PULL · 17 JAN 2002

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COSMIC MESSAGE

This deep Hubble Space Telescope image shows a narrow slice of the cosmos toward Hercules, filled with distant galaxies. The distorted reddish galaxy in the yellow box is 9 billion light-years away. It's an Extremely Red Object, seen when the Universe was only a third of its current age.

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2002-01-17 · ♑

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BORN 8928 days ago

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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CAPRICORN

In tropical astrology, 17 JAN 2002 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 17 JAN 2002.

THE ALMANAC FOR 17 JAN 2002

DAY

Thursday

MOON

Waxing crescent, 13% lit

POSITION

Day 17 of 365

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This was your sky.

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This was
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