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Fly Me to the Moon
This image captures a chance alignment of an airplane and the Moon. The airplane's contrail appears red because of how the setting Sun's light interacts with Earth's atmosphere. The young Moon, far in the distance, shows only a sliver of its illuminated face. This happens when the Sun is almost directly behind it, from our perspective on Earth.
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In tropical astrology, 17 JAN 2017 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 JAN 2017.