p p GAL ACTIC ARCH p ULTR A-THIN MOON Barry Burgess The Milky Way from Cassiopeia (left) through Scorpius (right) stands high above a dark landscape in Indian Fields, Nova Scotia, shortly before twilight last April 24th. DETAILS: Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera with Sigma 14-mm f/1.8 lens. Multiple-image panorama assembled from seven frames, each exposed for 30 seconds at f/2.5, ISO 3200. Chris Schur Capturing this exceedingly young crescent Moon took months of planning, but everything fell into place for Arizona imager Chris Schur on the evening of May 26, 2017, when he recorded the 19.2-hour-old crescent. DETAILS: Orion 10-inch f/3.9 Newtonian astrograph with Imaging Source DMK 51AU02.AS video camera. Total exposure: 1/500 second. sk yandtelescope.com * AUGUST 2 018 73http://www.skyandtelescope.com