PULL · 30 SEP 2005

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your sky.

IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up

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COSMIC MESSAGE

This close-up of IC 1396, an active star-forming region in Cepheus, shows clouds of glowing hydrogen gas mingling with dark dust lanes. Energetic ultraviolet light from hot, young stars strips electrons from surrounding hydrogen atoms. As these electrons recombine, they emit light in a characteristic pattern of bright spectral lines, visible in this emission nebula. IC 1396 is about 2,000 light-years away, a stellar nursery in our galaxy.

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IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up

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BORN 7576 days ago

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 30 SEP 2005 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 30 SEP 2005.

THE ALMANAC FOR 30 SEP 2005

DAY

Friday

MOON

Waning crescent, 9% lit

POSITION

Day 273 of 365

SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS

NEARBY DATES

This was your sky.

IC 1396 H-Alpha Close-Up

This was
your sky.