READER GALLERY72 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY 2020
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- GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
Globular cluster M12 is a relatively
loose collection of stars that contains
many X-ray-emitting binary stars and
red supergiants. M12 lies 23,000 light-
years away in the constellation
Ophiuchus the Serpent-bearer.
- Jonathan Talbot
- THREE FOR THE MONEY
The Grus Triplet is an interacting
group of galaxies about 70 million
light-years away in the constellation
Grus the Crane. NGC 7582 is the
largest of the three, and NGC 7590
is the smallest. The third member is
NGC 7599. • Bernard Miller - SHOOT THE MOON
June’s Full Moon — known as the
Strawberry Moon to the Algonquin
people of North America — rises
through a band of clouds at Port
Medway, Nova Scotia.
- Barry Burgess
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