GALLERY u REFLECTIONS IN ORION Gregg Ruppel Dark dust clouds appear to twine their way through the colorful swaths of nebulosity known as M78 in Orion. The two stars embedded in the larger patch of bluish dust (below center) are the primary source of illumination within this enigmatic object. DETAILS: Astrosysteme Austria ASA10N Newtonian astrograph and SBIG STL 11000M camera. Total exposure: 16.8 hours through Astrodon LRGB Gen2 filters. q SILENT APPROACH Sérgio Conceição Brilliant Venus outshines the stars of Scorpius seen to the left of a windmill in Alentejo, Portugal, during the evening twilight of October 7, 2021. DETAILS: Canon EOS R6 camera and Canon RF 15-to-35-mm zoom lens. Total exposure: 1.3 seconds at f/4.5, ISO 2000. 76 JUNE 2022 * SKY & TELESCOPE