The sky on
your birthday.
“The Large Cloud of Magellan” is copyrighted by John P. Gleason. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way, sits 160,000 light-years away in Dorado. It is one of two such galaxies named after Ferdinand Magellan, whose crew observed them during the first circumnavigation of Earth. This galaxy is home to many star-forming regions and supernova remnants.
The Sun on 16 October 2010
NASA SDO took this picture on 16 October 2010, the day itself, not a release date.
We cannot put this date's photograph on paper at poster size. We can print the nearest public archive plate to your date instead.
See print sizesPrinted, shipped and sold by Zazzle
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.
-
The Sun on your day The Sun on 16 October 2010 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 16 October 2010 · Empty Quarter, Arabia See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2012 The bright star Alpha Centauri and its surroundings See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2013 Wide-field view of the sky around the distant active galaxy PKS 1830-211 See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2007 I Zwicky 18 (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2023 ‘S’ is for ‘Spiral’, ‘AB’ is for … ‘Weakly Barred’ See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2013 Wide-field view of the galaxy NGC1433 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 16 OCT 2010 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 16 OCT 2010.
Questions about October 16, 2010
What space photo was released on October 16, 2010?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 16, 2010 was "The Large Cloud of Magellan". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on October 16, 2010?
A first quarter moon, about 58% lit.
What day of the week was October 16, 2010?
October 16, 2010 was a Saturday, day 289 of the 365 days in 2010.
Was there a meteor shower on October 16, 2010?
Yes: the Orionid shower, peaks in 5 days.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 16, 2010?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
Yes. Seeing, sharing and downloading the card is free, and there's no account to make.