The sky on
your birthday.
“3 ATs” is copyrighted by Yuri Beletsky. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThese three enclosures house 1.8-meter Auxiliary Telescopes at the Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. They are designed for interferometry, a technique that combines light from multiple telescopes to achieve extremely high resolution. These ATs work in concert with the observatory's 8-meter Very Large Telescope units, enhancing our ability to observe distant cosmic phenomena. Each AT has a transporter, allowing it to move across the observatory grounds.
The Sun on 4 May 2024
NASA SDO took this picture on 4 May 2024, 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 4 May 2024 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 4 May 2024 · Red Sea See it as a poster -
Released on 4 May 2011 Wide-field image of the area around the Meathook galaxy (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 4 May 2011 Wide-field view of the sky around the Meathook galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 4 May 2020 Galaxy Galaxy, Burning Bright! See it as a poster -
Released on 4 May 2015 A hole in the sky See it as a poster -
Released on 4 May 2017 The Perseus Cluster Waves See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 4 MAY 2024 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 2024.
Questions about May 4, 2024
What space photo was released on May 4, 2024?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 4, 2024 was "3 ATs". 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 May 4, 2024?
A waning crescent moon, about 17% lit.
What day of the week was May 4, 2024?
May 4, 2024 was a Saturday, day 125 of the 366 days in 2024.
Was there a meteor shower on May 4, 2024?
Yes: the Eta Aquariid shower, peaks in 2 days.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 4, 2024?
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.
Is it free?
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