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Dawn Before Nova

NASA APOD · Mark A. Garlick (Space-art.co.uk)
COSMIC MESSAGE

This image shows a cataclysmic variable star system, where a large star is losing gas to a white dwarf. The gas forms an accretion disk around the white dwarf. Sometimes, this system can erupt in a dwarf nova, a sudden brightening caused by a clump of gas heating up and falling onto the white dwarf.

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Dawn Before Nova
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NASA APOD · Mark A. Garlick (Space-art.co.uk)
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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SCORPIO

In tropical astrology, 17 NOV 2009 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 NOV 2009.

THE ALMANAC FOR 17 NOV 2009
DAY
Tuesday
MOON
New moon, 0% lit
POSITION
Day 321 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Leonid shower, peak tonight
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
NEARBY DATES