Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2024

APOD, August 2024

31 entries from August 2024: 27 images and 4 videos. 21 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Comet Olbers over Kunetice Castle August 1, 2024 · Copyrighted

Comet Olbers over Kunetice Castle

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in OpavaMars Passing By August 2, 2024 · Copyrighted

Mars Passing By

Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel ( TWAN )Glory and Fog Bow August 3, 2024 · Copyrighted

Glory and Fog Bow

Image and Video Credit & Copyright: Cem Özkeser and Yasin İlcebayGaia: Here Comes the Sun August 4, 2024 · Video

Gaia: Here Comes the Sun

Credit: Galaxy Illustration: N. Risinger ( skysurvey.org ); Star Data: Gaia Mission , ESA , A. S. Sellés ( U. Heidelberg ) et al.A starry sky is seen above a structure with an iconic dome. A person in shadow stands at the entrance. Sloping down in the sky is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Just below the Milky Way is the streak of a bright meteor. Please se August 5, 2024 · Copyrighted

Milky Way Over Tunisia

Image Credit & Copyright: Makrem LarnaoutA large storm cloud is pictured hovering over a flat landscape with telephone poles. The background sky is blue. The cloud appears orange at the bottom, yellow at the top, white in the middle, with dark gray overtones all around. Please see August 6, 2024 · Copyrighted

Storm Cloud Over Texas

Image Credit & Copyright: Laura Rowe (Used with permission)A starry sky is seen through a rectangular rock opening. Three rocky peaks appear toward the right, while other peaks appear toward the left. Rising above the right peaks is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Please see the explanati August 7, 2024 · Copyrighted

Milky Way Behind Three Merlons

Image Credit & Copyright: Donato Lioce ; Text: Natalia Lewandowska ( SUNY Oswego )Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle August 8, 2024 · Copyrighted

Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle

Image Credit & Copyright: Gerald RhemannA Perseid Below August 9, 2024

A Perseid Below

Image Credit: Ron Garan, ISS Expedition 28 Crew , NASAThe Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid August 10, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Edelmaier and Gabriele GegenbauerVideo August 11, 2024 · Video

Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower

Visualization Credit: Ian Webster ; Data: NASA , CAMS , Peter Jenniskens ( SETI Institute )A night sky filled with stars and the band of our Milky Way galaxy is shown also filled with many streaks. The short streaks are all coordinated and together indicate a flow from the top of the image to the bottom. In the foreground at the August 12, 2024 · Copyrighted

Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge

Image Credit & Copyright: Josh DuryThe edge of the Earth is seen from space at night. The curving horizon is tinted green but a red and blue jet rises from left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 13, 2024

Giant Jet from the International Space Station

Image Credit: NASA , Expedition 71 Crew , JSC , ESRS , Matthew Dominick ; Processing: Simeon SchmaußA night sky filled with stars is colored partly purple by an aurora. Also visible are several streaks which are meteors in this image composite. In the foreground is a field and lone tree. Part of the tree slants at the nearly the same angl August 14, 2024 · Copyrighted

Meteors and Aurora over Germany

Image Credit & Copyright: Chantal AndersLate Night Vallentuna August 15, 2024 · Copyrighted

Late Night Vallentuna

Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén ( Clear Skies , TWAN )Meteor Borealis August 16, 2024 · Copyrighted

Meteor Borealis

Image Credit & Copyright: Jason DainSky Full of Arcs August 17, 2024 · Copyrighted

Sky Full of Arcs

Image Credit & Copyright: Rory GannawayA Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO August 18, 2024 · Video

A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO

Image Credit: NASA / Goddard / SDO AIA TeamA red emission nebula is shown against a busy starfield with many dark dust filaments near the nebula's center. Near the bottom of the image is a smaller blue reflection nebula. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 19, 2024 · Copyrighted

IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Luis Romero VenturaA large and orange-tinted moon is pictured rising beyond the pillars of an ancient structure. The foreground is dark and the night sky behind the Moon appear blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 20, 2024

Supermoon Beyond the Temple of Poseidon

Image Credit: Alexandros MaragosA blue oval is shown with a red and yellow horizontal band running across the middle. Red and yellow spots also appear distributed inside the oval. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 21, 2024

Fermi's 12-year All-Sky Gamma-ray Map

Image Credit: NASA, DOE, Fermi LAT Collaboration; Text: Barb Mattson ( U. Maryland , NASA ‘s GSFC )The Dark Tower in Scorpius August 22, 2024 · Copyrighted

The Dark Tower in Scorpius

Image Credit & Copyright: Mike SelbySupernova Remnant CTA 1 August 23, 2024 · Copyrighted

Supernova Remnant CTA 1

Image Credit & Copyright: Thomas LeluSouth Pacific Shadowset August 24, 2024 · Copyrighted

South Pacific Shadowset

Image Credit & Copyright: Jin WangA light-colored spherical body is shown mostly illuminated against a dark background. Many craters are visible. Unusual blue stripes meander on the surface. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 25, 2024

Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , JPL , SSI , Cassini Imaging TeamPerseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia August 26, 2024 · Video

Perseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia

Video Credit: Jeff Dai ( TWAN ); Music: Ibaotu catalog number 771024 (Used with permission)A picture of the edge of the Earth's familiar Moon takes up the right part of the frame, while a partial image of Saturn is visible just behind it on the left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 27, 2024

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Moon Eclipses Saturn in August 2024 Tomorrow’s picture: hole flower < | Archive | Submissions | Index | Search | Calendar | RSS | Education | About APOD | Discuss | > Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy, Accessibility, Notices; A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech.A picture of a starfield with red emission nebulae is shown. Toward the right is a point of light that is Cygnus X-1, a nearby black hole. Above the black hole is a blue-shaded bow shock wave in the surrounding gas. Please see the explanati August 28, 2024 · Copyrighted

Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X-1

Image Credit & Copyright: Anirudh ShastryStar Factory Messier 17 August 29, 2024 · Copyrighted

Star Factory Messier 17

Image Credit & Copyright: Gaetan MaxantSouthern Moonscape August 30, 2024 · Copyrighted

Southern Moonscape

Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand FenyesIFN and the NGC 7771 Group August 31, 2024 · Copyrighted

IFN and the NGC 7771 Group

Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel and Bob Fera

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