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“50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi” is copyrighted by Josselin Desmars. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe 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.
The Sun on 9 October 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 9 October 2021, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 9 October 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 9 October 2021 · Pilbara, Western Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2007 The Other Side of Iapetus See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2013 Wide field view of the area around the Toby Jug Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2023 LINER on collision course See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2013 The Toby Jug Nebula as seen with ESO's Very Large Telescope See it as a poster -
Released on 9 October 2007 A Complex Transition 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.
Questions about October 9, 2021
What space photo was released on October 9, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 9, 2021 was "50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi". 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 October 9, 2021?
A waxing crescent moon, about 10% lit.
What day of the week was October 9, 2021?
October 9, 2021 was a Saturday, day 282 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 9, 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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