NASA Astro Pic of the Day

"It was bright and green and flashed as it moved quickly along the Milky Way. It left a trail that took 30 minutes to dissipate" - Dandan Huang

A Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way - Dandan Huang #NASA #astrophotography #photography

In single frame 😍 Jupiter>Saturn>Moon #Astrophotography #astrology #Jupiter #Saturn #moon ❤

Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 - Photographer Unknown #NASA #astrophotography #photography

Targets I want to improve on: 1. Heart Nebula 2. Elephant Trunk Nebula 3. Veil Nebula I want to improve overall, but those 3 targets I really want to improve on. How about you?! #astrophotography

"Can a gas cloud grab a galaxy? It's not even close" - Nicolas RollandMartin Pugh

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule - Nicolas RollandMartin Pugh #NASA #astrophotography #photography

"Gliding silently through the outer Solar System, the Voyager 2 spacecraft camera captured Neptune and Triton together in crescent phase" - Photographer Unkown

Crescent Neptune and Triton - Photographer Unknown #NASA #astrophotography #photography

"Where does space begin? For purposes of spaceflight some would say at the Karman line, currently defined as an altitude of 100 kilometers (60 miles)" - Ralf Rohner

The Edge of Space - Ralf Rohner #NASA #astrophotography #photography

The Western Veil Nebula (Witch’s broom, NGC6960) and Pickering’s Triangle (NGC6979). #astrophotography

"Sprawling emission nebulae IC 1396 and Sh2-129 mix glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds in this 10 degree wide field of view toward the northern constellation Cepheus the King" - Patrick Hsieh

Elephant, Bat, and Squid - Patrick Hsieh #NASA #astrophotography #photography

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan. One of my favorite places! This is chapel rock - which the tree up top is estimated to be nearly 250 years old! @PureMichigan @PicturedRocksNL #PureMichigan #milkyway #milkywaychasers #astrophotography

"Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation Pegasus and you can find this expanse of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies" - CHART32 Team

NGC 7814: Little Sombrero with Supernova - CHART32 Team #NASA #astrophotography #photography

Tonight’s moon - Waxing Gibbous from Staten Island, New York - Illumination 78.7% #astrophotography #moon