PULL · 23 APR 1998

This was
your sky.

Three Dusty Stars

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COSMIC MESSAGE

These separate radio images reveal three dusty debris disks surrounding three bright, young, nearby stars: Fomalhaut, Beta Pictoris, and Vega. These disks are evidence for solar systems in formation. The false color maps show the intensity of submillimeter radio emission from the surrounding dust. Next to each dust disk, a vertical bar illustrates the present size of our own solar system.

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Three Dusty Stars
1998-04-23 · ♉
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Three Dusty Stars
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BORN 10293 days ago
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 23 APR 1998 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 23 APR 1998.

THE ALMANAC FOR 23 APR 1998
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waning crescent, 11% lit
POSITION
Day 113 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaked yesterday