Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2008
APOD 2008
364 entries from 2008: 359 images and 5 videos. 194 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 30, 2008 Home from Above
Credit: Expedition 18 Crew , NASA
November 30, 2008 An Apollo 15 Panorama: Astronaut Exploring
Credit: Apollo 15 Crew , USGS , NASA
October 31, 2008 A Witch by Starlight
Credit & Copyright: Star Shadows Remote Observatory (Steve Mazlin, Jack Harvey, Rick Gilbert, Teri Smoot, Daniel Verschatse)
September 30, 2008 Planets Ahoy!
Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway ( IceInSpace )
August 31, 2008 Eclipse over the Great Wall
Credit & Copyright: Mike Simmons ( Astronomers Without Borders , TWAN )
July 31, 2008 Galaxies on a String
Credit & Copyright: Acquisition – Martin Winder, Processing – Warren KellerThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2008 (30)
- Dec 30 Home from Above
- Dec 29 NGC 1569: Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
- Dec 28 Thackeray's Globules
- Dec 27 Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula
- Dec 26 The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Dec 25 Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Earthrise
- Dec 23 Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Labtayt Sulci on Saturn's Enceladus
- Dec 21 Analemma Over the Porch of Maidens Copyrighted
- Dec 20 Solstice at Newgrange
- Dec 19 The Large Cloud of Magellan Copyrighted
- Dec 18 La Superba Copyrighted
- Dec 17 The Dumbbells Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Orion Dawn Over Mount Nemrut Copyrighted
- Dec 15 A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Zodiacal Light Over New Mexico Copyrighted
- Dec 13 The 60-inch Reflector Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Lick Observatory Moonrise Copyrighted
- Dec 11 At the Center of the Milky Way
- Dec 10 Portrait of NGC 281 Copyrighted
- Dec 9 M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Dec 8 The Dark Doodad Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 7 A Halo Around the Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 6 Lunar Diamond Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Smile in the Sky Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Venus in the Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 3 A Happy Sky Over Los Angeles Copyrighted
- Dec 2 International Space Station: Find the Astronaut
- Dec 1 Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula
November 2008 (30)
- Nov 30 An Apollo 15 Panorama: Astronaut Exploring
- Nov 29 Chilean Skyscape Copyrighted
- Nov 28 Probably a Planet for Beta Pic
- Nov 27 Galaxies in the River Copyrighted
- Nov 26 The Horsehead Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Fireball Over Edmonton Video Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Radar Indicates Buried Glaciers on Mars
- Nov 23 In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 22 From Moonrise to Sunset Copyrighted
- Nov 21 M76 Above and Below Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Endeavour in the Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Unusual Auroras Over Saturn's North Pole
- Nov 18 Restored: First Image of the Earth from the Moon
- Nov 17 HR 8799: Discovery of a Multi-planet Star System
- Nov 16 Anticrepuscular Rays Over Colorado Copyrighted
- Nov 15 Arp 273 Copyrighted
- Nov 14 Fomalhaut b
- Nov 13 A Bubble in Cygnus Copyrighted
- Nov 12 Phoenix and the Holy Cow
- Nov 11 The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 10 Our Galaxy's Central Molecular Zone
- Nov 9 Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75
- Nov 8 On the Trail of 2008 TC3
- Nov 7 Cygnus Trio Copyrighted
- Nov 6 A Sharper View of a Hazy Giant
- Nov 5 Seventeen Hundred Kilometers Above Enceladus
- Nov 4 The Double Ring Galaxies of Arp 147 from Hubble
- Nov 3 A Spectacular Rayed Crater on Mercury
- Nov 2 Spicules: Jets on the Sun
- Nov 1 A Spectre in the Eastern Veil Copyrighted
October 2008 (31)
- Oct 31 A Witch by Starlight Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Haunting the Cepheus Flare Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Mirach's Ghost Copyrighted
- Oct 28 The North America Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Beneath the South Pole of Saturn
- Oct 26 Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24
- Oct 25 NGC 602 and Beyond
- Oct 24 Amazing Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Oct 23 Great Orion Nebulae Copyrighted
- Oct 22 Beautiful Spiral NGC 7331 Copyrighted
- Oct 21 A Dark Pulsar in CTA 1
- Oct 20 Moons, Rings, and Unexpected Colors on Saturn
- Oct 19 In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula
- Oct 18 Sharpless 171 Copyrighted
- Oct 17 An Extraordinary Voyage
- Oct 16 48 Years of Space Flight Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Camera Orion Copyrighted
- Oct 14 An Enceladus Tiger Stripe from Cassini
- Oct 13 Cassini Passes Through Ice Plumes of Enceladus
- Oct 12 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
- Oct 11 Bright Bolide Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 Copyrighted
- Oct 9 Massive Stars in NGC 6357 Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Mercury as Revealed by MESSENGER
- Oct 7 Dust Mountains in the Carina Nebula
- Oct 6 Layers of Red Cliffs on Mars
- Oct 5 Earth at Night
- Oct 4 A Solar Prominence Unfurls
- Oct 3 Young Suns of NGC 7129 Copyrighted
- Oct 2 NGC 253 Close-Up
- Oct 1 The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
September 2008 (30)
- Sep 30 Planets Ahoy! Copyrighted
- Sep 29 A True Image from False Kiva Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Young Stars of NGC 346
- Sep 27 M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy
- Sep 26 Moon Rays over Byurakan Observatory Copyrighted
- Sep 25 The Case of the Very Dusty Binary Star Copyrighted
- Sep 24 Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun
- Sep 23 Haumea of the Outer Solar System
- Sep 22 Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Egging On the Autumnal Equinox
- Sep 20 A Darkened Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 19 Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star
- Sep 18 Exploring the Ring Copyrighted
- Sep 17 MACSJ0025: Two Giant Galaxy Clusters Collide
- Sep 16 W5: Pillars of Star Creation
- Sep 15 SN 1006: A Supernova Ribbon from Hubble
- Sep 14 The Heart and Soul Nebulas
- Sep 13 M33: Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Planets over Perth Copyrighted
- Sep 11 Mountain Top Meteors Copyrighted
- Sep 10 The Anthe Arc around Saturn
- Sep 9 M110: Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 8 Rosetta Spacecraft Passes Asteroid Steins Copyrighted
- Sep 7 Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica Copyrighted
- Sep 6 A Flock of Stars Copyrighted
- Sep 5 Milky Way Road Trip Copyrighted
- Sep 4 Spokes in the Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 3 31 Million Miles from Planet Earth
- Sep 2 NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide Copyrighted
- Sep 1 CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule Copyrighted
August 2008 (31)
- Aug 31 Eclipse over the Great Wall Copyrighted
- Aug 30 The View from Everest Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Generations of Stars in W5
- Aug 28 Fermi's First Light
- Aug 27 IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 26 47 Tuc: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars Copyrighted
- Aug 25 NGC 7008: The Fetus Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
- Aug 23 The Matter of the Bullet Cluster
- Aug 22 Active Galaxy NGC 1275
- Aug 21 August Moons Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Earth's Shadow Copyrighted
- Aug 19 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Baily's Beads near Solar Eclipse Totality Copyrighted
- Aug 17 Io's Surface: Under Construction
- Aug 16 Perseid over Vancouver Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Facing NGC 6946 Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Perseid Trail Copyrighted
- Aug 13 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 12 A Mars Panorama from the Phoenix Lander
- Aug 11 Black Hole Candidate Cygnus X-1
- Aug 10 The Eagle Rises Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Aurora Persei Copyrighted
- Aug 8 The Crown of the Sun Copyrighted
- Aug 7 At the Sun's Edge Copyrighted
- Aug 6 NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster
- Aug 5 A Total Solar Eclipse Over China Copyrighted
- Aug 4 X-Rays from the Cat's Eye Nebula
- Aug 3 Open Cluster NGC 290: A Stellar Jewel Box
- Aug 2 Eclipse Shirt Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Moon Games Copyrighted
July 2008 (30)
- Jul 31 Galaxies on a String Copyrighted
- Jul 30 The International Space Station Transits the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 29 The Milky Way Over Ontario Copyrighted
- Jul 28 SDSSJ1430: A Galaxy Einstein Ring
- Jul 27 IC 4406: A Seemingly Square Nebula
- Jul 26 Central IC 1805 Copyrighted
- Jul 25 Spitzer's M101
- Jul 24 When Storms Collide
- Jul 23 High Cliffs Surrounding Echus Chasma on Mars
- Jul 21 The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 271 Copyrighted
- Jul 20 Crescent Rhea Occults Crescent Saturn
- Jul 19 M16 and the Eagle Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 18 Jupiter over Ephesus Copyrighted
- Jul 17 Extra Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jul 16 Makemake of the Outer Solar System
- Jul 15 Gas and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Changes in Angular Mars Copyrighted
- Jul 13 A Dark Sky Over Death Valley
- Jul 12 NGC 7331 and Beyond Copyrighted
- Jul 11 The Far 3kpc Arm
- Jul 10 Enhanced Color Caloris
- Jul 9 Planets and Fire by Moonlight Copyrighted
- Jul 8 In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster Copyrighted
- Jul 7 The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky Copyrighted
- Jul 6 Apollo 17: VIP Site Anaglyph
- Jul 5 Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning Copyrighted
- Jul 4 SN 1006 Supernova Remnant
- Jul 3 Hoodoo Sky Copyrighted
- Jul 2 Night Shinings Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Pickering's Triangle from Kitt Peak Copyrighted
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June 2008 (30)
- Jun 30 In the Center of the Trifid Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 29 Shadow of a Martian Robot
- Jun 28 Fireball at Ayers Rock Copyrighted
- Jun 27 M81: Feeding a Black Hole
- Jun 26 M27: Not A Comet Copyrighted
- Jun 25 What is Hanny's Voorwerp?
- Jun 24 Ithaca Chasma: The Great Rift on Saturn's Tethys
- Jun 23 The International Space Station Expands Again
- Jun 22 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
- Jun 21 Vanishing Act
- Jun 20 Solstice Moonrise, Cape Sounion Copyrighted
- Jun 19 The Star Streams of NGC 5907 Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Pyramid Ice Crystal Halos Over Finland Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Eta Carinae and the Homunculus Nebula
- Jun 16 Inside the Coma Cluster of Galaxies
- Jun 15 Phoenix Digs for Clues on Mars
- Jun 14 M51 Hubble Remix
- Jun 13 At Last, GLAST
- Jun 12 Phoenix and the Snow Queen
- Jun 11 Dextre Robot at Work on the Space Station
- Jun 10 A Fire Rainbow Over New Jersey Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Saturn's Rings from the Other Side
- Jun 8 Mars Soil Sample Ready to Analyze
- Jun 7 June's Young Crescent Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Two-Armed Spiral Milky Way
- Jun 5 Spitzer's Milky Way
- Jun 4 Chasing the ISS Copyrighted
- Jun 3 The Dark River to Antares Copyrighted
- Jun 2 Unusual Light Patch Under Phoenix Lander on Mars
- Jun 1 A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence
May 2008 (31)
- May 31 A View to the Sunset Copyrighted
- May 30 Descent of the Phoenix
- May 29 A Fog Bow Over Ocean Beach Copyrighted
- May 28 Dark Clouds of the Carina Nebula
- May 27 Phoenix at Mars
- May 26 A New Horizon for Phoenix
- May 25 Phoenix Lander Arrives at Mars Video Copyrighted
- May 24 Space Station in the Sun Copyrighted
- May 23 Jupiter's Three Red Spots
- May 22 Windblown NGC 3199 Copyrighted
- May 21 A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d Copyrighted
- May 20 The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- May 19 Flying Over the Columbia Hills of Mars Video
- May 18 On the Origin of Gold
- May 17 Logarithmic Spirals
- May 16 Circles in the Sky Copyrighted
- May 15 Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628 Copyrighted
- May 14 A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station
- May 13 Ancient Craters of Southern Rhea
- May 12 The M81 Galaxy Group Through the Integrated Flux Nebula Copyrighted
- May 11 Retrograde Mars Copyrighted
- May 10 Stars and Mars Copyrighted
- May 9 Moon Meets Mercury Copyrighted
- May 8 The Dark Tower in Scorpius Copyrighted
- May 7 The Gegenschein Over Chile Copyrighted
- May 6 Galaxies Collide in NGC 3256
- May 5 A Persistent Electrical Storm on Saturn
- May 4 An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- May 3 Alborz Mountain Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 2 Shaping NGC 6188 Copyrighted
- May 1 The Giants of Omega Centauri
April 2008 (30)
- Apr 30 Arp 272
- Apr 29 Airplane Flight Patterns over the USA Video Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Star Forming Region NGC 3582 Copyrighted
- Apr 27 The Galactic Center Radio Arc
- Apr 26 The Tarantula Zone Copyrighted
- Apr 25 M86 in the Virgo Cluster Copyrighted
- Apr 24 Cygnus Without Stars Copyrighted
- Apr 23 Above the Clouds Copyrighted
- Apr 22 The Fox Fur Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Apr 21 Bacteriophages: The Most Common Life-Like Form on Earth
- Apr 20 Spiral Galaxies in Collision
- Apr 19 Running Messier's Marathon Copyrighted
- Apr 18 IC 2948: The Running Chicken Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 16 A Protected Night Sky Over Flagstaff Copyrighted
- Apr 15 Sky Delights Over Sweden Copyrighted
- Apr 14 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Apr 13 Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
- Apr 12 Yuri's Planet
- Apr 11 At first, he couldn't see the Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 10 Stickney Crater
- Apr 9 A Large Magellanic Cloud Deep Field Copyrighted
- Apr 8 Southern Orion: From Belt to Witch Copyrighted
- Apr 7 Mysterious White Rock Fingers on Mars
- Apr 6 Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 5 Jules Verne in Orbit
- Apr 4 Layers in Aureum Chaos
- Apr 3 South of Orion Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Globular Cluster M55 from CFHT Copyrighted
- Apr 1 New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called “Dextre the Magnificent”
March 2008 (31)
- Mar 31 Close Up of Enceladus' Tiger Stripes
- Mar 30 Weak Lensing Distorts the Universe
- Mar 29 Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 Copyrighted
- Mar 28 Across the Universe
- Mar 27 The N44 Complex Copyrighted
- Mar 26 The NGC 3576 Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 25 Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
- Mar 24 Saturn and Titan from Cassini
- Mar 23 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
- Mar 22 Cat's Eye Hubble Remix Copyrighted
- Mar 21 Where is HD 189733?
- Mar 20 Sunset: Planet Earth
- Mar 19 Mercury in Accentuated Color
- Mar 18 M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion Copyrighted
- Mar 17 Thirty Thousand Kilometers Above Enceladus
- Mar 16 Endeavour to Orbit Copyrighted
- Mar 15 Moon over Byzantium Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Endeavour into the Night
- Mar 13 Sculpting the South Pillar
- Mar 12 Star Forming Region LH 95
- Mar 11 An Avalanche on Mars
- Mar 10 Planets Align Over Australian Radio Telescope Array Copyrighted
- Mar 9 CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
- Mar 8 M104 Hubble Remix Copyrighted
- Mar 7 Comet over California Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Vela Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Mar 5 The International Space Station Expands Again
- Mar 4 NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Sand Dunes Thawing on Mars
- Mar 2 Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass Copyrighted
- Mar 1 Mauna Kea Shadow Play Copyrighted
February 2008 (29)
- Feb 29 Twelve Lunar Eclipses Copyrighted
- Feb 28 ISS: Sunlight to Shadow Video Copyrighted
- Feb 27 The Eagle Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Mysterious Acid Haze on Venus
- Feb 25 Dawn of the LargeHadronCollider Copyrighted
- Feb 24 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
- Feb 23 Stereo Space Station
- Feb 22 Eclipsed Moonlight Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Orion's Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 20 Moon Slide Slim Copyrighted
- Feb 19 Columbus Laboratory Installed on Space Station
- Feb 18 BLG-109: A Distant Version of our own Solar System
- Feb 17 M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
- Feb 16 Large Binocular Telescope Copyrighted
- Feb 15 Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
- Feb 14 Long Stem Rosette Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132
- Feb 12 Echoes from RS Pup
- Feb 11 Saturn's Moon Epimetheus from the Cassini Spacecraft
- Feb 10 Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens
- Feb 9 Atlantis on Pad 39A
- Feb 8 The Bay of Rainbows Copyrighted
- Feb 7 NGC 4013 and the Tidal Stream Copyrighted
- Feb 6 Sunspot in the Old Solar Cycle Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Three Month Composite of Comet Holmes Copyrighted
- Feb 4 A Spider Shaped Crater on Mercury
- Feb 3 Light Echoes from V838 Mon
- Feb 2 Venus and Jupiter in Morning Skies Copyrighted
- Feb 1 The First Explorer
January 2008 (31)
- Jan 31 Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2
- Jan 30 Asteroid 2007 TU24 Passes the Earth
- Jan 29 West Valley Panorama from the Spirit Rover on Mars
- Jan 28 A Solar Eclipse Painting from the 1700s Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Mercury on the Horizon Copyrighted
- Jan 26 Crescent Mercury in Color
- Jan 25 Winter Night at Pic du Midi Copyrighted
- Jan 24 Andromeda Island Universe Copyrighted
- Jan 23 Orbiting Astronaut Reflects Earth
- Jan 22 Shelf Cloud Over Saskatchewan
- Jan 21 Mercury's Horizon from MESSENGER
- Jan 20 Comet McNaught Over Chile Copyrighted
- Jan 19 Starry Night Castle Copyrighted
- Jan 18 Supernova Factory NGC 2770
- Jan 17 Thor's Emerald Helmet Copyrighted
- Jan 16 MESSENGER Passes Mercury
- Jan 15 Double Supernova Remnants DEM L316 Copyrighted
- Jan 14 The Cocoon Nebula from CFHT Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Hurricane Ivan from the Space Station
- Jan 12 Mercury Chases the Sunset Copyrighted
- Jan 11 Polaris Dust Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 10 Active Galaxy Centaurus A
- Jan 9 Hidden Galaxy IC 342 from Kitt Peak Copyrighted
- Jan 8 A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons
- Jan 7 Quadrantid Meteors and Aurora from the Air
- Jan 6 Jupiter's Rings Revealed
- Jan 5 M51: Cosmic Whirlpool
- Jan 4 The Milky Way at 5000 Meters Copyrighted
- Jan 3 Geminids in 2007 Copyrighted
- Jan 2 A Galaxy is not a Comet Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Rays from an Unexpected Aurora Copyrighted
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