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M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Close Up
Messier 64, also known as the Black Eye Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy about 17 million light-years away in Coma Berenices. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows its central region, which is about 7,400 light-years across. It features large dust lanes obscuring its core, laced with bright, young blue stars.
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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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Released on 20 July 2018 The Sun's glint reflects off the Pacific Ocean shadowed by a line of cumulonimbus clouds as the International Space See it as a poster -
Released on 20 July 2018 One of four basket ball court-sized main solar arrays that power the International Space Station contrasts the bright See it as a poster -
Released on 20 July 2020 A Discovery of Ghostly Arms See it as a poster -
Released on 20 July 1993 The Andromeda galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 20 July 2011 Spider Web of Stars in IC 342A See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 20 JUL 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 20 JUL 2023.