Starship Asterisk*

It really would be very helpful if the editors could indicate directions, (ie.N,S,E,W), on the pictures presented ... for instance the 'face on mars' ... which slope are we to look at? And to compare one galaxy picture with another really needs some directional help!javascriptemoticon(':?') Confused...

I think this is appropriate here. It would help a great deal if photos/pictures put on APOD could indicate which is North, & which is East ... a good idea for the night sky, & more so for enlarged pictures of galaxies, constellations, so that these can be compared with other sources. Not alw...