PULL · 16 MAY 1998 This was
This was
your sky.
Helios Helium
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COSMIC MESSAGE
This image of the Sun was made using ultraviolet light from ionized Helium atoms in the solar chromosphere. Helium was first discovered in the Sun in 1868, its name derived from the Greek word Helios, meaning Sun. Astronomer Joseph Norman Lockyer, born May 17, 1836, discovered it using spectroscopy, which dissects sunlight into a spectrum.
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SKYBORN
Helios Helium
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BORN 10270 days ago
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 16 MAY 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 16 MAY 1998.
THE ALMANAC FOR 16 MAY 1998
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waning gibbous, 73% lit
POSITION
Day 136 of 365
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