PULL · 20 OCT 2004 This was
This was
your sky.
NGC 281: Cluster, Clouds, and Globules
NASA APOD · Chris Sauer
COSMIC MESSAGE
NGC 281 is a busy workshop of star formation. Prominent features include a small open cluster of stars, a diffuse red-glowing emission nebula, large lanes of obscuring gas and dust, and dense knots of dust and gas in which stars may still be forming. The open cluster of stars, IC 1590, visible near the center, formed only in the last few million years. The brightest member of this cluster is a multiple-star system whose light helps ionize the nebula's gas, causing the red glow.
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NGC 281: Cluster, Clouds, and Globules
NASA APOD · Chris Sauer
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LIBRA
In tropical astrology, 20 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 20 OCT 2004.
THE ALMANAC FOR 20 OCT 2004
DAY
Wednesday
MOON
First quarter, 40% lit
POSITION
Day 294 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Orionid shower, peaks tomorrow
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS