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The Comet, the Whale, and the Hockey Stick

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Comet ATLAS, with a faint greenish coma and a short tail, was captured in the constellation Canes Venatici. In the same telescopic field of view are the Whale Galaxy, NGC 4631, and the Hockey Stick Galaxy, NGC 4656. The Whale is a spiral galaxy, similar in size to the Milky Way.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 13 MAY 2021 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 13 MAY 2021.

THE ALMANAC FOR 13 MAY 2021
DAY
Thursday
MOON
New moon, 3% lit
POSITION
Day 133 of 365
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