PULL · 10 MAY 2006 This was
This was
your sky.
The Large Cloud of Magellan
NASA APOD · Wei-Hao Wang (IfA, U. Hawaii)
COSMIC MESSAGE
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf irregular galaxy, a satellite of our Milky Way. It is about 180,000 light-years distant, easily visible to observers in the southern hemisphere. Portuguese navigator Fernando de Magellan and his crew studied it during their circumnavigation of Earth.
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MYTHIC 
2006-05-10 · ♉
SKYBORN
The Large Cloud of Magellan
NASA APOD · Wei-Hao Wang (IfA, U. Hawaii)
BORN 7423 days ago
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS
In tropical astrology, 10 MAY 2006 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 10 MAY 2006.
THE ALMANAC FOR 10 MAY 2006
DAY
Wednesday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 94% lit
POSITION
Day 130 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaked 4 days ago
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