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Pan-STARRS and Nebulae
The Pan-STARRS instrument, designed for wide-field surveys, captured this expansive view towards Sagittarius. It covers the Lagoon Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and NGC 6559, all set within the Milky Way's dense, dusty starfields. The image uses a color scheme where reddened starlight appears red, and hydrogen emission glows green. This single field spans nearly three degrees, about six times the width of the full Moon.
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In tropical astrology, 12 OCT 2012 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 12 OCT 2012.