The sky on
your birthday.
“Thor's Helmet Emission Nebula” is copyrighted by Adam Block. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThor's Helmet is a bubble of gas and dust, thirty light-years across, blown by a fast wind from a massive star. The star, a Wolf-Rayet, is a giant, hot, and thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova stage. The nebula sits in Canis Major, about 15,000 light-years from Earth.
The Sun on 1 November 2017
NASA SDO took this picture on 1 November 2017, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 1 November 2017 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 1 November 2017 · Empty Quarter, Arabia See it as a poster -
Released on 1 November 2010 A deceptively quiet galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 1 November 2022 NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 1 November 2016 Arp 299: Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies See it as a poster -
Released on 1 November 2020 The Earth's limb, or horizon, with the Sun's glint beaming off the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, is pictured See it as a poster -
Released on 1 November 2020 The Earth's limb, or horizon, with the Sun's glint beaming off the Gulf of California, is pictured as the International See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 1 NOV 2017 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 NOV 2017.
Questions about November 1, 2017
What space photo was released on November 1, 2017?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 1, 2017 was "Thor's Helmet Emission 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 November 1, 2017?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 92% lit.
What day of the week was November 1, 2017?
November 1, 2017 was a Wednesday, day 305 of the 365 days in 2017.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on November 1, 2017?
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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