232-antares-passage-dixon - cover for novel by Michael McCollum, starships assemble in earth orbit while supernova Antares glares in distance. A large, wheel-shaped space station dominates the foreground in low orbit . The station features a detailed central hub, structural spokes, and a prominent gold communications dish, with a smaller cylindrical spacecraft maneuvering nearby. In the background, a brilliant red giant star with prominent diffraction spikes shines intensely against a dark starfield rich with deep blue and magenta interstellar nebulae, while a cratered moon hangs to the right. acrylic and gouache, 1987
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