PULL · 12 JAN 2006

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Infrared Helix

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Over six hundred light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius, a sun-like star is dying. Its last few thousand years produced the Helix Nebula, NGC 7293. This infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows emission mostly from the nebula's molecular hydrogen gas. The gas appears clumpy, forming thousands of comet-shaped knots, each twice the size of our solar system.

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Infrared Helix

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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CAPRICORN

In tropical astrology, 12 JAN 2006 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 12 JAN 2006.

THE ALMANAC FOR 12 JAN 2006

DAY

Thursday

MOON

Waxing gibbous, 94% lit

POSITION

Day 12 of 365

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This was your sky.

Infrared Helix

This was
your sky.