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“Stardust in Aries” is copyrighted by Rogelio Bernal Andreo. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis wide-field image captures vast clouds of interstellar dust in the constellation Aries, west of the Pleiades. These nebulae reflect starlight, glowing faintly across the sky. They are located about a thousand light-years away, while the bright star Epsilon Arietis is much closer at 330 light-years.
The Sun on 9 December 2017
NASA SDO took this picture on 9 December 2017, the day itself, not a release date.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 9 December 2017 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 9 December 2017 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 9 December 2010 An Explosion of Infrared Color See it as a poster -
Released on 9 December 2015 Wide-field view of the sky around the interacting galaxy NGC 5291 See it as a poster -
Released on 9 December 2024 Hubble revisits a grand spiral See it as a poster -
Released on 9 December 2019 Galactic Diversity See it as a poster -
Released on 9 December 2019 Cloudy with a Chance of Dust See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 9 DEC 2017 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 9 DEC 2017.
Questions about December 9, 2017
What space photo was released on December 9, 2017?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 9, 2017 was "Stardust in Aries". 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 December 9, 2017?
A last quarter moon, about 67% lit.
What day of the week was December 9, 2017?
December 9, 2017 was a Saturday, day 343 of the 365 days in 2017.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on December 9, 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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