The sky on
your birthday.
“Barnard's Loop around the Horsehead Nebula” is copyrighted by Drew Sullivan (Ancient Starlight). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe famous Horsehead Nebula is a dark indentation in the bright streak just to the left of the image center. It's surrounded by a bubble of glowing emission nebula called Barnard's Loop. The origin of this loop is still unknown. Hypotheses include stellar winds from bright Orion stars or supernovas of stars long gone.
The Earth on 24 February 2009 · Lake Eyre, Australia
NASA Terra took this picture on 24 February 2009, 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 24 February 2009 · Lake Eyre, Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2020 Centuries Before Hubble See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2025 Lifting the veil See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2017 New image of SN 1987A See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2021 The city lights of Japan, blanketed by the air glow above Earth's horizon, are pictured from International Space See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2024 The Full Moon is pictured above Earth's horizon in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 24 FEB 2009 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 24 FEB 2009.