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Comet Halley and the Milky Way

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet Halley, captured here in 1986 by the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, streaks across the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy. This famous comet returns to the inner Solar System every 76 years. The stars of our galaxy, millions of times farther away, provide a distant backdrop to its journey.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 3 OCT 1997 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 3 OCT 1997.

THE ALMANAC FOR 3 OCT 1997
DAY
Friday
MOON
New moon, 3% lit
POSITION
Day 276 of 365
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