The sky on
your birthday.
“Ghost of the Cepheus Flare” is copyrighted by Adam Block. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThese faint, ghostly shapes in Cepheus are cosmic dust clouds, dimly reflecting starlight. They are part of the Cepheus Flare molecular cloud complex, about 1,200 light-years away. The isolated Bok globule, vdB 141 or Sh2-136, is over two light-years across and lies near the center of the field.
The Sun on 31 October 2011
NASA SDO took this picture on 31 October 2011, the day itself, not a release date.
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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.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 31 October 2011 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 31 October 2011 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 31 October 2022 The Vela supernova remnant imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope See it as a poster -
Released on 31 October 2024 The Dark Wolf Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 31 October 2025 Wide-field view around the RCW 94/95 nebulae See it as a poster -
Released on 31 October 2018 Wide-field view of the Serpens Nebula (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 31 October 2012 The globular star cluster NGC 6362 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 31 OCT 2011 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 31 OCT 2011.
Questions about October 31, 2011
What space photo was released on October 31, 2011?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 31, 2011 was "Ghost of the Cepheus Flare". 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 31, 2011?
A waxing crescent moon, about 19% lit.
What day of the week was October 31, 2011?
October 31, 2011 was a Monday, day 304 of the 365 days in 2011.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 31, 2011?
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?
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