V Visit SkyandTelescope.com //gallery for more of our readers' astrophotos. ◀ SOUTHERN-SK Y SHOWPIECE Luiz Duczmal & Jaspal Chadha The spectacular Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is an active star-forming region anchored by the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae (at lower left in the bright trianglular nebulosity). To its immediate right is a dark patch called the Keyhole. Details: Takahashi FSQ-106ED astrograph and Atik 383L + CCD camera used with Baader LRGB filters. Total exposure: 11.7 hours. ◀ JUPITER SHINES ON Alexei Pace Captured on March 14th, a week after its opposition, Jupiter sports a dark North Equatorial Belt, a very turbulent South Equatorial Belt, and a distinct (but shrinking) Great Red Spot. Details: Celestron EdgeHD 14 SchmidtCassegrain telescope with QHY5III224C CMOS color video camera. This is a stack of 42,000 individual frames. ▾ FIRE IN THE SK Y Trisha Donajkowski A dramatic fireball lit up the predawn sky over Joshua Tree, California, on February 20, 2016. But few in the Los Angeles area (glow at lower left) saw it. Details: Sony SLT-A77V DSLR camera at ISO 1600 and 16-to-50-mm zoom lens used at 16 mm. Exposure: 13 seconds. Sk yandTelescope.com July 2016 75http://www.SkyandTelescope.com/gallery http://www.SkyandTelescope.com/gallery http://www.SkyandTelescope.com