NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
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2021 August 23 - Abell 3827: Cannibal Cluster Gravitational Lens
In today's image, we see the galaxy cluster known as Abell 3827. The distorted object to the right actually consists of multiple images of a distant...
2021 August 22 - Explosion from White Dwarf Star RS Oph
In today's image, we see an artist's conception drawing of the RS Oph system. Matter is being transferred from an ordinary star to a compact white dwarf....
2021 August 21 - Triple Transit and Mutual Events
In today's image, we see Jupiter with several of its moons. The large moon, Io is just disappearing into Jupiter's shadow in the upper image. The other...
2021 August 20 - Three Perseid Nights
In today's image, we see an image put together from images taken over three nights of the Perseid meteor shower. You can note how the meteors appear...
2021 August 19 - Bright Meteor, Starry Sky
In today's image, we see a rather bright Perseid meteor in the region of the sky known as the Summer Triangle which contains the bright stars Vega (not...
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