Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2021
APOD, August 2021
31 entries from August 2021: 29 images and 2 videos. 18 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
August 1, 2021 Pluto in Enhanced Color
Image Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins Univ./APL , Southwest Research Inst.Video August 2, 2021 · VideoThe Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Sonification: G. Salvesen ( UCSB ); Data: M. Rafelski et al.
August 3, 2021 · Copyrighted A Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Dandan Huang
August 4, 2021 EHT Resolves Central Jet from Black Hole in Cen A
Image Credit: Radboud University; CSIRO/ATNF/I.Feain et al., R.Morganti et al., N.Junkes et al.; ESO/WFI; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al.; NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al.; TANAMI/C. Mueller et al.; EHT/M. Janssen et al.
August 5, 2021 · Copyrighted Tycho and Clavius
Image Credit & Copyright: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau
August 6, 2021 · Copyrighted Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
Image Credit & Copyright: Vikas Chander
August 7, 2021 Jezero Crater: Raised Ridges in 3D
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Ingenuity
August 8, 2021 A Perseid Below
Image Credit: NASA ISS Expedition 28 Crew , Ron Garan
August 9, 2021 · Copyrighted Perseus and the Lost Meteors
Image Credit & Copyright: Tomas Slovinsky ( Slovakia ) & Petr Horalek ( Czech Republic ; Institute of Physics in Opava )
August 10, 2021 Fire in Space
Image Credit: NASA
August 11, 2021 · Copyrighted Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael F Johnston
August 12, 2021 · Copyrighted A Beautiful Trifid
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby
August 13, 2021 A Perfect Spiral
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , HLA ; Processing: Mehmet Hakan Ozsarac
August 14, 2021 · Copyrighted Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
Image Credit & Copyright: Marzena Rogozinska
August 15, 2021 · Copyrighted Perseid Rain
Image Credit & Copyright: Luo Hongyang
August 16, 2021 · Copyrighted Perseid Meteor, Red Sprites, and Nova RS Ophiuchus
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona
August 17, 2021 M57: The Ring Nebula from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Legacy Archive ; Processing: Judy Schmidt
August 18, 2021 · Copyrighted Rings Around the Ring Nebula
Image Credit: Hubble , Large Binocular Telescope , Subaru Telescope ; Composition & Copyright: Robert Gendler
August 19, 2021 · Copyrighted Bright Meteor, Starry Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro ( TWAN , Dark Sky Alqueva )
August 20, 2021 · Copyrighted Three Perseid Nights
Image Credit & Copyright: Balint Lengyel
August 21, 2021 · Copyrighted Triple Transit and Mutual Events
Image Credit & Copyright: Christopher Go
August 22, 2021 · Copyrighted Explosions from White Dwarf Star RS Oph
Illustration Credit & Copyright: David A. Hardy & PPARC
August 23, 2021 Abell 3827: Cannibal Cluster Gravitational Lens
Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASA , R. Massey
August 24, 2021 PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons
Image Credit: ALMA ( ESO / NAOJ / NRAO ); M. Benisty et al.
August 25, 2021 · Video · Copyrighted Solar System Ball Drop
Video Credit & Copyright: James O’Donoghue ( JAXA ) & Rami Mandow ( Space Australia ); Text: James O’Donoghue
August 26, 2021 · Copyrighted A Blue Hour Full Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia Hofer
August 27, 2021 · Copyrighted Elephant's Trunk and Caravan
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder
August 28, 2021 Mars Rock Rochette
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech
August 29, 2021 Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech
August 30, 2021 A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
Image Credit: Christa Harbig
August 31, 2021 · Copyrighted A Blue Moon in Exaggerated Colors
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert FedezThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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- Astronomy Picture of the Day — NASA Science, science.nasa.gov/apod/archive
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