Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2025 June 16
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
                        resolution version available.

                         APOD is 30 Years Old Today
       Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh's [3]The Starry Night by
                             [4]Dario Giannobile

   Explanation: [5]APOD is 30 years old today. In celebration, today's
   picture uses past APODs as tiles arranged to create a single pixelated
   image that might remind you of one of the most [6]well-known and
   evocative depictions of planet Earth's night sky. In fact, this
   [7]Starry Night consists of 1,836 individual images contributed to APOD
   over the last 5 years in a mosaic of 32,232 tiles. Today, APOD would
   like to offer a sincere thank you to our [8]contributors, volunteers,
   and readers. Over the last 30 years your continuing efforts have
   allowed us to enjoy, inspire, and share a discovery of the cosmos.

                   Tomorrow's picture: find the space rose
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    Authors & editors: [20]Robert Nemiroff ([21]MTU) & [22]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([23]UMCP)
          NASA Official: Amber Straughn [24]Specific rights apply.
            [25]NASA Web Privacy, [26]Accessibility, [27]Notices;
                A service of: [28]ASD at [29]NASA / [30]GSFC,
                         [31]NASA Science Activation
                           & [32]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2506/APODStarryNight30thanniversary.jpg
   3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night
   4. https://www.dariogiannobile.com/
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950616.html
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191023.html
   7. https://www.dariogiannobile.com/night_sky_galleries/nightscape/h2e229a3a#h2e229a3a
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250615.html
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  13. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  15. https://apod.com/feed.rss
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  18. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250616
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250617.html
  20. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  23. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  25. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  26. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  27. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
  28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  29. https://www.nasa.gov/
  30. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  31. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  32. http://www.mtu.edu/