This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,


This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Milky Way panorama. 360-degree panoramic image, covering the entire southern and northern celestial sphere, showing the landscape of the Milky Way as if looking at it from the outside. The image shows the general components of the galaxy including its disc, marbled with both dark and glowing nebulae - that harbour bright young stars - as well as the Galaxy’s central bulge and its satellite galaxies.


Size: 6287px × 2913px
Photo credit: © EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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