PULL · 13 DEC 1999 This was
This was
your sky.
A Magellanic Starfield
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COSMIC MESSAGE
This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a dense field of over 10,000 stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Many of the brightest stars are giants, dwarfing our own Sun. The LMC is about 170,000 light-years away. This concentration of stars highlights the diversity of stellar types and colors found within a galaxy.
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1999-12-13 · ♐
SKYBORN
A Magellanic Starfield
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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SAGITTARIUS
In tropical astrology, 13 DEC 1999 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 13 DEC 1999.
THE ALMANAC FOR 13 DEC 1999
DAY
Monday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 28% lit
POSITION
Day 347 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Geminid shower, peaks tomorrow
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS