PULL · 21 APR 2012

This was
your sky.

3 ATs

NASA APOD · Yuri Beletsky
COSMIC MESSAGE

These three structures are 1.8-meter Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) at 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. The ATs work in concert with the observatory's 8-meter Very Large Telescope units. Each AT has a transporter, allowing it to move along tracks for different observational setups.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 21 APR 2012 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 21 APR 2012.

THE ALMANAC FOR 21 APR 2012
DAY
Saturday
MOON
New moon, 0% lit
POSITION
Day 112 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaks tomorrow