PULL · 18 NOV 2007

This was
your sky.

M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster

NASA APOD · Antonio Fernandez-Sanchez
COSMIC MESSAGE

Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and closest open clusters. The Pleiades contains over 3000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across. Quite evident in the photograph are the blue reflection nebulae that surround the brighter cluster stars.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
SCORPIO

In tropical astrology, 18 NOV 2007 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 18 NOV 2007.

THE ALMANAC FOR 18 NOV 2007
DAY
Sunday
MOON
First quarter, 59% lit
POSITION
Day 322 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Leonid shower, peaked yesterday