PULL · 4 MAY 2023

This was
your sky.

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Messier 87 (M87) is a bright elliptical galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster, about 55 million light-years away. It is home to the supermassive black hole first imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope. This infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows M87 in blue hues, with relativistic jets blasting from its central black hole.

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The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
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The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 4 MAY 2023 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 4 MAY 2023.

THE ALMANAC FOR 4 MAY 2023
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Full moon, 99% lit
POSITION
Day 124 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaks in 2 days