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50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi
The star 51 Pegasi is only 50 light-years away. In October 1995, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz used a spectrograph at Observatoire de Haute-Provence to discover a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi. This was the first exoplanet found orbiting a sun-like star.
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Released on your day
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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Released on 9 October 2007 The Other Side of Iapetus See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2023 LINER on collision course See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2007 A Complex Transition See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2021 An aurora is pictured below the International Space Station as it was orbiting 274 miles above the southern Pacific See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2024 Hurricane Milton is pictured as a category 4 storm in the Gulf of Mexico See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 9 OCT 2021 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 9 OCT 2021.