PULL · 30 JUL 2001

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Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out

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COSMIC MESSAGE

In the center of the star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known, called R136. The cluster's energetic stars are breaking out of the cocoon of gas and dust from which they formed. This disintegrating cocoon, which fills the rest of the picture from the Hubble Space Telescope, is predominantly ionized hydrogen from 30 Doradus. R136 is composed of thousands of hot blue stars, some about 50 times more massive than our Sun.

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Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
2001-07-30 · ♌
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Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LEO

In tropical astrology, 30 JUL 2001 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 30 JUL 2001.

THE ALMANAC FOR 30 JUL 2001
DAY
Monday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 73% lit
POSITION
Day 211 of 365