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ALT This is a composite image of star cluster NGC 602, in vibrant and festive colors. The shape of the star cluster strongly resembles a holiday wreath. The cluster includes a giant dust cloud ring, shown in greens, yellows, blues, and oranges. The green hues and feathery edges of the ring cloud create the appearance of a wreath made of evergreen boughs. Hints of red representing X-rays provide shading, highlighting layers within the wreath-like ring cloud. The image is aglow with specks and dots of colorful, festive light, in blues, golds, whites, oranges, and reds. These lights represent stars within the cluster. Some of the lights gleam with diffraction spikes, while others emit a warm, diffuse glow. Upon closer inspection, many of the glowing specks have spiraling arms, indicating that they are, in fact, distant galaxies.
ALT A white paper snowflake with hexagonal cutouts resembling the Webb telescope mirror sits on the top front of a Christmas tree. The tree has other ornaments on it and lights. Behind the tree is Webb-related art, including a letterpress print by Lauren Emritz that says "See the Galaxy and Beyond. James Webb Space Telescope," part of a JWST poster by Veronica Guzzardi that shows an illustration of the golden Webb mirror, and part of a litho by Monkey Minion Press that shows the telescope.
ALT Horizontal split down the middle. At left, thousands of overlapping objects at various distances are spread across this galaxy cluster. A box at bottom right is enlarged on the right half. A central oval identifies the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, a line with 10 dots in various colours.
ALT A zoomed in view of the area around the Firefly Sparkle galaxy. There are two smaller circles flanking a larger oval at the center. The central oval is labeled Firefly Sparkle galaxy. Within it is a long line, roughly pointing from bottom left to top right that contains 10 circular star clusters in pink, purple, and blue. The galaxy to the bottom left is labeled Companion 1 and looks like a bright red dot. At top right, Companion 2 is lighter red and surrounded by a red disk.
ALT Image of the Earth from space, with text overlaid reading: "20th Appleton Space Conference, 5 December 2024, 9:30am to 5:30pm. #Appleton2024"
ALT Two smiling men signing documents together at a table with two small flags depicting the SKAO and Union Jack in front of them.