Astronomy - USA (2020-06)

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72 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2020

4. NORTHERN DE-LIGHTS
   This fabulous aurora
   appeared above Reine, in the
   Lofoten Islands, Norway, on
   September 20, 2019. The
   auroral band started in the
   west, passed overhead, and
   ended nearly due east.

• Ben Cooper

5. PENUMBRAL PASSAGE
   On January 10, 2020, the
   Moon passed through Earth’s
   penumbra (its lighter, outer
   shadow). These 1/320-second
   exposures through the same
   equipment show the Moon
   at mid-eclipse (left) and
   immediately after the eclipse
   was over. • Ken Harrison


6. ANCIENT ONE
   The Methuselah Nebula, also
   known as Motch-Werner-
   Pakull 1, is an old planetary
   nebula in a region of Cygnus
   full of faint nebulosity. The
   barely visible planetary
   nebula to the upper left of
   MWP1 is Alves 1, which
   amateur astronomer Filipe
   Alves discovered in 2009.

• Joel Short

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