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Magellanic Mountain

NASA APOD · Carlos Fairbairn
COSMIC MESSAGE

Looking south over the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds float above a volcanic peak. These dwarf galaxies are satellites of our own Milky Way, named after Ferdinand Magellan. The Large Magellanic Cloud is 180,000 light-years away, and the Small is about 200,000 light-years distant.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 28 APR 2018 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 28 APR 2018.

THE ALMANAC FOR 28 APR 2018
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 96% lit
POSITION
Day 118 of 365
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