The sky on
your birthday.
Night MAGIC
On a rare foggy night, laser beams seem to play across the MAGIC telescope at Roque de los Muchachos. These lasers are part of a system designed to automatically adjust the focusing of the seventeen-meter-wide instrument. The MAGIC telescope detects gamma rays, photons with over 100 billion times the energy of visible light. It observes the faint blue light produced when gamma rays hit Earth's atmosphere.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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The Earth on your day The Earth on 15 October 2004 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2018 On the hunt for newborn stars See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2012 Galaxy in a spin See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2007 On the Final Frontier See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 1998 A strange Supernova with a gamma-ray burst See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2014 The Spiderweb Galaxy and its surroundings (full ACS view) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 OCT 2004 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 15 OCT 2004.
Questions about October 15, 2004
What space photo was released on October 15, 2004?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 15, 2004 was "Night MAGIC". It's the card at the top of this page.
What was the Moon's phase on October 15, 2004?
A new moon, about 2% lit.
What day of the week was October 15, 2004?
October 15, 2004 was a Friday, day 289 of the 366 days in 2004.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 15, 2004?
NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth that day. It's on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
Yes. Seeing, sharing and downloading the card is free, and there's no account to make.
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- 2004-10-14 Glimpse of a Globular Star Cluster
- 2004-10-16 The Bubbling Cauldron of NGC 3079
- 2004-10-22 Intracluster planetary nebulae in the SUC field in the Virgo Cluster
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