NicerAPOD
◦ The Celestial Archive

OCTOBER

2016

Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in October 2016.

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31 APODs this month32 Octobers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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Saturn from Above

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Gaia: Here Comes the Sun

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Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Galileo

28

NGC 3576: The Statue of Liberty Nebula

29

Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

30

Lynds Dark Nebula 1251

Rosetta's Farewell
01

Rosetta's Farewell

Aurora Over White Dome Geyser
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Aurora Over White Dome Geyser

03

Explore Rosetta's Comet

Nest of the Eagle Nebula
04

Nest of the Eagle Nebula

A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars
05

A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars

Trifid, Lagoon, and Mars
06

Trifid, Lagoon, and Mars

The Hydrogen Clouds of M33
07

The Hydrogen Clouds of M33

Moon, Mercury, and Twilight Radio
08

Moon, Mercury, and Twilight Radio

Hurricane Ivan from the Space Station
09

Hurricane Ivan from the Space Station

10

The Winds of Earth

The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation
11

The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
12

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Galaxies from the Altiplano
13

Galaxies from the Altiplano

Herschel's Orion
14

Herschel's Orion

Gemini Observatory North
15

Gemini Observatory North

Cylindrical Mountains on Venus
16

Cylindrical Mountains on Venus

An Atlas V Rocket Launches OSIRIS-REx
17

An Atlas V Rocket Launches OSIRIS-REx

The Antlia Cluster of Galaxies
18

The Antlia Cluster of Galaxies

M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
19

M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster

The Tulip in the Swan
20

The Tulip in the Swan

Full Moon in Mountain Shadow
21

Full Moon in Mountain Shadow

Cerro Tololo Trails
22

Cerro Tololo Trails

Eagle Aurora over Norway
23

Eagle Aurora over Norway

HI4PI: The Hydrogen Sky
24

HI4PI: The Hydrogen Sky

Clouds Near Jupiter's South Pole from Juno
25

Clouds Near Jupiter's South Pole from Juno

Propeller Shadows on Saturn's Rings
26

Propeller Shadows on Saturn's Rings

A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat
27

A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat

Haunting the Cepheus Flare
28

Haunting the Cepheus Flare

Moonset at Whitby Abbey
29

Moonset at Whitby Abbey

Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
30

Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula

Ghost Aurora over Canada
31

Ghost Aurora over Canada

01

Arp 299: Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies

02

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

03

NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

04

Portrait of NGC 281

05

ISS Fisheye Fly-Through

31 APODs this month32 Octobers since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years