SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 77▴ (^) DUSTY APPARITION
Fabian Neyer
Obscure dark nebula LBN 558 in Cepheus
reddens the distant background galaxies PGC
69472 (left) and PGC 166755 (above center).
Details: TEC 140APO refractor with SBIG
STL-11000M CCD camera. Total exposure
was 19 .7 hours through Baader color fi lters.
◀ (^) TROPICAL ECLIPSE
Tunç Tezel
The Milky Way arches majestically to the
left of the eclipsed Moon (right). Mars shines
to the right of the Moon as seen on the
morning of April 15th from the Florida Keys.
Details: Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera with
24-mm lens at f/2.8. Panorama of multiple
exposures, each totaling 15 seconds at ISO 3200.