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76 FEBRUARY 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE
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Philipe Moussette
This colorful region is IC 1396, a
large H II region in Cepheus ionized
by the blue star HD 206267 near its
center. At top left is the red supergi-
ant star Erakis (Mu Cephei), also
known as Herschel’s Garnet Star.
This star is estimated to be roughly
1,000× larger than our Sun. If it were
to replace our Sun in the solar sys-
tem it would envelop all the planets
up to and including Jupiter.
DETAILS:Takahashi FSQ-106 astro-
graph at f/3.6 with Canon EOS 6D
modifi ed DSLR. Total exposure: 40
minutes at ISO 1600.DESCENDING ECLIPSE
Wang Letian
The Moon and Sun meet low in the
western sky over Puclaro Dam near
Vicuña, Chile, during the July 2,
2019 total solar eclipse.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 6D DSLR
camera with 24-mm f/1.4 lens. Com-
posite of 28 images shot at 5-minute
increments. The partial phases were
imaged through Baader Planetarium
AstroSolar Safety Film.