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NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog

NASA APOD · Till Credner & Sven Kohle, Bonn University, Calar Alto Observatory
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Star cluster NGC 2266 is a group of old stars, roughly the same age as our Sun. They are bound together by gravity, and they all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust. This cluster is located in the constellation Camelopardalis, the Giraffe, about 10,000 light-years away. It is one of many objects in the New General Catalog, an astronomical list compiled in 1888.

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NASA APOD · Till Credner & Sven Kohle, Bonn University, Calar Alto Observatory
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 29 APR 1999 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 29 APR 1999.

THE ALMANAC FOR 29 APR 1999
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Full moon, 98% lit
POSITION
Day 119 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
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