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Usage
This template aids in the creation and standardization of a citation to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
The following 3 named parameters are required, which are then passed to {{Cite web}}. Please refer to {{Cite web}} for more detail on each parameter.
|date=is the date the picture appeared on APOD. See {{Cite web}} for acceptable date formats.|title=refers to the title of the|date='s APOD image, which normally appears immediately below the image. Do not use|title=Astronomy Picture of the Day.|access-date=is the date when the|date='s APOD content was last verified.
The following parameters are also accepted, but are not required:
|name-list-style=ampto separate the last author with an ampersand&instead of a semicolon;.|quote=to quote relevant text from the APOD page.|df=to set the date format. See Template:Cite web/doc#Date for accepted values.
Empty horizontal template with all parameters:
{{Cite APOD |date= |title= |access-date= |name-list-style= |quote= |df=}}
Empty vertical template with all parameters:
{{Cite APOD
| date =
| title =
| access-date =
| name-list-style =
| quote =
| df =
}}
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Examples
{{Cite APOD |date=19 January 2014 |title=Spiral Galaxies in Collision |access-date=20 February 2015 |quote=Quoted text.}}- Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (19 January 2014). "Spiral Galaxies in Collision". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
Quoted text.
See also
{{APOD}}— for the non-citation version of this template{{Cite sbdb}}{{Cite simbad}}