PULL · 2 OCT 2009

This was
your sky.

Comet and Orion

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COSMIC MESSAGE

These two panels show the familiar Great Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery, with an unusual visitor: a passing comet. Recorded with a remote telescope in New Mexico, the right image is from September 26 and the left from September 27. Comet 217P Linear, with its greenish tail, is seen above the bluish Running Man reflection nebula.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 2 OCT 2009 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 2 OCT 2009.

THE ALMANAC FOR 2 OCT 2009
DAY
Friday
MOON
Full moon, 97% lit
POSITION
Day 275 of 365