The sky on
your birthday.
“In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula” is copyrighted by U. Michigan, Lucent. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is a massive star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It contains some of the most massive and luminous stars known. This nebula is a stellar nursery, actively creating new stars from vast clouds of gas and dust. It sits about 160,000 light-years away from Earth.
Close-up look at a jet near a black hole in galaxy M87 (ground-based view)
ESA/Hubble released this picture on 27 October 1999. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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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 27 October 2010 Dark Reflections in the Southern Cross See it as a poster -
Released on 27 October 2008 Hubble resumes science operations See it as a poster -
Released on 27 October 2026 Region in the sky around the white dwarf J1328−1450 See it as a poster -
Released on 27 October 2010 HAWK-I image of NGC 4030 See it as a poster -
Released on 27 October 2010 HAWK-I image of Messier 100 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 27 OCT 1999 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 27 OCT 1999.
Questions about October 27, 1999
What space photo was released on October 27, 1999?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 27, 1999 was "In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula". 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 October 27, 1999?
A waning gibbous moon, about 93% lit.
What day of the week was October 27, 1999?
October 27, 1999 was a Wednesday, day 300 of the 365 days in 1999.
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