This was
your sky.
Pickering's Triangle from Kitt Peak
These wisps are all that remain of a Milky Way star that exploded about 7,500 years ago. That supernova left behind the Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop. At the time, the expanding cloud was likely as bright as a crescent Moon, visible for weeks. Today, the remnant has faded, visible only through a small telescope in the constellation Cygnus.
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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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Released on 1 July 2004 Close-up on N11B (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 1 July 2008 Hubble sees stars and a stripe in celestial fireworks See it as a poster -
Released on 1 July 2024 A maelstrom of matter and energy See it as a poster -
Released on 1 July 2018 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus See it as a poster -
Released on 1 July 2024 Hurricane Beryl is pictured as a Category 4 storm off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea as the International See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 1 JUL 2008 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 JUL 2008.