Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav

Displays the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) and allows you to review similar images of planets, stars, galaxies and nebulas

Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD - The Trav's Chrome Extension

'Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav' is a unique chrome extension that turns your New Tab into a daily showcase of astronomy images. It allows users to view Today's APOD or a Random APOD, toggle through history of viewed images, and even save your favorite APOD's for future viewing. The extension offers a menu bar with options for picture settings, and utilizes keyboard shortcuts for easy navigation. It is fast loading and maintains some use of the original tab screen by displaying your top sites.

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By: travis.lawrence12

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.79

(19)

Version: 4.1.4 (Last updated: 2023-03-31)

Creation date: 2020-04-09

Permissions:

topSites
storage

Host permissions:

https://api.nasa.gov/*

Size: 2.26M

Email: tr*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 23,402 ▲ 116

Other rankings

#181 in Just for Fun ▲ 1 #55 in picture keyword 94 ▲ 7 #242 in permissions keyword 30 ▲ 5 #289 in toggle keyword 40 ▲ 7

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav (v3.2.1)

683 3.70

(3)

User reviews

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Pros

Beautiful backgrounds
Useful features
Favorites feature
Access to HD images and NASA's descriptive text

Cons

Recent issue with the 'Today' button
Permissions issue after an update

Most mentioned

Favorites feature
Beautiful backgrounds
Access to HD images and NASA's descriptive text
Good new tab extension
Issue with 'Today' button

User reviews

Amazing Extension. Please just add Sun & Moon Time feature, that would be soooo helpful

Mrunmay Mhatre, 2024-04-16

This extension is fantastic. I can't express how much this has improved my browsing experience.

Rob Bittner, 2023-09-29

The best new chrome tab extension ever! Have loved this extension for a few years and have installed it on my different chrome profiles. Love ALL the features provided, with me using the favourites one the most to come back to the favs pics. One suggestion/feedback: I would love it if you could significantly increase the amount of pics u can save. I have already hit the max at 57! If that's not possible, at least give me some neat ability to download all the images in a zip file with each image named with the caption and the date? (A simple text file that keeps record of all the data, mainly the image's caption and it's date, would be appreciated too). Otherwise, awesome job! Thank you for this. Love it :)

Aabshaar Ahmad, 2023-08-12

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav requires very minimum permissions.

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