Astronomy - USA (2020-01)

70 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY 2020

READER GALLERY

Cosmic portraits

1. DEEP-SKY DENIZEN
   The Dark Shark Nebula (LDN 1235)
   is a cloud of dust and cold gas in
   the constellation Cepheus the King.
   The two blue reflection nebulae are
   Van den Bergh 150 (upper) and
   vdB 149. • Joel Short


2. NO FOOLIN’
   On April 1, Mars moved within 3.5°
   of the Pleiades star cluster (M45) in
   the constellation Taurus the Bull. At
   the time, the Red Planet shone at
   magnitude 1.5. • Abhijit Patil


3. STELLAR FOUNTAIN
   This peristyle fountain sits at the
   archeological site of ancient
   Mantinea, about a two-hour drive
   southwest of Athens, Greece. To
   capture the star trails above it, the
   imager combined 379 exposures,
   each one minute long.

• Anthony Ayiomamitis

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