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“M16: Nebula With Star Cluster” 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 siteM16, the Eagle Nebula, is a star cluster embedded in a spectacular emission nebula. This region, about 7,000 light-years distant in Serpens, is a stellar nursery. Young, bright stars in the cluster are just above and to the right of the image's center. These open clusters typically contain a few hundred stars, all born from the same cloud of gas and dust.
Unexplained brightening of AKO 9 in 47 Tucanae
ESO released this picture on 15 January 1997. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on 18 January 2018 Wide-field view of Abell 1758 (ground-based view) See it as a poster -
Released on 18 January 2021 Colours of the Lost Galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 18 January 2019 View of the Earth's limb with an aurora See it as a poster -
Released on 18 January 2021 Earth's atmospheric glow and the aurora blanket the horizon as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles See it as a poster -
Released on 18 January 2024 The sun's last rays illuminate Earth's atmosphere and refract in the camera lense in this photograph of an orbital See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 18 JAN 1997 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 18 JAN 1997.
Questions about January 18, 1997
What space photo was released on January 18, 1997?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 18, 1997 was "M16: Nebula With Star Cluster". 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 January 18, 1997?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 71% lit.
What day of the week was January 18, 1997?
January 18, 1997 was a Saturday, day 18 of the 365 days in 1997.
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