PULL · 19 MAY 1996 This was
This was
your sky.
Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo I
NASA APOD · Anglo-Australian Telescope
Board
COSMIC MESSAGE
Leo I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, part of the Local Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way and M31. It is thought to be the most distant of the eleven known satellite galaxies orbiting our Milky Way. Leo I contains many older stars, and it is located about 250 kiloparsecs away.
CREDIT
© COPYRIGHTED Anglo-Australian Telescope
Board · Anglo-Australian Telescope
Board · used by permission via NASA APOD · not for redistribution.
EXPORT AS
SB-1996-05-19
©
UNCOMMON
1996-05-19 · ♉
SKYBORN
Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo I
NASA APOD · Anglo-Australian Telescope
Board
BORN 10997 days ago
SKYBORN.APP
ZODIAC CONTEXT
♉
TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 19 MAY 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 19 MAY 1996.
THE ALMANAC FOR 19 MAY 1996
DAY
Sunday
MOON
New moon, 3% lit
POSITION
Day 140 of 366
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS