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“MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula” is copyrighted by Peter Tuthill (Sydney U.) & James Lloyd (Cornell). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Red Square Nebula, MWC 922, appears to be embedded in a square-shaped nebula, though no one is quite sure why. This image combines infrared exposures from the Hale Telescope and the Keck-2 Telescope. One hypothesis is that the central star or stars expelled cones of gas during a late developmental stage.
The Sun on 31 January 2016
NASA SDO took this picture on 31 January 2016, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 31 January 2016 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 31 January 2016 · Sahara, Algeria See it as a poster -
Released on 31 January 2012 The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope See it as a poster -
Released on 31 January 2019 Wide-field view of NGC 6752 (ground-based view) See it as a poster -
Released on 31 January 2019 Globular cluster NGC 6752 See it as a poster -
Released on 31 January 2002 Saturn - lord of the rings See it as a poster -
Released on 31 January 2017 Image shows Trona Pinnacles near California's NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center during Jan. 31 Super Blue Blood Moon. Trona Pinnacles is an unusual geological feature of the state's Desert Nationa See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 31 JAN 2016 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 31 JAN 2016.
Questions about January 31, 2016
What space photo was released on January 31, 2016?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 31, 2016 was "MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula". 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 January 31, 2016?
A last quarter moon, about 55% lit.
What day of the week was January 31, 2016?
January 31, 2016 was a Sunday, day 31 of the 366 days in 2016.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on January 31, 2016?
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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