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GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is only 2.5 million light-years away, making it our closest large galactic neighbor. This ultraviolet portrait from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite required 11 different image fields to capture its full extent. While visible light images show spiral arms, the GALEX view reveals them more like rings, dominated by hot, young stars.
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In tropical astrology, 18 MAY 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 18 MAY 2012.