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NGC 1818: Pick A Star
NGC 1818 is a young, glittering cluster of 20,000 stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 180,000 light-years away. Astronomers might pick the unassuming bluish-white star, circled in the image, which appears to be a hot, newly formed white dwarf star. Standard astronomical wisdom suggests stars over five times the mass of the Sun end their lives in a supernova. With less than five solar masses, this star is an interesting case.
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In tropical astrology, 31 MAY 2003 falls under Gemini (♊). The sign's window runs from 05-21 through 06-20. Gemini is named for the twin stars Castor and Pollux, both bright enough to spot without a telescope. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 31 MAY 2003.