Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2010
APOD, August 2010
31 entries from August 2010: 30 images and 1 videos. 19 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
August 1, 2010 Venus' Once Molten Surface
Credit: E. De Jong et al. ( JPL ), MIPL , Magellan Team , NASA
August 2, 2010 Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
August 3, 2010 · Copyrighted The Planet and the Radio Dish
Credit & Copyright: Alex Cherney (Terrastro)
August 4, 2010 · Copyrighted Eclipse Shadow Cone Over Patagonia
Credit & Copyright: Daniel Fischer ( Cosmic Mirror )
August 5, 2010 · Copyrighted M8: The Lagoon Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Steve Mazlin, Jack Harvey, Rick Gilbert, and Daniel Verschatse ( Star Shadows Remote Observatory , PROMPT , CTIO)
August 6, 2010 The Not So Quiet Sun
Credit: NASA / Goddard / SDO AIA Team
August 7, 2010 · Copyrighted Rainbow at Sunset
Credit & Copyright: Bernd Thinius ( Inastars Observatory Potsdam )
August 8, 2010 Two Hours Before Neptune
Credit: Voyager 2, NASA
August 9, 2010 IRAS 05437+2502: An Enigmatic Star Cloud from Hubble
Credit: ESA , Hubble , R. Sahai ( JPL ), NASA
August 10, 2010 The Sand Dunes of Titan
Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper , JPL , JSC , ESA , NASA
August 11, 2010 · Copyrighted Crepuscular Rays Over Lake Michigan
Credit & Copyright: Kurt Voigts
August 12, 2010 · Copyrighted Perseid Prelude
Credit & Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi ( TWAN )
August 13, 2010 · Copyrighted Arp 286: Trio in Virgo
Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin
August 14, 2010 · Copyrighted Night of the Perseids
Credit & Copyright: Marco Verstraaten
August 15, 2010 Layered Hills in Arabia Terra on Mars
Credit: MSSS , JPL , NASA
August 16, 2010 · Copyrighted Meteors Over Quebec
Credit & Copyright: Rmi Boucher
August 17, 2010 · Copyrighted NGC 4755: A Jewel Box of Stars
Credit & Copyright: Dieter Willasch ( Astro-Cabinet )
August 18, 2010 · Copyrighted Crescent Moon and Planets Over Portugal
Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro
August 19, 2010 · Copyrighted Pelican Nebula Close-up
Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
August 20, 2010 · Copyrighted NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
August 21, 2010 · Copyrighted Perseid Storm
Credit & Copyright: Robert Arn
August 22, 2010 Hoag's Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy
Credit: R. Lucas ( STScI / AURA ), Hubble Heritage Team , NASA
August 23, 2010 · Copyrighted A Milky Way Shadow at Loch Ard Gorge
Credit & Copyright: Alex Cherney (Terrastro)
August 24, 2010 Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Magnifies the Dark Universe
Credit: NASA , ESA , E. Jullo ( JPL ), P. Natarajan ( Yale ), & J.-P. Kneib ( LAM , CNRS ) Acknowledgment: H. Ford and N. Benetiz ( JHU ), & T. Broadhurst ( Tel Aviv )
August 25, 2010 · Video HD 10180: Richest Yet Planetary System Discovered
Artistic Animation Credit: ESO , L. Calada
August 26, 2010 · Copyrighted M27: Not a Comet
Credit & Copyright: Matthew T. Russell
August 27, 2010 · Copyrighted Brighter Than Mars
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN )
August 28, 2010 Hole in the Sun
Credit: NASA / Goddard / SDO AIA Team
August 29, 2010 · Copyrighted The Local Fluff
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Linda Huff ( American Scientist ), Priscilla Frisch ( U. Chicago )
August 30, 2010 Comanche Outcrop on Mars Indicates Hospitable Past
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA
August 31, 2010 · Copyrighted The Annotated Galactic Center
Credit & Copyright: Jaime FernandezThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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