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Comet 46P/Wirtanen

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet 46P/Wirtanen is currently the brightest comet in the night sky, though too faint to be seen by the naked eye. Its spherical coma is about half the angular size of a full moon in this southern hemisphere telescopic view. The comet was about 35 million kilometers from Earth when this image was taken.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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SCORPIO

In tropical astrology, 15 NOV 2018 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 15 NOV 2018.

THE ALMANAC FOR 15 NOV 2018
DAY
Thursday
MOON
First quarter, 47% lit
POSITION
Day 319 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Leonid shower, peaks in 2 days
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
NEARBY DATES