The sky on
your birthday.
“The Tail of the Hamburger Galaxy” is copyrighted by Martin Pugh. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteNGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 100,000 light-years across. It is 35 million light-years away in Leo. This image shows a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes, with a small satellite galaxy nearby. There is also a faint but extensive tidal tail, likely caused by gravitational interactions.
The Sun on 8 May 2014
NASA SDO took this picture on 8 May 2014, 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 8 May 2014 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 8 May 2014 · Sahara, Algeria See it as a poster -
Released on 8 May 2006 Descent Panorama of Saturn's Titan See it as a poster -
Released on 8 May 2006 Victoria on Opportunity Horizon Orbital View See it as a poster -
Released on 8 May 2022 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Inner Rings See it as a poster -
Released on 8 May 2017 Close encounter See it as a poster -
Released on 8 May 2019 The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb and the bluish hue of the atmosphere at the beginning See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 8 MAY 2014 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 8 MAY 2014.
Questions about May 8, 2014
What space photo was released on May 8, 2014?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 8, 2014 was "The Tail of the Hamburger Galaxy". 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 May 8, 2014?
A first quarter moon, about 65% lit.
What day of the week was May 8, 2014?
May 8, 2014 was a Thursday, day 128 of the 365 days in 2014.
Was there a meteor shower on May 8, 2014?
Yes: the Eta Aquariid shower, peaked 2 days ago.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 8, 2014?
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?
Yes. Seeing, sharing and downloading the card is free, and there's no account to make.