PULL · 23 AUG 2001

This was
your sky.

Distortion from a Distant Cluster

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COSMIC MESSAGE

A small cluster of fifteen galaxies sits nearly three billion light-years away in Pisces. The Big Throughput Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory captured this field. Astronomers found the cluster not by its light, but by mapping how its mass distorted the light of even more distant galaxies.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
VIRGO

In tropical astrology, 23 AUG 2001 falls under Virgo (♍). The sign's window runs from 08-23 through 09-22. Virgo is the largest zodiac constellation, holding the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 AUG 2001.

THE ALMANAC FOR 23 AUG 2001
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 18% lit
POSITION
Day 235 of 365