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- THE QUESTION
N185 is a superbubble that
lies in the Large Magellanic
Cloud. The current debate
about such objects is whether
they are supernova remnants
or supersonic flows of stellar
winds. Globular cluster NGC
1751 appears above N185, and
open cluster NGC 1711 lies to
its right. • Don Goldman - DON’T TELL A SOUL
Sharpless 2–201 lies in the
constellation Cassiopeia the
Queen, some 10,000 light-
years away. It sits along the
eastern border of the Soul
Nebula (IC 1848). The
photographer captured 51.4
hours of exposures through
Hydrogen-alpha, Oxygen-III,
and Sulfur-II filters to create
this image. • Douglas J.
Struble - I SEE YOU
Starburst galaxy IC 10 lies in
the constellation Cassiopeia
and belongs to the Local
Group. Although it glows at
magnitude 10.4, it’s difficult to
see because of its size (7' by
6') and because it’s near the
Milky Way’s plane. IC 10 lies
2.2 million light-years away.
- David Wills
- CIRCLE OF LIGHT
On December 23, 2019,
moonlight created a halo
at daybreak over the Honghe
Hani Rice Terraces, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
in Yunnan Province, China.
Thin cirrus clouds containing
tiny ice crystals refract the
light into a 44°-wide halo.
- Jeff Dai
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