PULL · 17 AUG 2019

This was
your sky.

1901 Photograph: The Orion Nebula

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COSMIC MESSAGE

By 1901, advances in photography gave astronomers a powerful new tool. George Ritchey, an American astronomer and telescope designer, captured this image of the star-forming Orion Nebula. The original glass plate recorded details not visible through a telescope eyepiece, revealing the nebula in a way that is still recognizable to astrophotographers today.

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1901 Photograph: The Orion Nebula
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1901 Photograph: The Orion Nebula
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LEO

In tropical astrology, 17 AUG 2019 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 AUG 2019.

THE ALMANAC FOR 17 AUG 2019
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Full moon, 97% lit
POSITION
Day 229 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaked 4 days ago