72 ASTRONOMY • OCTOBER 2019
READER GALLERY
Cosmic portraits
- SPOOKY ENCOUNTER
The Ghost Nebula (Sh 2–136) is a
reflection nebula in the constellation
Cepheus. It lies 1,200 light-years
away, spans 2 light-years, and sits
at the edge of the Cepheus Flare
molecular cloud complex.
- Rodney Pommier
- ZOOM!
An Eta Aquariid meteor passes the
Milky Way in this spectacular shot
taken from Utah’s West Desert, the
morning of May 5, 2019, at 5:17 A.M.
MDT. Jupiter is the bright object
near the center. • Brett Barson
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