@Bruzel_Backe Publication on APOD does not necessarily mean the image was created by NASA and is in the public domain.

Many images featured on APOD, this one included, are from individual astrophotographers and organizations not under the purview of NASA or the US government.

See the section titled "About image permissions" on https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply