PULL · 24 MAY 2006

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your sky.

A Five Quasar Gravitational Lens

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COSMIC MESSAGE

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a cluster of galaxies acting as a giant gravitational lens. The lens distorts and creates multiple images of bright objects far in the distance. The five bright white points near the cluster center are actually images of a single distant quasar. This phenomenon helps astronomers study very distant objects.

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A Five Quasar Gravitational Lens
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A Five Quasar Gravitational Lens
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
GEMINI

In tropical astrology, 24 MAY 2006 falls under Gemini (♊). The sign's window runs from 05-21 through 06-20. Gemini is named for the twin stars Castor and Pollux, both bright enough to spot without a telescope. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 24 MAY 2006.

THE ALMANAC FOR 24 MAY 2006
DAY
Wednesday
MOON
Waning crescent, 11% lit
POSITION
Day 144 of 365