The sky on
your birthday.
“Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628” is copyrighted by Keith Quattrocchi. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteDark dust lanes cut across the middle of NGC 3628, a spiral galaxy seen sideways. About 35 million light-years away in Leo, it is the only member of the Leo triplet not in Messier's catalog. Similar in size to our Milky Way, NGC 3628's disk fans out near its edges, and a faint arm of material stretches from it.
The Earth on 15 May 2008 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania
NASA Terra took this picture on 15 May 2008, the day itself, not a release date.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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The Earth on your day The Earth on 15 May 2008 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2007 Dark matter ring in galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17 (ZwCl 0024+1652) See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Crab on LCD See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Very Large Array (radio) Image of the Crab Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) Image of the Crab Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Hubble Space Telescope (visible) Image of the Crab Nebula See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 MAY 2008 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 15 MAY 2008.
Questions about May 15, 2008
What space photo was released on May 15, 2008?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 15, 2008 was "Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628". 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 15, 2008?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 77% lit.
What day of the week was May 15, 2008?
May 15, 2008 was a Thursday, day 136 of the 366 days in 2008.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 15, 2008?
NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth that day. It's on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
Yes. Seeing, sharing and downloading the card is free, and there's no account to make.