PULL · 5 JUN 2016

This was
your sky.

Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula

NASA APOD · Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet PanSTARRS, with its green coma and split blue ion tail, was imaged alongside the Helix Nebula. The comet is a snowball of ice and dust falling towards our Sun. The Helix Nebula, a planetary nebula, is the expanding shell of gas from a dying star.

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2016-06-05 · ♊

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Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula

NASA APOD · Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

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GEMINI

In tropical astrology, 5 JUN 2016 falls under Gemini (♊). The sign's window runs from 05-21 through 06-20. Gemini is named for the twin stars Castor and Pollux, both bright enough to spot without a telescope. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 JUN 2016.

THE ALMANAC FOR 5 JUN 2016

DAY

Sunday

MOON

New moon, 0% lit

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Day 157 of 366

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This was your sky.

Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula

This was
your sky.