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Unraveling NGC 3169

NASA APOD · Mike Selby
COSMIC MESSAGE

Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks like a ball of cosmic yarn unraveling. It lies about 70 million light-years away, in the faint constellation Sextans. Its spiral arms are pulled out into sweeping tidal tails as NGC 3169 and its neighbor, NGC 3166, interact gravitationally. Eventually, the galaxies will merge into one.

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Unraveling NGC 3169
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Unraveling NGC 3169
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PISCES

In tropical astrology, 2 MAR 2023 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 2 MAR 2023.

THE ALMANAC FOR 2 MAR 2023
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 76% lit
POSITION
Day 61 of 365
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