The area around the centre of the Galaxy in Sagittarius, with the direction of the galactic centre at right just above the small

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The area around the centre of the Galaxy in Sagittarius, with the direction of the galactic centre at right just above the small red emission nebula, Sharpless 2-16, in the dark dust lane of the Milky Way. At left is the rich Sagittarius Starcloud with the small open cluster NGC 6520 at top next to the small dark nebula Barnard 86. The small globular clusters, NGC 6522 and 6528, looking like stars here, are just above gamma Sagittarii at lower left. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures with the Borg 77mm f/4 astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, taken from Tibuc Cottage near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.

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Size: 5400px × 3598px
Location: Tibuc Cottage near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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