... It was a clear, cold western Kentucky night on January 23rd as seasoned amateur astronomer Jay McNeil tried out his recently acquired 3-inch refracting telescope by imaging the area around a familiar object, the M78 reflection nebula in Orion. Anvil Cloud Over Sicily . ... Galaxy Cluster Lenses Farthest Known Galaxy . ... A Patch of Spherules on Mars . ... A Spherule from the Earths Moon . ... The Sleeping Beauty galaxy may appear peaceful at first sight but it is actually tossing and turning. ...