The sky on
your birthday.
“NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky” is copyrighted by Mike Selby. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis is NGC 289, a spiral galaxy larger than our Milky Way, about 70 million light-years away. Its bright core and central disk give way to faint, bluish spiral arms that extend over 100,000 light-years. In the lower right, a smaller elliptical galaxy appears to be interacting with NGC 289, a common occurrence in the universe.
The Sun on 15 October 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 15 October 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 15 October 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 15 October 2021 · Red Sea See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2018 On the hunt for newborn stars See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2012 Galaxy in a spin See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2007 On the Final Frontier See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 1998 A strange Supernova with a gamma-ray burst See it as a poster -
Released on 15 October 2014 The Spiderweb Galaxy and its surroundings (full ACS view) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 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 15 OCT 2021.
Questions about October 15, 2021
What space photo was released on October 15, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 15, 2021 was "NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern 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 October 15, 2021?
A first quarter moon, about 67% lit.
What day of the week was October 15, 2021?
October 15, 2021 was a Friday, day 288 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 15, 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.
Is it free?
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