Astronomy Picture of the Day · October 2022

APOD, October 2022

31 entries from October 2022: 29 images and 2 videos. 23 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Lunation Matrix October 1, 2022 · Copyrighted

Lunation Matrix

Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel ( TWAN )
The featured illustration a supernova remnant with a line extending to the lower right that is the trail of a neutron star. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 2, 2022

Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002

Image Credit: F. Schinzel et al. ( NRAO , NSF ), Canadian Galactic Plane Survey ( DRAO ), NASA ( IRAS ); Composition: Jayanne English ( U. Manitoba )
The featured image shows a partly illuminated light-colored sphere with a complex pattern of brown streaks. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 3, 2022

Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Juno

Image Credit & License: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SwRI , MSSS ; Processing: Andrea Luck
The featured image shows the star forming region M16 known as the Eagle Nebula -- but with the stars digitally removed. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 4, 2022 · Copyrighted

Star-Forming Eagle Nebula without Stars

Image Credit & Copyright: Yannick Akar
Expanding Plume from DART's Impact October 5, 2022 · Video

Expanding Plume from DART's Impact

Video Credit: Les Makes Observatory , J. Berthier , F. Vachier, A. Klotz, P. Thierry, T. Santana-Ros, ESA NEOCC , D. Föhring, E. Petrescu, M. Micheli
NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy October 6, 2022 · Copyrighted

NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Sherick
In Ganymede's Shadow October 7, 2022 · Copyrighted

In Ganymede's Shadow

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew McCarthy
Two Comets in Southern Skies October 8, 2022 · Copyrighted

Two Comets in Southern Skies

Image Credit & Copyright: Jose J. Chambo ( Cometografia )
The featured image tipis below a night sky lit up with multiple green auroras. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 9, 2022 · Copyrighted

Auroras over Northern Canada

Image Credit & Copyright: Kwon, O Chul ( TWAN )
The featured image shows a broad landscape in Turkey with many images of the Moon in different phases tracing out doubled figure eight on the sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 10, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Double Lunar Analemma over Turkey

Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy
The featured image shows a close up of the Pelican Nebula highlighted by several dark pillars, one of which spouts jets on either side. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 11, 2022 · Copyrighted

Stars, Dust, Pillars, and Jets in the Pelican Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Adriano Almeida
Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula October 12, 2022 · Copyrighted

Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease
The featured image shows many circular rings surrounding a central star. Other stars are visible in an otherwise dark field. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 13, 2022

Dust Shells around WR 140 from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , JWST , MIRI , ERS Program 1349 ; Processing: Judy Schmidt
The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon October 14, 2022 · Copyrighted

The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley
GRB 221009A October 15, 2022

GRB 221009A

Image Credit: NASA , DOE , Fermi LAT Collaboration
The featured image shows a the big beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 with encompassing spiral arms tinted blue from young stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 16, 2022

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

Image Credit: NASA ESA , Hubble Heritage
The featured image shows X-ray rings surrounding GRB 221009A. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 17, 2022

X-Ray Rings Around a Gamma Ray Burst

Image Credit: NASA Swift Obs. ; Data: B. Cenko ( NASA’s GSFC ), A. Beardmore ( U. Leicester ) et al.; Processing: J. Miller ( U. Michigan )
The featured image shows a foreground lake in Sweden with the Milky Way Galaxy above in on the left and a green auroral over on the right. At first glance, it may look like the aurora is a flower growing out of the Milky Way stem. Please se October 18, 2022 · Copyrighted

Milky Way Auroral Flower

Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand
The featured image shows distant spiral galaxy NGC 7497 in a field of foreground stars, gas, and dust. The foreground gas and dust is in our own Milky Way galaxy and so well in front of the galaxy -- but appears to go right through it. Plea October 19, 2022 · Copyrighted

A Galaxy Beyond Stars, Gas, Dust

Image Credit & Copyright: Howard Trottier ; Text: Emily Rice
Pillars of Creation October 20, 2022

Pillars of Creation

Image Credit: Science – NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , NIRCam Processing – Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
Andromeda in Southern Skies October 21, 2022 · Copyrighted

Andromeda in Southern Skies

Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin ( Otago Museum )
NGC 1499: The California Nebula October 22, 2022 · Copyrighted

NGC 1499: The California Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Kennedy
The featured image shows a landscape of narrow triangular rocks below a night sky that features the band of the Milky Way arching overhead. Connecting the land to the sky is a bright of diffuse zodiacal light. Please see the explanation for October 23, 2022 · Copyrighted

Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles

Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang
The featured image shows the nearby galaxy M31 surrounded by unfamiliar red glowing clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 24, 2022 · Copyrighted

Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Fryhover
Jupiter Rotates as Moons Orbit October 25, 2022 · Video · Copyrighted

Jupiter Rotates as Moons Orbit

Video Credit & Copyright: Makrem Larnaout
The featured image shows the Cocoon Nebula on the right in white and red in a glowing red background with a trail of brown dust on the right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 26, 2022 · Copyrighted

Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

Image Credit & Copyright: Andy Ermolli
Sunset, Moonset, Taj Mahal October 27, 2022 · Copyrighted

Sunset, Moonset, Taj Mahal

Image Credit & Copyright: Neelam and Ajay Talwar ( TWAN )
Seven Years of Halley Dust October 28, 2022 · Copyrighted

Seven Years of Halley Dust

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava
LDN 673: Dark Clouds in Aquila October 29, 2022 · Copyrighted

LDN 673: Dark Clouds in Aquila

Image Credit & Copyright: Frank Sackenheim, Josef Poepsel, Stefan Binnewies ( Capella Observatory Team )
The featured image shows steam rising from several separated vents at Hverir, a geothermally active field in Iceland. Green aurora rage in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 30, 2022 · Copyrighted

Night on a Spooky Planet

Image Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Vetter ( Nuits sacrées )
The featured image shows a dark brown molecular cloud in front of a distant star field. The cloud has the appearance of a flying bat. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. October 31, 2022 · Copyrighted

LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby ; Text: Michelle Thaller ( NASA ‘s GSFC )

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