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BIRTHDAY · 15 MAY 1997

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“Hale-Bopp: Climbing Into Southern Skies” is copyrighted by Jurgen Blignaut. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet Hale-Bopp was visible near the center of this panoramic view from Strand beach, South Africa, fighting the glow of the setting sun and city lights. The Cape Peninsula mountain ranges are visible on the left. The bright star above and to the left of the comet is Aldebaran, a red giant in the constellation Taurus.

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NICMOS Peers Into Heart of Dying Star

ESA / HUBBLE

ESA/Hubble released this picture on 12 May 1997. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.

CREDIT
CC BY 4.0 Rodger Thompson, Marcia Rieke, Glenn Schneider, Dean Hines (Universityof Arizona); Raghvendra Sahai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); NICMOS Instrument Definition Team; and NASA/ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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1997-05-15 · ♉
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 15 MAY 1997 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 15 MAY 1997.

THE ALMANAC FOR 15 MAY 1997
DAY
Thursday
MOON
First quarter, 59% lit
POSITION
Day 135 of 365

Questions about May 15, 1997

What space photo was released on May 15, 1997?

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 15, 1997 was "Hale-Bopp: Climbing Into Southern Skies". 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 May 15, 1997?

A first quarter moon, about 59% lit.

What day of the week was May 15, 1997?

May 15, 1997 was a Thursday, day 135 of the 365 days in 1997.

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