The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website is a service provided by NASA and MTU (Michigan Technological University). According to the website, "Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." The photograph is not necessarily taken on the exact day that it is displayed, and images are sometimes repeated. However, the pictures and descriptions are often related to current astronomical events. The images are either photographs, images taken at other wavelengths and displayed with false colors, or (occasionally) artists' conceptions. Past images are stored in the APOD Archive, with the first image appearing on June 16, 1995. This initiative has received support from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and has been supported by MTU since 1995. The images are sometimes authored by people or organisations outside of NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, unlike many other NASA image galleries. NASA Insignia Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Michigan Technological University (abbr. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an image created by focusing light onto material having a light-sensitive coating. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ... The wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a wave pattern. ... This article or section should include material from false-color image A false color image showing the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The logo of the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. ... Copyright symbol Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. ...
The pictures are provided from NASA’s APOD program and if you choose to view a new picture each time you load Dashboard, a photo is randomly selected from a database of nearly 4,000 images.
Then, the “better” AstronomyPicture of the Day was released by another developer, which is a clear and impertinent copy of the original AstronomyPicture of the Day.
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