WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 73- TRANSFORMATION
Asteroid (6478) Gault was discovered
in 1988 and was classified as a main
belt asteroid — one between Mars and
Jupiter. On January 9, 2019, however,
astronomers reported that Asteroid
Gault had developed a tail. This
40-minute exposure, taken January
12 from Payson, Arizona, shows the
magnitude 18.8 comet with its faint
tail pointing toward the upper right.
- Chris Schur
- ATACAMA MILKY WAY
This image, taken in Chile’s Atacama
Desert, is a combination of 72 panels
taken through a Nikon D810a and a
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 lens. Each exposure
was 8 seconds long at ISO 5000. The
field of view spans more than 200°.
- Matt Dieterich
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