The sky on
your birthday.
“NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy” is copyrighted by CFHT. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteNGC 4651 is known as the Umbrella Galaxy because of the stream of stars appearing to rain from its disk. This stellar parasol, stretching 100,000 light-years, is the remains of a smaller satellite galaxy. The smaller galaxy was torn apart by repeated close encounters with NGC 4651, which is similar in size to our Milky Way.
The Sun on 7 February 2022
NASA SDO took this picture on 7 February 2022, the day itself, not a release date.
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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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The Sun on your day The Sun on 7 February 2022 See it as a poster -
Released on 7 February 2011 High-Resolution View from Mercury Flyby 1 See it as a poster -
Released on 7 February 2006 Full ACS field of NGC 1309 See it as a poster -
Released on 7 February 2021 Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Cluster M53 See it as a poster -
Released on 7 February 2025 LEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 7 February 1996 Venus - Mead Crater See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 7 FEB 2022 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 7 FEB 2022.