Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2022

APOD, August 2022

31 entries from August 2022: 27 images and 4 videos. 20 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

The featured image shows a large pillar of dust and gas in the Carina Nebula. The pillar has many humps and several jets. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 1, 2022

Mountains of Dust in the Carina Nebula

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Proccessing: Javier Pobes
The featured image shows a crescent Moon over a city and volcano with a flat cloud running through the center that makes the Moon like a bit like the planet Saturn. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 2, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Moon Dressed Like Saturn

Image Credit & Copyright: Francisco Sojuel
The featured image shows a wide field image of the Cat's Eye nebula showing it to be surrounded by a large halo with many vertexes. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 3, 2022 · Copyrighted

Halo of the Cat's Eye

Image Credit & Copyright: Bray Falls
M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules August 4, 2022 · Copyrighted

M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Image Credit & Copyright: Joan Josep Isach Cogollos
A Beautiful Trifid August 5, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Beautiful Trifid

Image Credit & Copyright: Vikas Chander
Stereo Phobos August 6, 2022

Stereo Phobos

Image Credit: G. Neukum ( FU Berlin ) et al., Mars Express , DLR , ESA
The featured image shows a bright green meteor trail crossing before the distant Andromeda galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 7, 2022 · Copyrighted

Meteor before Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich
The featured image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula with many red gas ridges and dark dust pillars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 8, 2022 · Copyrighted

The Lagoon Nebula without Stars

Image Credit & Copyright: Sameer Dhar
Leaving Earth August 9, 2022 · Video

Leaving Earth

Video Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington
The featured image shows the interstellar dust structures that occur on in interior of NGC 281, the Pacman Nebula. The dark structures are seen against a red glowing background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 10, 2022 · Copyrighted

Dust Clouds of the Pacman Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Douglas J. Struble ( Future World Media )
Perseids and MAGIC August 11, 2022 · Copyrighted

Perseids and MAGIC

Image Credit & Copyright: Urs Leutenegger
Portrait of the Eagle Nebula August 12, 2022 · Copyrighted

Portrait of the Eagle Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Charles Bonafilia
Herschel Crater on Mimas August 13, 2022

Herschel Crater on Mimas

Image Credit Cassini Imaging Team , ISS , JPL , ESA , NASA
4000 Exoplanets August 14, 2022 · Video

4000 Exoplanets

Video Credit: SYSTEM Sounds ( M. Russo , A. Santaguida ); Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive
The featured image shows the Cygnus Wall of star formation, a jagged line of bright gas and dark dust set in blue background and near very dark expanse of dark dust. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 15, 2022 · Copyrighted

The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation

Image Credit & Copyright: Johan Bogaerts
The featured image shows a composite image capturing many meteor streaks above the ruins of an ancient village. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 16, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Meteor Wind over Tunisia

Image Credit & Copyright: Makrem Larnaout
The featured image shows a circular ring of stars that is a projection of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. In the foreground are rocks and cacti from the high desert in Chile. Please see the explanation for more detailed informatio August 17, 2022 · Copyrighted

Stargate Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Maxime Oudoux
Full Moon Perseids August 18, 2022 · Copyrighted

Full Moon Perseids

Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( Starry Earth , TWAN )
Saturn: 1993 – 2022 August 19, 2022 · Copyrighted

Saturn: 1993 – 2022

Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel ( TWAN )
Stardust and Comet Tails August 20, 2022 · Copyrighted

Stardust and Comet Tails

Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri
The featured image shows the center of the Crab Nebula in colors mapped to Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer space telescopes. The Crab pulsar appears in the center surrounded by a spinning disk. Please see the explanation for more detailed info August 21, 2022

The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

Image Credit: NASA : X-ray: Chandra (CXC) , Optical: Hubble (STScI) , Infrared: Spitzer (JPL-Caltech)
Earth's Recent Climate Spiral August 22, 2022 · Video

Earth's Recent Climate Spiral

Video Credit: NASA ‘s Scientific Visualization Studio
The featured image shows a beach nighscape featuring a bright meteor, the band of our Milky Way Galaxy, and a small island in the Mediterranean Sea of France. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 23, 2022 · Copyrighted

Meteor & Milky Way over the Mediterranean

Image Credit & Copyright: Julien Looten
The featured image shows the interacting Cartwheel Galaxy as captured in visible and infrared light by the Webb Space Telescope. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 24, 2022

The Cartwheel Galaxy from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , Webb ERO Production Team
Tiangong Space Station Transits the Moon August 25, 2022 · Copyrighted

Tiangong Space Station Transits the Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Lucy Yunxi Hu
Little Planet South Pole August 26, 2022 · Copyrighted

Little Planet South Pole

Image Credit & Copyright: Aman Chokshi
IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula August 27, 2022 · Copyrighted

IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: David Jenkins
Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter August 28, 2022 · Video

Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter

Video Credit: License : NASA , Juno , SwRI , MSSS , Gerald Eichstadt ; Music: Moonlight Sonata ( Ludwig van Beethoven )
The featured image shows the famous Horsehead nebula in Orion, a dark dust figure superposed on glowing gas. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 29, 2022 · Copyrighted

The Horsehead Nebula Region without Stars

Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis
The featured image shows Jupiter in infrared light as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Visible in unusually dark colors are Jupiter's clouds including the Great Red Spot, a ring, several moons, and bright aurora. Please see the e August 30, 2022

Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Jupiter ERS Team ; Processing: Ricardo Hueso ( UPV/EHU ) & Judy Schmidt
The featured image shows an unusual and steep rock outcrop on Mars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 31, 2022

Siccar Point on Mars

Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS ; Processing & License : Kevin M. Gill

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