PULL · 6 MAY 2011 This was
This was
your sky.
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COSMIC MESSAGE
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is humanity's most distant spacecraft, now 17.5 billion kilometers from the Sun. That's 16 light-hours away. This graphic shows its position relative to the outer solar system, alongside other distant probes like Pioneer 10. These probes are slowly drifting out into interstellar space, carrying messages from Earth.
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 6 MAY 2011 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 6 MAY 2011.
THE ALMANAC FOR 6 MAY 2011
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 13% lit
POSITION
Day 126 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peak tonight
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS