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“When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal” is copyrighted by Stéphane Guisard. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe annual Geminid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through debris left by asteroid 3200 Phaethon. This composite image, taken from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, captures multiple meteors streaking across the sky from their radiant point in the constellation Gemini. In the foreground, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) array is visible.
The Sun on 15 December 2012
NASA SDO took this picture on 15 December 2012, 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 15 December 2012 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 15 December 2012 · Bahamas See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2008 The Southern Hemisphere of Enceladus See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2011 Hubble/Subaru composite of star-forming region S 106 See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2009 Hubble's festive view of a grand star-forming region See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2011 Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 253 See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2023 Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 DEC 2012 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 15 DEC 2012.
Questions about December 15, 2012
What space photo was released on December 15, 2012?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 15, 2012 was "When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal". 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 December 15, 2012?
A waxing crescent moon, about 4% lit.
What day of the week was December 15, 2012?
December 15, 2012 was a Saturday, day 350 of the 366 days in 2012.
Was there a meteor shower on December 15, 2012?
Yes: the Geminid shower, peaked yesterday.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on December 15, 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.
Is it free?
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