Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  The star 19 Cyg  ·  The star 22 Cyg  ·  The star 25 Cyg
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Gothmog - The Balrog in Cygnus, Timothy Martin
Gothmog - The Balrog in Cygnus
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Gothmog - The Balrog in Cygnus

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Gothmog - The Balrog in Cygnus, Timothy Martin
Gothmog - The Balrog in Cygnus
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Gothmog - The Balrog in Cygnus

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It is said that when Melkor was exiled to the void, at least one of his minions made his way to Cygnus and now presides over a fiery cauldron awaiting his master's return.

This image was quite a surprise to me. It was intended to be a filler panel in a larger mosaic of central Cygnus that I'll have to complete next year. After I processed it, I thought it had some pretty cool features. But then, on a whim, I rotated it 180 degrees and Gothmog appeared! It was a happy accident, as the great Bob Ross would say.

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