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The spiral galaxy Andromeda lies in the bottom half of the frame. Above and to its left is a teal banded arc roughly half as wide as the galaxy.

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The Shark Nebula is a tough catch for astroimagers. Though just 650 light-years away in Cepheus, the Shark’s constituent objects — like the dark nebula LDN 1235 — are extremely faint. In this LRGB nightscape, it looms high over the Kottamia Astronomical Observatory in Egypt. The imager used a 2-inch refractor and 20 hours 45 minutes of exposure time.