Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2009
APOD, August 2009
31 entries from August 2009: 30 images and 1 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
August 1, 2009 SN 1006 Supernova Remnant
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Zolt Levay ( STScI )
August 2, 2009 · Copyrighted Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559
Credit & Copyright: Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , U. Arizona
August 3, 2009 · Copyrighted T Tauri: A Star is Formed
Credit & Copyright: T. Rector ( U. Alaska Anchorage ), H. Schweiker , WIYN , NOAO , AURA , NSF
August 4, 2009 · Copyrighted A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay
Credit & Copyright: Barry & Noemi Diacon ( McMaster U. )
August 5, 2009 Betelgeuse Resolved
Credit: Pierre Kervella, NaCo , VLT , ESO
August 6, 2009 · Copyrighted Galaxies in Pegasus
Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager
August 7, 2009 The Star Clusters of NGC 1313
Credit: NASA , ESA , Anne Pellerin ( STScI )
August 8, 2009 · Copyrighted Diamonds in a Cloudy Sky
Credit & Copyright: Óscar Martín Mesonero ( OSAE ), SAROS Group
August 9, 2009 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA
August 10, 2009 · Video · Copyrighted Moonbow and Rainbows Over Patagonia
Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Guisard (Los Cielos de Chile)
August 11, 2009 · Copyrighted Inside Barringer Meteor Crater
Credit & Copyright: Tony Rowell
August 12, 2009 · Copyrighted Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
August 13, 2009 Block Island Meteorite on Mars
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA
August 14, 2009 · Copyrighted Shuttle and Meteor
Credit & Copyright: Stephen Clark / Spaceflightnow.com
August 15, 2009 · Copyrighted Meteor by Moonlight
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
August 16, 2009 A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center
Credit: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO )
August 17, 2009 · Copyrighted Perseids from Perseus
Credit & Copyright: Chris Peterson ( Cloudbait Observatory )
August 18, 2009 · Copyrighted The Milky Way Over the Badlands
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (AstroPics.com, TWAN )
August 19, 2009 · Copyrighted IC 1396 and Surrounding Starfield
Credit & Copyright: Thomas W. Earle
August 20, 2009 · Copyrighted Eclipse City
Credit & Copyright: Alfred Lee
August 21, 2009 · Copyrighted The Whale and the Hockey Stick
Credit & Copyright: Josef Poepsel, Stefan Binnewies ( Capella Observatory )
August 22, 2009 · Copyrighted The Gum Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Axel Mellinger
August 23, 2009 Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Images
Credit: NASA , ESA , H. Lee & H. Ford ( Johns Hopkins U. )
August 24, 2009 Morning Glory Clouds Over Australia
Credit & Licence: Mick Petroff ; Tip Thanks: James Holmes ( Cairns )
August 25, 2009 Equinox at Saturn
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
August 26, 2009 · Copyrighted Classic Orion Nebulae
Credit & Copyright: Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn ( Weather and Sky Photography )
August 27, 2009 A Dark Sky Over Sequoia National Park
Credit: D. Duriscoe , C. Duriscoe, R. Pilewski, & L. Pilewski, U.S. NPS Night Sky Program
August 28, 2009 · Copyrighted NGC 7822 in Cepheus
Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
August 29, 2009 · Copyrighted NGC 7771 Galaxy Group
Credit & Copyright: Kent Biggs
August 30, 2009 D. rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
Credit: Michael Daly ( Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ), DOE
August 31, 2009 · Copyrighted Open Cluster M25
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre ( CFHT ) & Giovanni Anselmi ( Coelum Astronomia ), Hawaiian StarlightThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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