J. Kelly Beatty Gallery ▾ ROSE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT Steve Mazlin Although challenging to spot visually, the Rosette Nebula is a large star-forming region 5,200 light-years away with a young open cluster (NGC 2244, discovered in 1690) lighting up its center. Details: Takahashi FSQ-106ED astrograph, SBIG STL-11000M CCD camera, and Baader Hα and O III filters. Total exposure: 32 hours. TIBETAN NIGHT Jeff Dai The Milky Way's central bulge glows brightly over the Tibetan village of Zhaxizong, located 13,600 feet above sea level and east of Mount Everest. Details: Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera at ISO 3200 and Nikkor 14-to-24-mm zoom lens used at 20 mm. Exposure: 30 seconds. ▴ FROZEN CORONA Kevin Morefield The hardy souls who traveled to Longyearbyen in Svalbard (78°N) for March ° 20th's total solar eclipse were rewarded with crimson prominences at the base of a dazzling, picture-perfect corona. Details: Canon EOS 70D DSLR camera and 400-mm lens at ISO 800. Composite of 1/20 - and 1/125 -second exposures. ▶ Gallery showcases the finest astronomical images submitted to us by our readers. Send your best shots to gallery@SkyandTelescope.com. See SkyandTelescope.com/aboutsky/guidelines. SkyandTelescope.com July 2015 77http://www.SkyandTelescope.com/aboutsky/guidelines http://www.SkyandTelescope.com