Ways to follow APOD

APOD home page

APOD home page: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
RSS Feed: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod.rss

APOD’s reach is expanded by volunteers who maintain mirror and social media sites. The following sites are sanctioned by APOD to carry APOD images and text; the volunteers running these sites attribute APOD content to its creators and copyright holders, and have permission to use APOD text, joom.

Mirror sites

  • Algeria (in Arabic from the Sirius Astronomy Association): http://www.apodar.com/, maintained by
  • Austria (in German): http://www.starobserver.org/, maintained by
  • Czech Republic (in Czech): http://www.astro.cz/apod/, maintained by
  • France (in French from Ciel des Hommes): http://www.cidehom.com/apod.php, maintained by
  • Indonesia (in Bahasa Indonesia): http://www.apod-id.com, maintained by Bhakti Utama
  • Iran (in Farsi from Aseman-e-shab): http://www.nightsky.ws, translated by Maryam Hajheidari, maintained by Hamid Reza Karimpour
  • Iran (in Farsi from Canot): http://apod.canot.ir, translated by Ahoo Ariani, Sanaz Mostafazadeh and Mehdi Najafi Ziyazi, maintained by
  • Israel (in Hebrew, translated by Reshit Mada): http://www.astronomia2009.org.il/info/apod/apod.htm, maintained by
  • Italy (in English from Observatorio Astronomico di Brera): http://www.brera.mi.astro.it/apod/, maintained by
  • Japan (in Japanese and English): http://home.u05.itscom.net/apodjpn/apodj/apodj0.htm, maintained by
  • Netherlands (in Dutch): http://www.apod.nl/, maintained by Rolf A. Jansen
  • Poland (translated to Polish within a few days by the Polish Astronomical Society): http://apod.pl/apod/ maintained by
  • Romania (in Romanian): http://apod.binet.ro/ maintained by
  • Russia (in English from Moscow University): http://www.sai.msu.su/apod/ maintained by
  • Russia (in Russian from Astronet.ru): http://www.astronet.ru/db/apod.html maintained by
  • Slovenia (in Slovenian): http://apod.fmf.uni-lj.si/, maintained by
  • Spain (in Catalan): http://www.apod.cat/ maintained by Xavier Berenguer
  • Spain (in Galego): http://www.apodgalego.com/ maintained by (AstroGalicia)
  • Spain (in Spanish): http://observatorio.info maintained by (AstroRed)
  • Taiwan (in Chinese): http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~astrolab/mirrors/apod/apod.html,
    and (in English): http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~astrolab/mirrors/apod_e/apod.html maintained by
  • Thailand (in Thai and English): http://www.narit.or.th/index.php/apod maintained by NARIT
  • Turkey (in Turkish): http://www.bulutsu.org, maintained by
  • United Kingdom (University College London): http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/astropix.html, maintained by

A Brazilian mirror has ceased operation but had several years of translated APODs starting with this one and ending here.

Social and New Media APOD-Related Content

Social and new media venues run by volunteers carry APOD-related content; these are not supported directly by APOD. Some of these venues might partially support themselves by carrying advertising next to uncopyrighted images and have  permission to use APOD text. Please note that APOD does not receive any part of any advertising revenue.

  • Discussion Board: Starship Asterisk maintained by
  • Email Delivery: http://apodemail.appspot.com/ maintained by
  • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AstronomyPictureOfTheDay maintained by
  • Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+AstronomyPictureOfTheDay/ maintained by Ralf Haring
  • Instagram: http://instagram.com/astronomypicturesdaily maintained by
  • iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Applications: http://www.concentricsky.com/products/iphone/apod/ maintained by
  • Twitter Feed: http://twitter.com/apod maintained by
  • Windows Phone: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/95dad86f-c26a-4f8c-b052-057f43cb446c maintained by Matteo Marciano at

APOD-related social media sites

These sites contain a mix of APOD and APOD-related information, including images submitted to APOD for consideration. Many great images are submitted and deserve to be seen regardless of whether they appear on APOD. Following one of the sites below will let you see some of these fabulous images.

Facebook: Sky, Horizon, Universo (in Spanish), Canot (in Farsi), APOD (in Arabic)
Google Plus: APOD River, Imagem Astronomica do Dia (in Portugeuse)

The information above comes from APOD’s About APOD page.