The sky on
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“3 ATs” is copyrighted by Yuri Beletsky. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThese three structures are 1.8-meter Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) at Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. They are designed for interferometry, a technique that combines light from multiple telescopes to achieve extremely high resolution. The ATs work in concert with the observatory's 8-meter Very Large Telescope units. Each AT has a transporter, allowing it to move along tracks for different observational setups.
The Sun on 21 April 2012
NASA SDO took this picture on 21 April 2012, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 21 April 2012 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 21 April 2012 · Atacama and the Andes See it as a poster -
Released on 21 April 2010 VISTA’s infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula* See it as a poster -
Released on 21 April 2010 Highlights from VISTA’s infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 21 April 2025 A glittering cluster shines again See it as a poster -
Released on 21 April 2016 The Bubble Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 21 April 2016 Wide-field image of the Bubble Nebula (ground-based image) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 21 APR 2012 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 21 APR 2012.
Questions about April 21, 2012
What space photo was released on April 21, 2012?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for April 21, 2012 was "3 ATs". 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 April 21, 2012?
A new moon, about 0% lit.
What day of the week was April 21, 2012?
April 21, 2012 was a Saturday, day 112 of the 366 days in 2012.
Was there a meteor shower on April 21, 2012?
Yes: the Lyrid shower, peaks tomorrow.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on April 21, 2012?
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.
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