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BIRTHDAY · 19 MAY 1997

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NASA'S PICTURE FOR THIS DAY

“Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365” is copyrighted by D. Malin (AAO), AATB. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Many spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have a bar across their centers. NGC 1365, a member of the Fornax Cluster, has a particularly prominent one. The persistence and motion of this bar suggest relatively massive spiral arms. Bright young blue stars and dark dust lanes also indicate a strong, rotating density wave of star formation within the galaxy.

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Comparison View of Mars Cloud Cover

ESA / HUBBLE

ESA/Hubble released this picture on 20 May 1997. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.

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CC BY 4.0 Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Todd Clancy (Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO), Steve Lee (Univ. Colorado), and NASA/ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 19 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 19 MAY 1997.

THE ALMANAC FOR 19 MAY 1997
DAY
Monday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 93% lit
POSITION
Day 139 of 365

Questions about May 19, 1997

What space photo was released on May 19, 1997?

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 19, 1997 was "Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365". 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 19, 1997?

A waxing gibbous moon, about 93% lit.

What day of the week was May 19, 1997?

May 19, 1997 was a Monday, day 139 of the 365 days in 1997.

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