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Famous Nights · 26 September 1969

The night Abbey Road arrived

«And in the end…»

26 September 1969. Abbey Road lands in the shops — the last album the Beatles recorded together, named after the street outside the studio. That evening over St John's Wood, this sky. Every star in its true position. What's your night?

London, United Kingdom · 26 September 1969 · 21:00 local · 51.5320° N · 0.1777° W

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The night Abbey Road arrived — star map art print
The short film

Eight seconds over London.

The era scene is an AI reconstruction. The sky above it is not — every star is computed from astronomical data for 26 September 1969, 21:00 local time.

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