... A young crescent Moon shares the western sky with sister stars of the Pleiades cluster in this pretty, evening skyscape recorded on the March equinox from San Antonio, Texas. In the processed digital image, multiple exposures of the celestial scene were combined to show details of the bright lunar surface along with the Pleiades stars. NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans . ... On the left, marked by red gas and dust clouds, is irregular galaxy M82. ... The Nearby Milky Way in Cold Dust . ...