Astronomy Picture of the Day

Southern Cross to Eta Carinae
Pan-STARRS Across the Lagoon
The Shape of the Southern Crab
Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma
Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide
Falcon Heavy Launch Close Up
Milky Way in Northern Spring
The Leo Trio
Messier 81
In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula
Enhanced: The Dolphin Cloud on Jupiter
Rigil Kentaurus and Sandqvist 169