72 ASTRONOMY • MAY 2020
- JUST PASSING BY
Mars (the bright spot to the
left) passed through the
region of the Lagoon Nebula
(M8) and the Trifid Nebula
(M20), both of which are in
the constellation Sagittarius
the Archer, on February 21, - • Damian Peach
- CHILLED TO THE BONE
The Full Moon of December 11,
2019, shines through the
Whale Bone Arch in Barrow,
Alaska. Barrow is the
northernmost city in the
U.S. • Mark Morris - DON’T GET PINCHED
The Lobster Claw Nebula
(Sharpless 2–157) is an
emission nebula in the
constellation Cassiopeia the
Queen. The photographer
captured 668 two-minute
exposures through
Hydrogen-alpha and
Oxygen-III filters to produce
this image. The small open
cluster near the top is NGC - • Douglas J. Struble
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