PULL · 30 DEC 2000

This was
your sky.

A Year of Resolving Backgrounds

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COSMIC MESSAGE

The sky glows in every wavelength, but the sources of these background radiations have long been puzzles. In X-ray light, the Chandra and XMM spacecraft resolved much of the uniform X-ray background. They found it to be many discrete sources, often black holes at galactic centers accreting matter.

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A Year of Resolving Backgrounds
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A Year of Resolving Backgrounds
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
CAPRICORN

In tropical astrology, 30 DEC 2000 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 30 DEC 2000.

THE ALMANAC FOR 30 DEC 2000
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 20% lit
POSITION
Day 365 of 366