70 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2019
READER GALLERY
Cosmic portraits
- BEAR WITH ME
The emission nebula cataloged as
Sh 2–171 reminds this imager of a
teddy bear staring straight at you
from space. The two bright stars
are its eyes; it has big, red, rounded
ears, a dark brown nose, and an
inverted V-shaped mouth line.
Well ... kinda. • Rodney Pommier - SILVER LINING
The partial lunar eclipse of July 16,
2019, appears even more dramatic as
some thin clouds pass in front of the
Moon. The photographer captured
and combined four exposures (5-, 1-,
1/10-, and 1/30-second) through a
3.2-inch telescope, from Southend,
England. • Ethan Roberts - BOOM GOES THE STAR!
The Vela Supernova Remnant
appears majestic in a six-panel
mosaic that required 53.4 hours
of exposure through Hydrogen-
alpha, Oxygen-III, R, G, and B filters.
The imagers’ goal was to emphasize
the shock-front structures.
- Don Goldman and Josep Drudis
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