PULL · 19 OCT 2006

This was
your sky.

SWAN Meets Galaxy

NASA APOD · Andrea Tamanti

COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet SWAN, first detected by the Solar Wind ANisotropies camera, passed close to Earth in 2006. This image captures its blue-green coma next to spiral galaxy NGC 5005 in Canes Venatici. The comet was only 9 light-minutes away, while the galaxy is 60 million light-years distant.

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SWAN Meets Galaxy

NASA APOD · Andrea Tamanti

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 19 OCT 2006 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 OCT 2006.

THE ALMANAC FOR 19 OCT 2006

DAY

Thursday

MOON

Waning crescent, 9% lit

POSITION

Day 292 of 365

METEOR SHOWER

Orionid shower, peaks in 2 days

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NEARBY DATES

This was your sky.

SWAN Meets Galaxy

This was
your sky.