Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 2008
APOD, October 2008
31 entries from October 2008: 31 images and 0 videos. 14 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
October 1, 2008 The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
Credit: GRIN , NASA
October 2, 2008 NGC 253 Close-Up
Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Dalcanton, B. Williams ( Univ. Washington ) Ground-based data: T. Rector ( Univ. Alaska, Anchorage ), T. Abbott, NOAO/ AURA /NSF
October 3, 2008 · Copyrighted Young Suns of NGC 7129
Credit & Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera ( Fera Photography )
October 4, 2008 A Solar Prominence Unfurls
Credit: STEREO Project , NASA
October 5, 2008 Earth at Night
Credit: C. Mayhew & R. Simmon ( NASA / GSFC ), NOAA / NGDC , DMSP Digital Archive
October 6, 2008 Layers of Red Cliffs on Mars
Credit: HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA
October 7, 2008 Dust Mountains in the Carina Nebula
Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: N. Smith et al. ( JHU )
October 8, 2008 Mercury as Revealed by MESSENGER
Credit: MESSENGER , NASA , JHU APL , CIW
October 9, 2008 · Copyrighted Massive Stars in NGC 6357
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler ( Panther Observatory )
October 10, 2008 · Copyrighted Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
October 11, 2008 · Copyrighted Bright Bolide
Credit & Copyright: Howard Edin ( Oklahoma City Astronomy Club )
October 12, 2008 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ); Acknowledgement: A. Reiss et al. ( JHU )
October 13, 2008 Cassini Passes Through Ice Plumes of Enceladus
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
October 14, 2008 An Enceladus Tiger Stripe from Cassini
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
October 15, 2008 · Copyrighted Camera Orion
Credit & Copyright: John Gauvreau
October 16, 2008 · Copyrighted 48 Years of Space Flight
Credit & Copyright: Ralf Vandebergh
October 17, 2008 An Extraordinary Voyage
Credit: Jesse Carpenter, Bill Moede, Peter Jenniskens (NASA Ames Research Center)
October 18, 2008 · Copyrighted Sharpless 171
Credit & Copyright: Antonio Fernandez
October 19, 2008 In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula
Credit: A. Caulet ( ST-ECF , ESA ), NASA
October 20, 2008 Moons, Rings, and Unexpected Colors on Saturn
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
October 21, 2008 A Dark Pulsar in CTA 1
Credit: NASA , S. Pineault ( DRAO )
October 22, 2008 · Copyrighted Beautiful Spiral NGC 7331
Credit & Copyright: Vicent Peris ( OAUV / PTeam ), Gilles Bergond, Calar Alto Observatory .
October 23, 2008 · Copyrighted Great Orion Nebulae
Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
October 24, 2008 · Copyrighted Amazing Comet Holmes
Credit & Copyright: Tony Cook
October 25, 2008 NGC 602 and Beyond
Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ) – ESA /Hubble Collaboration
October 26, 2008 Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24
Credit: NASA , ESA and J. M. Apellniz ( IAA , Spain)
October 27, 2008 Beneath the South Pole of Saturn
Credit: Cassini VIMS Team, JPL , ESA , NASA
October 28, 2008 · Copyrighted The North America Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Rico Gualda
October 29, 2008 · Copyrighted Mirach's Ghost
Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis ( TWAN )
October 30, 2008 · Copyrighted Haunting the Cepheus Flare
Credit & Copyright: Giovanni Benintende
October 31, 2008 · Copyrighted A Witch by Starlight
Credit & Copyright: Star Shadows Remote Observatory (Steve Mazlin, Jack Harvey, Rick Gilbert, Teri Smoot, Daniel Verschatse)Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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