PULL · 24 OCT 1996

This was
your sky.

Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula Credit and Copyright:

NASA APOD

COSMIC MESSAGE

Stars are still forming in the Lagoon Nebula, visible in the constellation Sagittarius. This image, taken with a sensitive camera on a large telescope, shows curtains of collapsing hydrogen in green. A special filter isolates light from this specific atom. Many young stars are evident in the open cluster M8, formed from previously collapsed gas clouds.

CREDIT

PUBLIC DOMAIN NASA APOD

Try another date

EXPORT AS

SB-1996-10-24

RARE · HOLO

Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula
Credit and Copyright:

1996-10-24 · ♏

SKYBORN

Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula Credit and Copyright:

NASA APOD

BORN 10839 days ago

SKYBORN.APP

Move your cursor across the card to tilt it. Holographic foil ripples through the edges and surface as you go.

ZODIAC CONTEXT

♏

SCORPIO

In tropical astrology, 24 OCT 1996 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 24 OCT 1996.

THE ALMANAC FOR 24 OCT 1996

DAY

Thursday

MOON

Waxing gibbous, 91% lit

POSITION

Day 298 of 366

METEOR SHOWER

Orionid shower, peaked 3 days ago

SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS

NEARBY DATES

This was your sky.

Starbirth in the Lagoon Nebula Credit and Copyright:

This was
your sky.