PULL · 24 APR 1996

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Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Strange blue objects in this image are multiple views of a single, distant, ring-like galaxy. A giant cluster of yellow galaxies acts as a gravitational lens, bending and breaking the background galaxy's light. This phenomenon, similar to looking through a wine glass, reveals the cluster's dark matter distribution.

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Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images

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BORN 11022 days ago

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 24 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 24 APR 1996.

THE ALMANAC FOR 24 APR 1996

DAY

Wednesday

MOON

First quarter, 37% lit

POSITION

Day 115 of 366

METEOR SHOWER

Lyrid shower, peaked 2 days ago

SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS

NEARBY DATES

This was your sky.

Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images

This was
your sky.