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“70 Virginis b: A New Water Planet?” is copyrighted by Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Anglo-Australian Observatory, and AURA. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe star 70 Virginis has a planet, the second known case of a planet orbiting a normal star other than our Sun. The first was 51 Pegasi, announced last year. 70 Vir, shown in the center of this false-color image, is very similar to our Sun. The planet itself, 70 Vir b, is not visible. It was discovered by very slight periodic shifts in the star's light, indicating the planet's gravitational pull.
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NASA released this picture on 29 January 1996. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on 30 January 2012 Blue Marble Earth from Suomi NPP See it as a poster -
Released on 30 January 2023 Exploring a Turbulent Tarantula See it as a poster -
Released on 30 January 2018 The Tarantula Nebula region imaged with HAWK-I with the Adaptive Optics Facility See it as a poster -
Released on 30 January 2018 The Tarantula Nebula region imaged with HAWK-I without adaptive optics See it as a poster -
Released on 30 January 2026 NGC 7722 in dark surroundings (wide crop) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 30 JAN 1996 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 30 JAN 1996.
Questions about January 30, 1996
What space photo was released on January 30, 1996?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 30, 1996 was "70 Virginis b: A New Water Planet?". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on January 30, 1996?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 74% lit.
What day of the week was January 30, 1996?
January 30, 1996 was a Tuesday, day 30 of the 366 days in 1996.
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