PULL · 16 MAY 2017 This was
This was
your sky.
Gemini Stars Pollux and Castor
NASA APOD · Rogelio Bernal
Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
COSMIC MESSAGE
The two brightest stars in Gemini are Castor and Pollux. They are different in color. Pollux is a red giant twice as massive as the Sun. Castor is a blue main sequence star 2.7 times more massive than the Sun. They are 33 and 51 light years away respectively.
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Gemini Stars Pollux and Castor
NASA APOD · Rogelio Bernal
Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 16 MAY 2017 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 16 MAY 2017.
THE ALMANAC FOR 16 MAY 2017
DAY
Tuesday
MOON
Waning gibbous, 70% lit
POSITION
Day 136 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS