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Herschel's Orion

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COSMIC MESSAGE

This infrared image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows M42, the Orion Nebula, a large star-forming region 1,500 light-years away. Cold, dense filaments of dust, otherwise dark in visible light, appear in reddish hues. These filaments contain bright spots where protostars are collapsing.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 14 OCT 2016 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 14 OCT 2016.

THE ALMANAC FOR 14 OCT 2016
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 96% lit
POSITION
Day 288 of 366
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
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