Astronomy Picture of the Day · September 2008

APOD, September 2008

30 entries from September 2008: 30 images and 0 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule September 1, 2008 · Copyrighted

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

Credit & Copyright: Mike Sidonio
NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide September 2, 2008 · Copyrighted

NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide

Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
31 Million Miles from Planet Earth September 3, 2008

31 Million Miles from Planet Earth

Video Credit: Donald J. Lindler, Sigma Space Corporation, GSFC , Univ. Maryland , EPOCh/DIXI Science Teams
Spokes in the Helix Nebula September 4, 2008 · Copyrighted

Spokes in the Helix Nebula

Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman , Sierra Remote Observatories
Milky Way Road Trip September 5, 2008 · Copyrighted

Milky Way Road Trip

Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel ( TWAN )
A Flock of Stars September 6, 2008 · Copyrighted

A Flock of Stars

Credit & Copyright: Roger A. Hopkins
Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica September 7, 2008 · Copyrighted

Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica

Credit & Copyright: Ralph P. Harvey ( CWRU ), Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program , NASA , NSF
Rosetta Spacecraft Passes Asteroid Steins September 8, 2008 · Copyrighted

Rosetta Spacecraft Passes Asteroid Steins

Credit & Copyright: Rosetta Team , ESA
M110: Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy September 9, 2008 · Copyrighted

M110: Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy

Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & Giovanni Anselmi ( Coelum Astronomia ), Hawaiian Starlight
The Anthe Arc around Saturn September 10, 2008

The Anthe Arc around Saturn

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
Mountain Top Meteors September 11, 2008 · Copyrighted

Mountain Top Meteors

Credit & Copyright: Alex Tudorica, Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy Faculty of Physics, Bucharest University
Planets over Perth September 12, 2008 · Copyrighted

Planets over Perth

Credit & Copyright: John Goldsmith, Celestial Visions exhibition, TWAN
M33: Triangulum Galaxy September 13, 2008 · Copyrighted

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

Credit & Copyright: Paul Mortfield , Stefano Cancelli
The Heart and Soul Nebulas September 14, 2008

The Heart and Soul Nebulas

Credit: Digitized Sky Survey , ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator ; Color Composite: Davide De Martin ( Skyfactory )
SN 1006: A Supernova Ribbon from Hubble September 15, 2008

SN 1006: A Supernova Ribbon from Hubble

Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: W. Blair et al. ( JHU )
W5: Pillars of Star Creation September 16, 2008

W5: Pillars of Star Creation

Credit: Lori Allen, Xavier Koenig ( Harvard-Smithsonian CfA ) et al. , JPL-Caltech , NASA
MACSJ0025: Two Giant Galaxy Clusters Collide September 17, 2008

MACSJ0025: Two Giant Galaxy Clusters Collide

Credit: NASA , ESA , CXC , M. Bradac ( UCSB ) & S. Allen ( Stanford )
Exploring the Ring September 18, 2008 · Copyrighted

Exploring the Ring

Credit & Copyright: Astro-Cooperation – Stefan Heutz/Wolfgang Ries
Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star September 19, 2008

Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star

Credit: Gemini Observatory , D. Lafreniere, R. Jayawardhana, M. van Kerkwijk ( Univ. Toronto )
A Darkened Sky September 20, 2008 · Copyrighted

A Darkened Sky

Credit & Copyright: Miloslav Druckmuller (Brno University of Technology), Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rusin
Egging On the Autumnal Equinox September 21, 2008

Egging On the Autumnal Equinox

Credit: Phil Plait ( Bad Astronomy & Blog )
Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice September 22, 2008 · Copyrighted

Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice

Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel ( TWAN )
Haumea of the Outer Solar System September 23, 2008

Haumea of the Outer Solar System

Illustration Credit: NASA
Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun September 24, 2008

Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun

Credit: SOHO Consortium , EIT , ESA , NASA
The Case of the Very Dusty Binary Star September 25, 2008 · Copyrighted

The Case of the Very Dusty Binary Star

Illustration Credit & Copyright: Lynette Cook
Moon Rays over Byurakan Observatory September 26, 2008 · Copyrighted

Moon Rays over Byurakan Observatory

Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy September 27, 2008

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

Color Composite: Davide De Martin ( Skyfactory ) Credit: European Southern Observatory Science Archive
Young Stars of NGC 346 September 28, 2008

Young Stars of NGC 346

Credit: Antonella Nota (ESA/ STScI ) et al. , ESA , NASA
A True Image from False Kiva September 29, 2008 · Copyrighted

A True Image from False Kiva

Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka ( TWAN )
Planets Ahoy! September 30, 2008 · Copyrighted

Planets Ahoy!

Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway ( IceInSpace )

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