2020-05-01_Astronomy

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72 ASTRONOMY • MAY 2020



  1. JUST PASSING BY
    Mars (the bright spot to the
    left) passed through the
    region of the Lagoon Nebula
    (M8) and the Trifid Nebula
    (M20), both of which are in
    the constellation Sagittarius
    the Archer, on February 21,

  2. • Damian Peach

  3. CHILLED TO THE BONE
    The Full Moon of December 11,
    2019, shines through the
    Whale Bone Arch in Barrow,
    Alaska. Barrow is the
    northernmost city in the
    U.S. • Mark Morris

  4. DON’T GET PINCHED
    The Lobster Claw Nebula
    (Sharpless 2–157) is an
    emission nebula in the
    constellation Cassiopeia the
    Queen. The photographer
    captured 668 two-minute
    exposures through
    Hydrogen-alpha and
    Oxygen-III filters to produce
    this image. The small open
    cluster near the top is NGC

  5. • Douglas J. Struble


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