Eric Africa, taken from Starfront Observatories in Rockwood, Texas The compact H II region Sharpless 2–135 glows amid a rich complex of glowing gas and shadowy dust roughly 7,500 light-years away in Cepheus. Nearby structures include Sh2–134 and numerous objects in Bevery Lynds’ catalogs of bright and dark nebulae, all shaped by radiation from massive Continue reading "A sea in Cepheus" The post A sea in Cepheus appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .