PULL · 9 MAY 2019 This was
This was
your sky.
Messier 5
NASA APOD · Adam Block
COSMIC MESSAGE
Messier 5 (M5) is now known to be a globular star cluster, containing 100,000 stars or more. These stars are bound by gravity and packed into a region about 165 light-years in diameter. It lies some 25,000 light-years away. Eighteenth-century astronomer Charles Messier cataloged it as a "Beautiful Nebula discovered between the Balance & the Serpent."
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Messier 5
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 9 MAY 2019 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 9 MAY 2019.
THE ALMANAC FOR 9 MAY 2019
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 25% lit
POSITION
Day 129 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaked 3 days ago
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS