2026 August 03 - Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula

In today's image, we see an image of the Lacerta Nebula. While the image was being taken, a meteor happened to cross through the field of view of the telescope giving us the image we see today. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel.This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.