PULL · 26 JUN 1997

This was
your sky.

A Close Encounter of the Stellar Kind

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COSMIC MESSAGE

This faint red dwarf, Gliese 710, is currently 63 light-years away in Ophiuchus. It is on a course toward our Solar System, predicted to come within 1 light-year of the Sun in about a million years. At that distance, it will become bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
CANCER

In tropical astrology, 26 JUN 1997 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 26 JUN 1997.

THE ALMANAC FOR 26 JUN 1997
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Last quarter, 65% lit
POSITION
Day 177 of 365