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GALLERY
u GAL ACTIC MERGER
Kfi r Simon
The Antennae Galaxies (NGC
4038/4039) are a pair of colliding gal-
axies in Corvus. Their interaction has
kicked off a furious epoch of starbirth
while ejecting two streams of stars.
DETAILS: 6-inch f/8 Hypergraph with
FLI PL16803 CCD camera. Total exposure:
4 hours through color fi lters.
q OPTICAL DOUBLE
Jamie Cooper
Alberio is one of the most striking pairs
of stars in the night sky, though recent
observations by the ESO Gaia spacecraft
have determined it to be a chance align-
ment and not a true binary.
DETAILS: 8-inch Sky-Watcher Newtonian
refl ector with Canon EOS 6D DSLR cam-
era. Total exposure: 30 minutes.
u AVIAN GHOST
Jason Guenzel
The faint refl ection nebula vdB 152 lies at the end of the long dark
nebula Barnard 175 in Cepheus. This remarkably deep image brings
out additional wisps of reddish Hα in the region.
DETAILS: Celestron EdgeHD 8 Schmidt-Cassegrain with ZWO
ASI1600MM camera. Total exposure: 26.1 hours through color fi lters.
Gallery showcases the fi nest astronomical images submitted to us by our readers. Send your best shots to [e-mail].
See skyandtelescope.com/aboutsky/guidelines. Visit skyandtelescope.com/gallery for more of our readers’ astrophotos.
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