The sky on
your birthday.
“Antares” is copyrighted by D. Malin (AAO), AATB, UKS Telescope. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteAntares, a red supergiant in Scorpius, is about 700 times the diameter of our Sun. It is surrounded by a nebula of gas that it has ejected itself. The light from a blue companion star illuminates this expelled gas, making it glow in this photograph. Antares is about 500 light years away.
Massive starbirth in N81
ESA/Hubble released this picture on 23 July 1998. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 26 July 2010 Digitized Sky Survey image of ARP 261 See it as a poster -
Released on 26 July 2005 Zooming In On Enceladus Movie See it as a poster -
Released on 26 July 2005 Zooming In On Enceladus Mosaic See it as a poster -
Released on 26 July 2010 Lutetia: The Largest Asteroid Yet Visited See it as a poster -
Released on 26 July 2021 A cosmic quartet See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 26 JUL 1998 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 26 JUL 1998.
Questions about July 26, 1998
What space photo was released on July 26, 1998?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 26, 1998 was "Antares". 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 July 26, 1998?
A waxing crescent moon, about 6% lit.
What day of the week was July 26, 1998?
July 26, 1998 was a Sunday, day 207 of the 365 days in 1998.
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