PULL · 19 OCT 2001

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your sky.

X-Ray Stars and Winds in the Rosette Nebula

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COSMIC MESSAGE

This mosaic of X-ray images, captured by the Chandra X-ray Observatory, cuts across the Rosette Nebula. The Rosette Nebula is a stellar nursery 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The image spans less than 100 light-years, with low-energy X-rays shown in red and high-energy X-rays in blue. The young star cluster NGC 2244 is visible at the upper right, central to the nebula.

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X-Ray Stars and Winds in the Rosette Nebula
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 19 OCT 2001 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 OCT 2001.

THE ALMANAC FOR 19 OCT 2001
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 5% lit
POSITION
Day 292 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Orionid shower, peaks in 2 days