The sky on
your birthday.
“Lensing through Baade's Window” is copyrighted by Anglo-Australian Telescope Board. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteWhat are the shape and composition of our Milky Way Galaxy? This question is hard to answer due to obscuring dust. In the 1940s, astronomer Walter Baade identified a 'window' near the galactic center with little opaque dust. Now called 'Baade's Window,' this region contains millions of stars. It is used for studies of the distant Milky Way, including monitoring stars for gravitational lensing events.
Venus - Alpha Regio
NASA released this picture on 1 February 1996. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on 1 February 2012 The star formation region NGC 3324 See it as a poster -
Released on 1 February 2015 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide See it as a poster -
Released on 1 February 2016 An often ignored beauty See it as a poster -
Released on 1 February 1996 Venus - Alpha Regio See it as a poster -
Released on 1 February 2008 The First Explorer See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 1 FEB 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 1 FEB 1996.
Questions about February 1, 1996
What space photo was released on February 1, 1996?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 1, 1996 was "Lensing through Baade's Window". 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 February 1, 1996?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 90% lit.
What day of the week was February 1, 1996?
February 1, 1996 was a Thursday, day 32 of the 366 days in 1996.
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