PULL · 4 MAY 2007

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The Iron Tail of Comet McNaught

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet McNaught was outstanding in Earth's sky early this year, and this view is from the STEREO A spacecraft. McNaught's coma is so bright it blooms into a long horizontal stripe at the bottom of the field. Brilliant Venus, near the top left, also produces a severe horizontal blemish in the digital image. The sensitive camera accurately records the striations in McNaught's famous dust tail, which stretches over 30 million kilometers.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 4 MAY 2007 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 4 MAY 2007.

THE ALMANAC FOR 4 MAY 2007
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waning gibbous, 95% lit
POSITION
Day 124 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaks in 2 days