Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2006
APOD, August 2006
31 entries from August 2006: 31 images and 0 videos. 15 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
August 1, 2006 · Copyrighted The Milky Way over Utah
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka ( Astropics.com )
August 2, 2006 · Copyrighted Methane Rain Possible on Titan
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Mark Garlick (Space-art.co.uk)
August 3, 2006 · Copyrighted M27: Not A Comet
Credit & Copyright: Rick Krejci ( RicksAstro Astrophotography )
August 4, 2006 Burns Cliff Anaglyph
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , Cornell , JPL , NASA
August 5, 2006 · Copyrighted Still Life with NGC 2170
Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip
August 6, 2006 A Cerro Tololo Sky
Credit: Roger Smith , AURA , NOAO , NSF
August 7, 2006 An Erupting Solar Prominence from SOHO
Credit: SOHO-EIT Consortium , ESA , NASA
August 8, 2006 · Copyrighted Horse Head Shaped Reflection Nebula IC 4592
Credit & Copyright: Jim Misti and Steve Mazlin , (acquisition), Robert Gendler (processing)
August 9, 2006 · Copyrighted Magellanic Morning
Credit & Copyright: Chris Schur
August 10, 2006 Galactic Center Star Clusters
Credit: D. Wang ( UMass ) et al., CXC , NASA
August 11, 2006 · Copyrighted Perseid in the Light
Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College )
August 12, 2006 The First Explorer
Credit: courtesy Marshall Space Flight Center , NASA
August 13, 2006 · Copyrighted The Comet and the Galaxy
Credit & Copyright: J. C. Casado
August 14, 2006 Cosmic Rays
Illustration Credit: Simon Swordy ( U. Chicago ), NASA
August 15, 2006 · Copyrighted IC 410 and NGC 1893
Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin
August 16, 2006 · Copyrighted The North America and Pelican Nebulas
Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Outters ( Observatoire d’Orange )
August 17, 2006 · Copyrighted Comet Dust over Colorado
Credit & Copyright: Thad V’Soske ( Cosmotions.com )
August 18, 2006 Spitzer's Orion
Credit: Thomas Megeath ( Univ. Toledo ) et al. , JPL , Caltech , NASA
August 19, 2006 · Copyrighted Ceci n'est pas un Meteore
Credit & Copyright: Laurent Laveder ( PhotoAstronomique.net )
August 20, 2006 A Map of Asteroid Vesta
Credit: B. Zellner ( GSU ), P. Thomas ( Cornell ), et al., WFPC2 , HST , NASA
August 21, 2006 Ceres: Asteroid or Planet?
Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Parker ( SwRI ) et al.
August 22, 2006 A Smoke Angel from Airplane Flares
Credit: Russell E. Cooley IV, USAF
August 23, 2006 · Copyrighted Sandy Gas Jets Hypothesized on Mars
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Ron Miller ( ASU )
August 24, 2006 The Matter of the Bullet Cluster
Composite Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/ M.Markevitch et al.; Lensing Map: NASA/STScI; ESO WFI; Magellan/U.Arizona/ D.Clowe et al. Optical: NASA/STScI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.;
August 25, 2006 · Copyrighted Blue Lagoon
Credit & Copyright: Russell Croman
August 26, 2006 Apollo 17: VIP Site Anaglyph
Credit: Gene Cernan , Apollo 17 NASA ; Anaglyph by Erik van Meijgaarden
August 27, 2006 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team , ESA , NASA
August 28, 2006 Eight Planets and New Solar System Designations
Credit: International Astronomical Union
August 29, 2006 Supernova Remnant E0102 from Hubble
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team , ESA , NASA
August 30, 2006 A Backward Sunspot and the New Solar Cycle
Credit: MDI , SOHO , ESA , NASA
August 31, 2006 · Copyrighted Extra Galaxies
Credit & Copyright: 2006 Astr. Campers , Adam Block ( Caelum Obs. ), CSS , U. Arizona Alum. Assoc.Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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