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“IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula” is copyrighted by Michael Sidonio. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteIC 4628, also known as the Prawn Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light-years away. Hot, massive stars irradiate the nebula with ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. When these electrons recombine, they produce the visible glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. The region shown is about 250 light-years across.
The Sun on 4 July 2016
NASA SDO took this picture on 4 July 2016, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 4 July 2016 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 4 July 2016 · Colorado Plateau See it as a poster -
Released on 4 July 2013 The sky around the quasar QSO J2246-6015 See it as a poster -
Released on 4 July 2005 Hubble Images Comet Tempel 1 Just Before Deep Impact Probe Arrives See it as a poster -
Released on 4 July 2022 The city lights of Italy, including the French island of Corse and Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily, are pictured See it as a poster -
Released on 4 July 2023 Earth Observations during Expedition 69 See it as a poster -
Released on 4 July 2020 The sun's glint beams off the South Pacific coast of southern Chile's Laguna San Rafael National Park See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 4 JUL 2016 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 4 JUL 2016.
Questions about July 4, 2016
What space photo was released on July 4, 2016?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 4, 2016 was "IC 4628: The Prawn 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 July 4, 2016?
A new moon, about 0% lit.
What day of the week was July 4, 2016?
July 4, 2016 was a Monday, day 186 of the 366 days in 2016.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on July 4, 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.
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