                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2025 June 16

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

   Explanation: 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 well-known and evocative
   depictions of planet Earth's night sky. In fact, this 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 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: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
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                             & Michigan Tech. U.

