PULL · 23 APR 2009

This was
your sky.

Sharpless 308

NASA APOD · Don Goldman
COSMIC MESSAGE

Sharpless 308 is a massive cosmic bubble, about 60 light-years in diameter, blown by fast winds from a hot, massive Wolf-Rayet star. This star, over 20 times the mass of the Sun, is the bright blue one near the nebula's center. The nebula lies some 5,200 light-years away in Canis Major, covering more than two-thirds of a degree in the sky.

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MYTHIC
Sharpless 308
2009-04-23 · ♉
SKYBORN
Sharpless 308
NASA APOD · Don Goldman
BORN 6275 days ago
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 23 APR 2009 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 23 APR 2009.

THE ALMANAC FOR 23 APR 2009
DAY
Thursday
MOON
New moon, 2% lit
POSITION
Day 113 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaked yesterday