HeyJaredNASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
These podcasts are my discussion of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. These are brief (3-5 minute) audio summaries of the picture posted on NASA's Picture of the Day website: APOD. Video versions of these are available on YouTube.
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2026 September 30 - Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries (opens the original)
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In today’s image, we see an example of a peculiar galaxy — one whose shape has been distorted by tidal interactions with a nearby galaxy. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about
2026 September 29 - Sh2-144: The Shrimp Nebula (opens the original)
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In today's image, we see the planetary nebula known as the Shrimp Nebula. This is the type of nebula which forms at the end of the life of a star like our Sun. In this case, the entire nebula is moving rapidly to the upper left. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select th
2026 September 28 - Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe (opens the original)
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In today's image, we see what the average color of the universe would be if one averaged the spectra of hundreds of thousands of galaxies. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions abou
2026 September 27 - Andromeda Before Photoshop (opens the original)
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In today's image, we see an image of the Andromeda Galaxy consisting of hundreds of five minute exposures stacked together. The first image shows the raw image with satellite trails, airplanes, cosmic rays, and bad pixels. The second image shows the cleaned up version after processing. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day .
2026 September 26 - Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way (opens the original)
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In today's image, we see on o the Perseus meteors from last month reflected off several of the panels in one of the telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I wel
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