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NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
The Very Large Telescope captured the grand spiral galaxy NGC 1232, revealing its intricate structure. Millions of bright stars and dark dust lanes are caught in a gravitational swirl, forming spiral arms. Open clusters of blue stars are scattered along these arms, while dense dust lanes lie between them, all part of this distant galaxy.
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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.
In tropical astrology, 1 JAN 2024 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 JAN 2024.