Astronomy Picture of the Day - January 11th, 2024 - Quadrantids of the North (Narrated by Joanna) Named for a forgotten constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower puts on an annual show for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. The shower's radiant on the sky lies within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis. That location is not far from the Big Dipper asterism, known to some as the Plough, at the boundaries of the modern constellations Bootes and Draco. In fact the Big Dipper "handle" stars are near the upper right corner in this frame, with the meteor shower radiant just below. North star Polaris is toward the top left. Pointing back toward the radiant, Quadrantid meteors streak through the night in this skyscape from Jangsu, South Korea. The composite image was recorded in the hours around the shower's peak on January 4, 2024. A likely source of the dust stream that produces Quadrantid meteors was identified in 2003 as an asteroid. Image Credit & Copyright: 염범석 Yeom Beom-seok Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240111.html This video was auto generated using data from NASA Open API. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UJ8cMLP59E

Astronomy Picture of the Day - July 29th, 2020 - The Giants of Summer (Narrated by Salli) As Comet NEOWISE sweeps through northern summer skies, Jupiter and ... ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jXTqGGMvLQ

Wikipedia Picture of the Day - July 9th, 2023 - Pauline Kirby (Narrated by Emma) Pauline Kirby (July 9, 1905 – November 10, 1981) was a member of the United States Army Nurse Corps. She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi. She held several positions during her 30 years in the United States Army Nurse Corps and the Army of the United States, and was one of the first two Nurse Corps officers to serve in the temporary grade of Colonel. Photograph credit: United States Army; restored by Adam Cuerden Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2023-07-09 This video was auto generated using data and media from Wikipedia. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQ3oVvzZHU

Wikipedia Picture of the Day - May 6th, 2020 - Silver certificate (Narrated by Matthew) Silver certificates were issued by the Republic of Cuba between 1934 and 1949. Prior and subsequent issues of Cuban banknotes were engraved and printed by non-governmental private banknote companies in the United States, but the series from 1934 to 1949 was designed, engraved, and printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the U.S. government. This is a certified proof of a five-peso silver certificate, prepared in 1936. The obverse depicts Dominican military officer Máximo Gómez, with the engraved signatures of Ricardo Ponce (Secretary of the Treasury) and José Agripino Barnet (President of the Republic). The reverse, printed in orange, bears the Cuban coat of arms. This proof is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Other denominations: 1 peso10 pesos20 pesos50 pesos100 pesos Banknote design credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; engraved by William Ford; photographed by Andrew Shiva Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2020-05-06 This video was auto generated using data and media from Wikipedia. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IHTqhkvsh4