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NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf

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NGC 2440 is a planetary nebula, the expelled outer layers of a dying star. At its center is one of the hottest known white dwarf stars, visible as a bright dot. Our Sun will eventually become a white dwarf, casting off its own shell of gas in about five billion years.

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NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
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NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LEO

In tropical astrology, 5 AUG 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 5 AUG 2001.

THE ALMANAC FOR 5 AUG 2001
DAY
Sunday
MOON
Full moon, 99% lit
POSITION
Day 217 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
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