J. Kelly Beatty Gallery ▴▴ EXPLODING CIGAR Larry Van Vleet Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, displays distinct bipolar jets of matter likely driven by supernovae in dense star clumps near the core. About 12 million light-years away, M82 is easy to find in Ursa Major. Details: PlaneWave CDK20 astrograph and Apogee U16M CCD camera using Astrodon hydrogen-alpha and color filters. Total exposure: 40 hours. ▴ SATURN OPENS UP Alan Coffelt When captured on May 3, 2015, a few weeks before opposition, Saturn showed off its wide-open ring system (south is up). The icy-white rings offer nice contrast with the pastel belts and zones on Saturn itself. Details: Celestron C11 Schmidt-Cassegrain with 2.5× TeleVue Powermate and ZWO ASI120MC color video camera. Total exposure: 12 minutes. ATTENTION, SKETCHERS! Send your best astronomical renderings to gallery@SkyandTelescope.com (include "sketch" in the subject line), and if we get enough submissions we'll showcase them in a future issue. 74 September 2015 sky & telescope