The sky on
your birthday.
“M65 and M66” is copyrighted by Bill Snyder. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteSpiral galaxies M65 and M66 are about 35 million light-years away and similar in size to our Milky Way. Both show prominent dust lanes within their spiral arms. M66, in particular, displays a striking contrast of red and blue hues. The pinkish glow comes from hydrogen gas in star-forming regions, while the blue indicates young, hot star clusters. These two galaxies are part of a group known as the Leo Triplet.
The Sun on 15 June 2012
NASA SDO took this picture on 15 June 2012, 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.
Prints are coming soon. The card is free to save and share in the meantime.
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 15 June 2012 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 15 June 2012 · Red Sea See it as a poster -
Released on 15 June 2023 M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster See it as a poster -
Released on 15 June 2022 As the Moon sets below Earth's horizon the atmosphere refracts, or bends, its light making it appear flatter in this See it as a poster -
Released on 15 June 2022 An aurora streams above a cloudy Earth as the International Space Station orbited 268 miles above the south Pacific See it as a poster -
Released on 15 June 2025 Lightning strikes over the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore See it as a poster -
Released on 15 June 1998 NGC 4314: A Nuclear Starburst Ring See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 JUN 2012 falls under Gemini (♊). The sign's window runs from 05-21 through 06-20. Gemini is named for the twin stars Castor and Pollux, both bright enough to spot without a telescope. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 15 JUN 2012.