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Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal
Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
Explanation:
Behold one of the most photogenic regions of the night sky, captured impressively.
Featured, the band of our
Milky Way Galaxy runs diagonally along the far left, while the
colorful Rho Ophiuchus
region including the bright orange star
Antares is visible just right of center,
and the nebula
Sharpless 1
(Sh2-1) appears on the far right.
Visible in front of the
Milk Way band are several famous nebulas including the
Eagle Nebula (M16), the
Trifid Nebula (M21), and the
Lagoon Nebula (M8).
Other notable nebulas include the
Pipe and
Blue Horsehead.
In general,
red emanates from nebulas glowing in the light of exited
hydrogen gas, while blue marks
interstellar dust preferentially
reflecting the light of bright young stars.
Thick dust appears otherwise dark brown.
Large balls of stars visible include the globular clusters
M4,
M9,
M19,
M28, and
M80,
each marked on the
annotated companion image.
This extremely wide field -- about 50 degrees across -- spans the constellations
of
Sagittarius is on the lower left,
Serpens on the upper left,
Ophiuchus
across the middle, and
Scorpius on the right.
It took over 100 hours of sky imaging, combined with
meticulous planning and digital processing, to create this
image.
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - Antares
Publications with words: Milky Way - Antares
See also:
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
- APOD: 2023 June 20 Á The Nandu in the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 May 29 Á Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland