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NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

NASA APOD · R. Jay GaBany (Cosmotography.com)
COSMIC MESSAGE

NGC 253, also called the Silver Dollar Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the brightest spiral galaxies we can see, and also one of the dustiest. The galaxy is about 70,000 light-years across and is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, which is the closest galaxy group to our own Local Group. Astronomer Caroline Herschel first observed it in 1783.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 21 APR 2006 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 21 APR 2006.

THE ALMANAC FOR 21 APR 2006
DAY
Friday
MOON
Last quarter, 42% lit
POSITION
Day 111 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaks tomorrow
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
NEARBY DATES