Those who like astronomy will love picking up the NASA photos released by the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) project. Every day, an image or photograph is published along with an explanation written by a professional astronomer.
On the project's website, maintained by NASA and Michigan Technological University, you can find images of stars, black holes, nurseries, planets, galaxies, nebulae, etas, asteroids, astronauts and space technologies.
Recently, APOD gained visibility again by sharing images on social networks. This is because users found the photo published on the day, month and year of their birth and divided the followers as a result.
However, it is important to note that the published image was not necessarily taken on the same day. It is also worth noting that photos may appear more than once in the project history. Still, it's a fun romp to explore the universe over the internet.
Unfortunately, the data only goes up to the month of June 1995, so if you're a cringe at the self, you won't find your date of birth there.
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If you want to search for the astronomical image of the day of your birth, follow the steps below.
- Open the APOD website.
- Now, click on “Calendar” (which means calendar in English):
- In the next window, find the year (in the left column) and month (in the same row) of your birth year:
Here, it is worth explaining that the acronyms of the months are in English as well. Therefore, I will write the month in Portuguese and the corresponding acronym in English: January (Jan); February (Feb), March (Mar); April (Apr); May (May); June (Jun); July (Jul); Aug (August); September (Sep); October (Oct); November (Nov); and December (Dec).
- In the next tab, you will find a calendar that looks like this:
o in August 2021, the month started on a Sunday, the calendar shows an image in the first square. So, you just need to know that each photo represents a day and they are in chronological order. To see the publication on the 20th, for example, just click on the third Friday of the month.
- On most social networks, you just need to copy and paste the image to share it with your contacts. Now, if you prefer, you can also save it on your computer. In both cases, you must click the second mouse button over the image:
- Finally, if you are browsing in Chrome and want to translate the content of the page, just click the second mouse button on top of the page and choose “Translate to Portuguese”:
Ready! Now, you already know how to find the photo published by NASA on the day of your birth.
