Skyborn
Home
PULL · 22 AUG 2011

This was
your sky.

TrES-2b: Dark Planet

NASA APOD
COSMIC MESSAGE

Planet TrES-2b reflects less than one percent of the light it receives, making it darker than any known planet or moon. This Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbits very close to a sun-like star 750 light-years away. It was discovered in 2006 by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) telescopes, which detected slight eclipses.

CREDIT
PUBLIC DOMAIN NASA APOD · View source
Try another date
EXPORT AS
On paper
Put this sky on your wall

Museum grade paper, printed and shipped from the facility nearest you. The card stays free, the print is the thing you keep.

See print sizes

From $29.00

SB-2011-08-22
UNCOMMON
TrES-2b: Dark Planet
2011-08-22 · ♌
SKYBORN
TrES-2b: Dark Planet
NASA APOD
BORN 5493 days ago
SKYBORN.APP

Move your cursor across the card to tilt it. Holographic foil ripples through the edges and surface as you go.

ZODIAC CONTEXT
♌
LEO

In tropical astrology, 22 AUG 2011 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 22 AUG 2011.

THE ALMANAC FOR 22 AUG 2011
DAY
Monday
MOON
Last quarter, 42% lit
POSITION
Day 234 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
NEARBY DATES