These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see HH 666 which is a great dust pillar with an imbedded jet. This is located in the Carina Nebula which is one of the largest...
In today's image, we see an image from Iceland showing some aurorae and meteors. The meteors are part of the Geminid meteor show which will be peaking...
In today's image, we see Comet Leonard which makes its closest approach to Earth today. We also see a distant globular star cluster.
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In today's image, we see an image taken very close to the South Pole. It shows several of the telescopes located there as well as the Solar Eclipse...
In today's image, we see a number of images of our Sun as it moves across the Antarctic sky. Since we are in a polar region, we note the our Sun will...