Notices by Astronomy Picture of the Day (apod@botsin.space), page 12

Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

Image Credit & Copyright: Massimo Di Fusco and Mirco Turra

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240328.html #APOD

The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

Image Credit & Copyright: Joe Hua

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240327.html #APOD

Comet Pons-Brooks' Ion Tail

Image Credit & License: James Peirce

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240326.html #APOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqBfQeJqkfU

Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant

Image Credit: X-ray (blue): Chandra (NASA) & ROSAT (ESA); Optical (red): DSS (NSF); Radio (green): VLA (NRAO, NSF); Sonification: NASA, CXC, SAO, K. Arcand; SYSTEM Sounds: M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240325.html #APOD

Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

Image Credit: Mir 27 Crew; Copyright: CNES

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240324.html #APOD

@edsu Yes, independent mirrors are a long running APOD tradition. The one hosted by UC London has been online since 1999! Many mirrors are translated into their local language, you can find a list here https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html

@edsu Upcoming APODs are posted ahead of time to https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ so mirror operators have time to prepare. For instance, today's is https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ap240323.html

The APOD site has not updated with today's picture yet, which is why that link is broken and why I've added the image's explanation (which would normally be past the link) in the thread.

The novel chronicles the adventures of Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded at the fictional Mars mission Ares 3 landing site corresponding to the coordinates of this cropped HiRISE frame. For scale Watney's 6-meter-diameter habitat at the site would be about 1/10th the diameter of the large crater. Of course, the Ares 3 landing coordinates are only about 800 kilometers north of the (real life) Carl Sagan Memorial Station, the 1997 Pathfinder landing site.

This close-up from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows weathered craters and windblown deposits in southern Acidalia Planitia. A striking shade of blue in standard HiRISE image colors, to the human eye the area would probably look grey or a little reddish. But human eyes have not gazed across this terrain, unless you count the eyes of NASA astronauts in the scifi novel The Martian by Andy Weir.

Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240323.html #APOD

Phobos: Moon over Mars

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Zolt Levay (STScI) - Acknowledgment: J.Bell (ASU) and M.Wolff (SSI)

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240322.html #APOD

The Leo Trio

Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cannistra

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240321.html #APOD

The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy Chain

Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240320.html #APOD

A Picturesque Equinox Sunset

Image Credit & Copyright: Alan Dyer, Amazingsky.com, TWAN

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240319.html #APOD

Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma

Image Credit & Copyright: Jan Erik Vallestad

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240318.html #APOD

NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & Copyright: Rudy Pohl

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240317.html #APOD

ELT and the Milky Way

Image Credit & License: European Southern Observatory - Courtesy: Jens Scheidtmann

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240316.html #APOD

Portrait of NGC 1055

Image Credit & Copyright: Dave Doctor

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240315.html #APOD

Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Lopez (El Cielo de Canarias)

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240314.html #APOD