The sky on
your birthday.
“Giant Galaxies in Pavo” 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 siteNGC 6872, at over 500,000 light-years across, is an enormous barred spiral galaxy. It is at least five times the size of our own Milky Way. Its distorted and stretched-out spiral arms suggest the wings of a giant bird, earning it the popular moniker "Condor galaxy." NGC 6872 lies about 200 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Pavo, the Peacock. Its distorted spiral arms are lined with star-forming regions.
The Sun on 23 June 2023
NASA SDO took this picture on 23 June 2023, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 23 June 2023 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 23 June 2023 · Lake Eyre, Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2009 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 Messier 82 (Hubble 2006 image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 M82 (Webb NIRCam image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 Galaxy field of MXDFz4.4 (Hubble and Webb clean image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 The Cigar Galaxy: M82 (Webb and Hubble image) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 23 JUN 2023 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 JUN 2023.
Questions about June 23, 2023
What space photo was released on June 23, 2023?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 23, 2023 was "Giant Galaxies in Pavo". 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 June 23, 2023?
A waxing crescent moon, about 25% lit.
What day of the week was June 23, 2023?
June 23, 2023 was a Friday, day 174 of the 365 days in 2023.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on June 23, 2023?
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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