Its always fun to find the things that define your birthday. Whether its your zodiac sign, the top song on the Billboard charts, or the #1 movie, its always interesting to see how things were the day you were born.<\/p>\n
Now you can add a NASA astronomy picture of the day (APOD) to your list.<\/p>\n
A new trend on TikTok has people sharing the picture the Hubble Space Telescope took on their birthday.<\/p>\n
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The Hubble, which launched in 1990 and has been roaming in space ever since, explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, taking photos every day on its journey, according to NASA.<\/p>\n
Beginning in 1995, NASA has chosen a daily photo taken from the Hubble Space Telescope as their Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each image is archived on NASAs website along with a description of the image written by an astronomer.<\/p>\n
And in 2021, they launched a website that allows anyone to search for the APOD selected on their birthday (or any other day you find significant).<\/p>\n
To find your NASA picture of the day for your birthday or if you were born before , you simply go to the NASA APOD calendar archive. There are a few ways you can get there.<\/p>\n
1. Do a Google search for \"NASA calendar.\"<\/p>\n
2. Click on the search result that takes you to the Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar.<\/p>\n
3. Find your birth year in the table and click on the month your birthday falls in.<\/p>\n
4. Count the days to find your birthday and click on the image to see it and read all about it.<\/p>\n
1. Simply go directly to the tool NASA developed to make finding the picture they took on your birthday.<\/p>\n
2. Select the month and day of your birthday and click on \"submit.\"<\/p>\n
3. This tool does not allow you to specify your year of birth, so you will be shown the image of the day for your birthday on a random year the system selects for you.<\/p>\n
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Unfortunately, as mentioned above, photos have only archived since June 16, 1995.<\/p>\n
So if youre any older than about 26, youll have to settle for looking at pictures taken on your birthday and not your actual date of birth.<\/p>\n
Of course, its also fun to look up your kids and friends birthdays, anniversaries, and other special dates.<\/p>\n
Have fun!<\/p>\n
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