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The episode features a conversation about stargazing and various astronomical phenomena with guest Jason Hissong.

Join us for a night of stargazing and Stellar Conversation , won’t you? If you like what you see and hear in this episode then take the plunge and explore the skies with the Columbus Astronomical Society , spend a Friday evening at historic Perkins Observatory or travel to some of the darkest skies in the state at the John Glenn Astronomy Park. Images and accompanying text by Jason . Twilight approaches as the rig stands ready. The Cygnus Milky Way. If you look close, you can see the North America Nebula right of center. The Cygnus Milky Way region contains many interesting objects including the “Great Rift”, an area of dust and gas that will one day form new stars. The famous Cygnus X-1 Black hole is also in this region. Taken with the Seestar S30Pro’s Milky Way capture feature. The center star of the Northern Cross of Cygnus, Sadr and surrounding nebulosity. I used Sadr as the anchor to take my Cygnus Milky Way image. Markarian’s Chain in Virgo. I wanted to use the Seestar S30Pro to get this chain of galaxies. These galaxies are part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. The Eagle Nebula, M16, in the constellation of Serpens. This object became famous in the 90s when the Hubble…

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