The sky on
your birthday.
“The Large Cloud of Magellan” is copyrighted by Wei-Hao Wang (IfA, U. Hawaii). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf irregular galaxy, a satellite of our Milky Way. It is about 180,000 light-years distant, easily visible to observers in the southern hemisphere. Portuguese navigator Fernando de Magellan and his crew studied it during their circumnavigation of Earth.
The Earth on 10 May 2006 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania
NASA Terra took this picture on 10 May 2006, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Earth on your day The Earth on 10 May 2006 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 10 May 2012 Ground-based, wide-field view of NGC 2366 See it as a poster -
Released on 10 May 2006 A Million Comet Pieces See it as a poster -
Released on 10 May 2011 Targeted Observations Reveal Unprecedented Detail See it as a poster -
Released on 10 May 2012 Near-True Color Image of Snowman See it as a poster -
Released on 10 May 2003 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 10 MAY 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 10 MAY 2006.
Questions about May 10, 2006
What space photo was released on May 10, 2006?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 10, 2006 was "The Large Cloud of Magellan". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on May 10, 2006?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 94% lit.
What day of the week was May 10, 2006?
May 10, 2006 was a Wednesday, day 130 of the 365 days in 2006.
Was there a meteor shower on May 10, 2006?
Yes: the Eta Aquariid shower, peaked 4 days ago.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 10, 2006?
NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth that day. It's on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
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