Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar Nursery

Kentucky amateur astronomer Jay McNeil, discoverer of McNeil's Nebula, standing next to the 3" telescope he used to make the discovery.

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Type:Photographic
Release date:March 30, 2004, 8 p.m.
Related releases:gemini0402
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