PULL · 22 MAY 2008

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Windblown NGC 3199

NASA APOD · Ken Crawford

COSMIC MESSAGE

NGC 3199 is a cosmic cloud in Carina, about 12,000 light-years away. The nebula, roughly 75 light-years across, has a lopsided ring shape with a brighter edge. At its center is a Wolf-Rayet star, a massive, hot, short-lived star whose intense stellar wind shaped the nebula.

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Windblown NGC 3199

NASA APOD · Ken Crawford

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GEMINI

In tropical astrology, 22 MAY 2008 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 22 MAY 2008.

THE ALMANAC FOR 22 MAY 2008

DAY

Thursday

MOON

Waning gibbous, 94% lit

POSITION

Day 143 of 366

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NEARBY DATES

This was your sky.

Windblown NGC 3199

This was
your sky.