The sky on
your birthday.
“Firing Lasers to Tame the Sky” is copyrighted by Juan Carlos Muñoz / ESO; Text: Juan Carlos Muñoz. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteStars twinkle because Earth's atmosphere distorts their light with pockets of varying temperature air. Astronomers use lasers to combat this blurring. The telescope in this image, at ESO's Paranal Observatory, fires four lasers to excite atoms high in the atmosphere. This creates artificial guide stars, allowing the telescope to correct for atmospheric turbulence.
The Sun on 10 February 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 10 February 2021, the day itself, not a release date.
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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 10 February 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 10 February 2021 · Pilbara, Western Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 10 February 2011 The Case of the Disappearing Continent See it as a poster -
Released on 10 February 2011 North America Nebula in Different Lights See it as a poster -
Released on 10 February 2009 Spitzer Space Telescope View of Galaxy Messier 101 See it as a poster -
Released on 10 February 2009 Spitzer-Hubble-Chandra Composite of M101 See it as a poster -
Released on 10 February 2009 Spitzer image of M101 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 10 FEB 2021 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 10 FEB 2021.
Questions about February 10, 2021
What space photo was released on February 10, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 10, 2021 was "Firing Lasers to Tame the Sky". 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 February 10, 2021?
A new moon, about 3% lit.
What day of the week was February 10, 2021?
February 10, 2021 was a Wednesday, day 41 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on February 10, 2021?
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.
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