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BIRTHDAY · 23 APR 1996

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NASA'S PICTURE FOR THIS DAY

“Comet Hyakutake on a Starry Night” is copyrighted by Vic Winter, Courtesy ICSTARS. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.

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COSMIC MESSAGE

On April 9, 1996, Comet Hyakutake was a brilliant sight in the night sky over Missouri. Here, it graces a field rich with other celestial objects. The bright evening star Venus is visible, and just below it, the Pleiades star cluster glistens. The comet's blue tail extends upwards, past a nearby star cluster in the constellation Perseus.

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Galaxy Cluster 0024+1654 as a Gravitational Lens

ESA / HUBBLE

ESA/Hubble released this picture on 24 April 1996. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.

CREDIT
CC BY 4.0 W.N. Colley and E. Turner (Princeton University), J.A. Tyson (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies) and NASA/ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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Galaxy Cluster 0024+1654 as a Gravitational Lens
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Galaxy Cluster 0024+1654 as a Gravitational Lens
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 23 APR 1996 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 APR 1996.

THE ALMANAC FOR 23 APR 1996
DAY
Tuesday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 27% lit
POSITION
Day 114 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaked yesterday

Questions about April 23, 1996

What space photo was released on April 23, 1996?

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for April 23, 1996 was "Comet Hyakutake on a Starry Night". 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 April 23, 1996?

A waxing crescent moon, about 27% lit.

What day of the week was April 23, 1996?

April 23, 1996 was a Tuesday, day 114 of the 366 days in 1996.

Was there a meteor shower on April 23, 1996?

Yes: the Lyrid shower, peaked yesterday.

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