Space

0 secs; December 29, 2023

2023 December 28 - Jupiter and the Geminid

3 mins; December 28, 2023

2023 December 27 - Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall

0 secs; December 27, 2023

2023 December 26 - IC 443: The Jellyfish Nebula

0 secs; December 26, 2023

2023 December 25 - Cathedral, Mountain, Moon

0 secs; December 25, 2023

2023 December 24 - NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf

3 mins; December 24, 2023

2023 December 23 - A December Summer Night

0 secs; December 23, 2023

2023 December 22 - 183 Days in the Sun

0 secs; December 22, 2023

2023 December 21 - Three Galaxies and a Comet

0 secs; December 21, 2023

2023 December 20 - Ice Halos over Bavaria

0 secs; December 20, 2023

2023 December 19 - NGC 1499: The California Nebula

4 mins; December 19, 2023

2023 December 18 - The Same Color Illusion

4 mins; December 18, 2023

2023 December 17 - Geminids Meteors over China's Nianhu Lake

0 secs; December 17, 2023

2023 December 16 - Crescent Enceladus

0 secs; December 16, 2023

2023 December 15 - Betelgeuse Eclipsed

4 mins; December 15, 2023

2023 December 14 - Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

0 secs; December 14, 2023

2023 December 13 - Deep Field: The Heart Nebula

0 secs; December 13, 2023

2023 December 12 - Aurora and Milky Way over Norway

4 mins; December 12, 2023

2023 December 11- Solar Minimum versus Solar Maximum

0 secs; December 11, 2023

2023 December 10 - Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain

4 mins; December 10, 2023

2023 December 09 - Pic du Pleiades

0 secs; December 09, 2023

2023 December 08 - Vega and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

0 secs; December 08, 2023

2023 December 07 - Orion and the Ocean of Storms

3 mins; December 07, 2023

2023 December 06 - Stars Versus Dust in the Carina Nebula

3 mins; December 06, 2023

2023 December 05 - Energetic Particle Strikes the Earth

0 secs; December 05, 2023

2023 December 04 - Plane Crossing Crescent Moon

0 secs; December 04, 2023

2023 December 03 - Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano

0 secs; December 03, 2023

2023 December 02 - Startrails over Beijing Ancient Observatory

4 mins; December 02, 2023

2023 December 01 - Milky Way Rising

4 mins; December 01, 2023

2023 November 30 - Artemis 1: Flight Day 13

0 secs; November 30, 2023

2023 November 29 - A Landspout Tornado over Kansas

0 secs; November 29, 2023

2023 November 28 - Ganymede from Juno

4 mins; November 28, 2023

2023 November 27 - LBN 86: The Eagle Ray Nebula

0 secs; November 27, 2023

2023 November 26 - A Dust Jet from the Surface of Comet 67/P

3 mins; November 26, 2023

2023 November 25 - Little Planet Aurora

0 secs; November 25, 2023

2023 November 24 - Stereo Jupiter Near Opposition

0 secs; November 24, 2023

2023 November 23 - Along the Taurus Molecular Cloud

0 secs; November 23, 2023

2023 November 22 - IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

0 secs; November 22, 2023

2023 November 21 - Fleming's Triangular Wisp

3 mins; November 21, 2023

2023 November 20 - The Horsehead Nebula

0 secs; November 20, 2023

2023 November 19 - Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun

0 secs; November 19, 2023

2023 November 18 - Planet Earth from Orion

0 secs; November 18, 2023

2023 November 17 - Nightlights over Qeqertaq

3 mins; November 17, 2023

2023 November 16 - Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star

4 mins; November 16, 2023

2023 November 15 - M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

4 mins; November 15, 2023

2023 November 14 - Three Planets Rock

0 secs; November 14, 2023

2023 November 13 - Andromeda over the Alps

4 mins; November 13, 2023

2023 November 12 - Gibbous Moon over Swedish Mountain

3 mins; November 12, 2023

2023 November 11 - The SAR and the Milky Way

0 secs; November 11, 2023

2023 November 10 - UHZ1: Distant Galaxy and Black Hole

0 secs; November 10, 2023

2023 November 09 - M1: The Crab Nebula

0 secs; November 09, 2023

2023 November 08 - Perseus Galaxy Cluster from Euclid

0 secs; November 08, 2023

2023 November 07 - A Martian Dust Devil Spins By

3 mins; November 07, 2023

2023 November 06 - Red Aurora over Italy

0 secs; November 06, 2023

2023 November 05 - Creature Aurora Over Norway

0 secs; November 05, 2023

2023 November 04 - Dinkinesh Moonrise

0 secs; November 04, 2023

2023 November 03 - Jupiter by Moonlight

0 secs; November 03, 2023

2023 November 02 - The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

0 secs; November 02, 2023

2023 November 01 - Annular Solar Eclipse over Utah

4 mins; November 01, 2023

2023 October 31 - Halloween and the Wizard Nebula

0 secs; October 31, 2023

2023 October 30 - Reflections of the Ghost Nebula

3 mins; October 30, 2023

2023 October 29 - A Partial Lunar Eclipse

4 mins; October 29, 2023

2023 October 28 - Ghosts of Gamma Cas

3 mins; October 28, 2023

2023 October 27 - Encke and the Tadpoles

3 mins; October 27, 2023

2023 October 26 - Orionids in Taurus

0 secs; October 26, 2023

2023 October 25 - Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset

3 mins; October 25, 2023

2023 October 24 - Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble

3 mins; October 24, 2023

2023 October 23 - Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno

3 mins; October 23, 2023

2023 October 22 - Ghost Aurora over Canada

4 mins; October 22, 2023

2023 October 21 - Quarter Moons

0 secs; October 21, 2023

2023 October 20 - Galaxies and a Comet

3 mins; October 20, 2023

2023 October 19 - A Sunrise at Sunset Point

4 mins; October 19, 2023

2023 October 18 - Dust and the Western Veil Nebula

0 secs; October 18, 2023

2023 October 17 - PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons

4 mins; October 17, 2023

2023 October 16 - Eclipse Rings

0 secs; October 16, 2023

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