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A cosmic card for October 6
See the Astronomy Picture of the Day connected to October 6, then choose the year to find the closest matching archive entry.
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More NASA APOD entries for October 6
The result above follows the year you selected. For broader context, the latest indexed APOD for this October 6 archive page is “The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Lemmon”, published on October 6, 2025. Use the year selector above to check entries for this calendar date across 1995-2025.
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
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October 6, 2025
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What does APOD mean?
APOD stands for Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA's public archive of daily astronomy images and explanations.
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