Those who study and marvel at the night sky are truly fortunate to have the resources that are currently available. Between the Internet, the Hubble Telescope, the advances in telescope and astronomical studies and the general resurgence of interest in the affairs of space due to the great discoveries currently being made, it is a great time to be an astronomer, professional or amateur.

One feature of note that is common to a number of web sites with space, technology and astronomy as their subjects make "Astronomy Pictures of the Day" available. Some of these photographs are by themselves a study in the overwhelming magnitude of the universe. Others are of astronomical phenomena that until recently, were invisible due to the limitations of terrestrial astronomy.

Everyone with even a passing interest in astronomy would do well to look through the astronomy pictures of the day. There are considerable treasures to be found among them.