GALLERY t ANCIENT PLANETARY Bob Fera and Eric Coles MWP1 is an unusually old and large planetary nebula in Cygnus. Around 150,000 years ago, a Sunlike star cast off its outer layers, creating shells of dust and gas that today span some 15 lightyears across. DETAILS: PlaneWave CDK20 Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope and Moravian C3-61000 Pro camera. Total exposure: 15.8 hours through color and narrowband filters. A SCORPION'S RETREAT Vikas Chander Sagittarius and Scorpius stand high above Delicate Arch in Utah's Arches National Park. The colorful Rho Ophiuchi complex is seen at top right, while several smaller, pinkish nebulae line the plane of the Milky Way. DETAILS: Nikon D810A camera and Zeiss 35-mm lens. Composite of 2 exposures: 240 seconds for sky and 480 seconds for ground at f2.8, ISO 800. Gallery showcases the finest astronomical images that our readers submit to us. Send your best shots to gallery@skyandtelescope.org. See skyandtelescope.org/aboutsky/guidelines. Visit skyandtelescope.org/gallery for more of our readers' astrophotos. sk yand tele scope .o r g * DECEMBER 2024 79http://www.skyandtelescope.org/aboutsky/guidelines http://www.skyandtelescope.org/gallery http://www.skyandtelescope.org