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- MELLOW YELLOW
Van den Bergh 135 is one of the rare
reflection nebulae with a yellowish
color. Most of them are blue. Here, the
gas reflects the light of the spectral type
K, magnitude 8.4 star BD+31 4152. This
object lies in the constellation Cygnus
the Swan. (12-inch Newtonian reflector,
SBIG ST-2000XM CCD camera, LRGB
image with exposures of 12, 4, 4, and 4
hours, respectively) • Bernhard Hubl
- MORE THAN A COMET
In October, Comet LINEAR (C/2012 V2)
sported a nice green color and wide tail,
which sweeps upward in this image to
merge with the light from spiral galaxy
PGC 30534. The brightest star is mag-
nitude 6.8 SAO 201391. (12-inch Astro
Systeme Austria ASA 12N astrograph at
f/3.8, FLI ML-8300 CCD camera, LRGB
image with exposures of 15, 15, 15, and
20 minutes, respectively, taken October
13, 2013, at 2h05m UT, from Farm Tivoli,
Namibia) • Gerald Rhemann
- THE SEVENTH PLANET
Uranus is tough to photograph because
it’s so small, so few amateur shots of it
capture details. The right image shows
the true data. The left image is false col-
or to simulate what the eye would see.
(14-inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope, ZWO Optical ASI120MM CCD
camera, 610-nanometer infrared filter,
7,000 frames, averaged, taken October
7, 2013, at 0h08m UT) • Damian Peach
- HH 215
LBN 468 is a nebula that features both
bright and dark components. Observers,
however, notice the tiny, variable, fan-
shaped nebula at the upper left. Known
as Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula (HH 215),
it results from shock waves from the
contracting protostar PV Cephei. (4-inch
Takahashi FSQ-106EDX refractor, SBIG
ST-8300 CCD camera, LRGB image with
exposures of 120, 30, 30, and 30 min-
utes, respectively) • Philippe Barraud
- TRIPLE SHADOW TRANSIT
It’s unusual for observers to see three of
Jupiter’s large moons casting shadows
on the planet’s cloud tops at the same
time. Callisto’s shadow lies at the bottom
with Europa’s above it and Io’s to the
left. The two moons off the planet’s left
edge are Io (top) and Europa. (9.25-inch
Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope,
2.5x Barlow lens, Imaging Source DMK
21AU618 CCD camera, taken October 12,
2013, between 4h31m UT and 5h08m
UT) • Leo Aerts
Send your images to:
Astronomy Reader Gallery, P. O. Box
1612, Waukesha, WI 53187. Please
include the date and location of the
image and complete photo data:
telescope, camera, filters, and expo-
sures. Submit images by email to
[email protected].
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