The sky on
your birthday.
“Saturn in the Hive” is copyrighted by Jimmy Westlake (Colorado Mountain College). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteSaturn, currently opposite the Sun in Earth's sky, is visible all night. It appears near M44, the Beehive star cluster. With binoculars, you can easily spot the ringed planet lingering in the cluster's field of view for a while.
The Earth on 28 January 2006 · Himalaya and Tibet
NASA Terra took this picture on 28 January 2006, the day itself, not a release date.
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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 28 January 2006 · Himalaya and Tibet See it as a poster -
Released on 28 January 2015 Comet Lovejoy in a Winter Sky See it as a poster -
Released on 28 January 2024 Pluto in True Color See it as a poster -
Released on 28 January 2013 The moment the lights went out See it as a poster -
Released on 28 January 2026 COSMOS Field (NIRCam clean image) See it as a poster -
Released on 28 January 2019 Wading through water See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 28 JAN 2006 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 28 JAN 2006.